Combating the Exploitation of Children in Cyberspace

The internet has greatly enhanced access to dissemination and sale of child pornography which is a profitable industry estimated to generate billions of dollars worldwide. While efforts to address the issue of sexual exploitation of children may be slow the capabilities of offenders to organize communicate over the internet and harness technology are unequivocally fast. Protection of children against cyber exploitation has become imperative and measures should be taken that are specific and targeted to provide specialized victim identification capabilities; adequate protection for children using the internet; genuine participation of children; a full and responsible private sector; and finally coordinated effective and structured international cooperation to protect all children. Combating the Exploitation of Children in Cyberspace: Emerging Research and Opportunities provides innovative research for understanding all elements of combating cyber exploitation of children including the roles of law enforcement international organizations and the judicial system and educating children and their families to the dangers of the independent internet usage through cyberspace awareness programs. The content within this publication examines child grooming cyberbullying and cybercrime. It is designed for law enforcement lawmakers teachers government officials policymakers IT specialists cybercriminal researchers psychologists victim advocates professionals academicians researchers and students.