Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Editors' Note; Contributors; Introduction; Chapter 1: Legislation and policy: Protecting young people, sentencing and managing Internet sex offenders; Chapter 2: Characteristics of the Internet and child abuse; Chapter 3: Combating child abuse images on the Internet: International perspectives; Chapter 4: Stage model for online grooming offenders; Chapter 5: Understanding the perpetrators' online behaviour; Chapter 6: Policing social networking sites and online grooming; Chapter 7: Assessment and treatment approaches with online sexual offenders
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Summary
Provides an overview of international policy, legislation and offender management and treatment practice in the area of Internet child abuse. This book presents and assesses the research on internet child abuse, addressing: its nature, the behaviour and treatment of its perpetrators, international policy, legislation and protection, and policing