Much ado about nothing? Representations and realities of online soliciting of children

Journal of Sexual Aggression

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 5-18

  Jewkes, Yvonne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

'Grooming'; Child sexual abuse; Internet; Media; Moral panic; Social retreat

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960197468     PISSN: 13552600     EISSN: 17426545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13552600903389452     Document Type: Article

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