Online child exploitation: Challenges and future research directions

Computer Law and Security Review

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 687-698

  Hillman, Henry ^b   Hooper, Christopher ^c   Choo, Kim Kwang Raymond ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c Thompson and Thompson Legal Practitioners   (Australia)

Author keywords

Child sexual exploitation; Court supervised counselling; Online child exploitation; Online child sexual exploitation; prevention and education; Routine activity theory; Sexting

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; SECURITY SYSTEMS;

CHILD SEXUAL EXPLOITATION; COURT SUPERVISED COUNSELLING; ONLINE CHILD EXPLOITATION; ONLINE CHILD SEXUAL EXPLOITATION; ROUTINE ACTIVITY THEORIES; SEXTING;

LAW ENFORCEMENT;

EID: 84912004875     PISSN: 02673649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clsr.2014.09.007     Document Type: Article

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