Are crimes by online predators different from crimes by sex offenders who know youth in-person?

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 736-741

  Wolak, Janis ^a   Finkelhor, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Child sexual abuse; Internet related sex crime; Nonforcible sexual offense; Statutory rape

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PORNOGRAPHY; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNET; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MALE; PREDATOR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL CRIME; SEXUAL EXPLOITATION; SEXUAL MINORITY; STATUTORY RAPE; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW;

CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; INTERNET-RELATED SEX CRIME; NONFORCIBLE SEXUAL OFFENSE; STATUTORY RAPE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CRIME VICTIMS; CRIMINAL LAW; CRIMINALS; DECEPTION; EROTICA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; RAPE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84888019114     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: 18791972     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2013.06.010     Document Type: Article

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