A typology of online child pornography offending, 2004
Based on research funded by the Australian High Tech Crime Centre, the Australian Institute of Criminology has recently released A typology of online child pornography offending. 'There is an increasing seriousness of offending, from offences that do not directly involve a child, to offences that involve direct contact with children, from online grooming to physical abuse.''Knowing the differences in how online child pornography offences are committed is vitally important to understanding and combating the problem of the sexual exploitation of children … The most important factor in law enforcement is the reliance on networks by many offenders. Concentrating on these linkages is likely to help address the problem of the proliferation of child pornography … By catching trawlers and deterring those who may be thinking of experimenting with child pornography a low level of offending will be disrupted.'
The Australian High Tech Crime Centre works with the Virtual Global Taskforce of police from the UK, USA and Canada.
Full report available on AIC web site [viewed 28/11/2006].
Source: Krone T 2004. A typology of online child pornography offending. Trends & issues in crime and criminal justice no. 279. Australian Institute of Criminology Canberra.
AIC Crime Facts Info no. 84, 2 November, 2004.