Online sexual crimes, offenders, and victims : theory, research, and practice / Sarah Paquette, Julien Chopin, Francis Fortin.

Abingdon, Oxfordshire : Routledge, 2025.

1st edition

202395

Computer crimes.

Sex crimes.

Online sexual predators.

Internet and children.

Child sexual abuse -- Prevention.

Sex crimes -- Prevention.

1. Introduction

2. Theoretical approaches to online sexual offending

3. The victimological theories explaining online sexual victimization

4. Virtual networks used by online sexual offenders

5. Criminal expertise and anonymity preservation

6. Cognitions supporting online sexual offending

7. Profiles of child sexual exploitation material users and online child sexual solicitation offenders

8. Childhood victimization of online sexual offenders: a developmental victimology approach

9. Child sexual exploitation material on the internet: victims, victimization, and collections

10. Prevention and intervention strategies to combat child sexual exploitation online

11. Conclusion.

Adopting a multidisciplinary perspective, this volume explores contemporary knowledge regarding the online sexual exploitation of children and adolescents, and challenges prevailing myths perpetuated by society and the media concerning this form of violence, the offenders, and their victims. Drawing on a wealth of data collected from real cases in Quebec, the book introduces readers to explanatory models of online offending and victimization, the criminal trajectories and characteristics of online offenses, the individual attributes of offenders and victims, issues pertaining to virtual identities and anonymity preservation techniques, and considerations for prevention and intervention practices. Online Sexual Crimes, Offenders, and Victims will be of interest to students, researchers, and professionals in the fields of criminal justice and public health, including criminologists, psychologists, psychiatrists, psychotherapists, social workers, police investigators, probation officers, magistrates, and lawyers. - Publisher's website.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9781032844237

xiv, 162 pages ; 24 cm