Characteristics of the internet for criminal child sexual abuse by online groomers

Criminal Justice Studies

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 23-36

  Davidson, Julia ^a   Gottschalk, Petter ^b  

^a KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b BI NORWEGIAN BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Child abuse; Internet; Offender behaviour; Online grooming

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952717572     PISSN: 1478601X     EISSN: 14786028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1478601X.2011.544188     Document Type: Article

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