Exploring policing and industry practice in the prevention of online child sexual abuse
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Davidson, J., Schimmenti, A., Caretti, V., Puccia, A., Corbari, E., Bogaerts, S., Schilder, J., Scally, M., Bifulco, A. and DeMarco, J. 2020. Exploring policing and industry practice in the prevention of online child sexual abuse. in: Bryce, I. and Petherick, W. (ed.) Child Sexual Abuse: Forensic Issues in Evidence, Impact, and Management Academic Press. pp. 657-678
Chapter title | Exploring policing and industry practice in the prevention of online child sexual abuse |
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Alternative | Chapter Thirty - Exploring policing and industry practice in the prevention of online child sexual abuse |
Authors | Davidson, J., Schimmenti, A., Caretti, V., Puccia, A., Corbari, E., Bogaerts, S., Schilder, J., Scally, M., Bifulco, A. and DeMarco, J. |
Abstract | This chapter considers child online protection in the context of a study funded by the European Commission which explored industry and policing practice in the prevention and investigation of online child sexual abuse cases. The research was conducted in four EU countries (United Kingdom, Ireland, Italy, and the Netherlands) and employed a mixed-methods approach including stakeholder interviews; industry case studies; national police surveys in three countries; and a national youth victimisation survey in three countries. The findings suggest that the scale of online child sexual abuse continues to grow and that the police are ill-equipped to respond; front line police officers are the first to respond first but are not trained to do so, and finally, those officers who have received specialist training are more likely to respond appropriately and to feel confident in working on such cases. There are pockets of good practice but there is a need to foster more centralised collaborative procedures between industry and law enforcement, both at national and international levels. |
Research Group | Centre for Abuse and Trauma Studies (CATS) |
Page range | 657-678 |
Book title | Child Sexual Abuse: Forensic Issues in Evidence, Impact, and Management |
Editors | Bryce, I. and Petherick, W. |
Publisher | Academic Press |
Elsevier | |
Edition | 1st Edition |
ISBN | |
Paperback | 9780128194348 |
Electronic | 9780128194355 |
Publication dates | |
30 Apr 2020 | |
Online | 27 May 2020 |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 20 Apr 2020 |
Accepted | 01 Jan 2019 |
Output status | Published |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-819434-8.00030-1 |
Related Output | |
Is part of | https://doi.org/10.1016/C2018-0-04491-6 |
Is part of | https://shop.elsevier.com/books/child-sexual-abuse/bryce/978-0-12-819434-8 |
Language | English |
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