Sex offenders and the internet / Kerry Sheldon and Dennis Howitt.

Chichester, Essex : John Wiley and Sons Ltd., 2007.

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Internet pornography.

Child pornography.

Online sexual predators.

Sex offenders.

1. Sex offending on the Internet

2. The issue of child pornography

3. What we know about paedophilia

4. Creating and controlling the Internet sex offender

5. What internet sex offenders do

6. The childhood histories of paedophiles

7. Sexual abuse and sexualisation in the childhoods of paedophiles --8. Coping with life through abuse and child pornography --9. Relationships in childhood and adulthood: security and attachment --10. Sexual fantasy and paedophile offenders --11. Distorted thinking --12. Desisting from child abuse --13. Epilogue: what has been learnt and what shall we do?

This book explores the nature of Internet sex offenders through case studies and psychological profiles, and focuses particularly on paedophilic sex offenders.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9780470028018

ix, 296 p. ; 25 cm