Online social networking and pedophilia: An experimental research "sting"

Roderic Broadhurst; Kasun Jayawardena

Online social networking and pedophilia: An experimental research "sting"

Roderic Broadhurst^*
, Kasun Jayawardena

^*Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

3 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

Fears about the potential risks of the Internet, especially for children, have been long held within society. However, the advent and rapid uptake of websites such as MySpace (http://www.myspace.com) and Facebook (http:// www.facebook.com) have added to these fears (Pascu, Osimo, Ulbrich, Turlea, & Burgelman, 2007). ›e fact that the Internet is lawless is now widely acknowledged (Broadhurst, 2006, p. 11).

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Cyber Criminology
Subtitle of host publication	Exploring Internet Crimes and Criminal Behavior
Publisher	Taylor and Francis Inc.
Pages	79-102
Number of pages	24
ISBN (Electronic)	9781439829509
ISBN (Print)	9781439829493
Publication status	Published - 22 Feb 2011

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