Online Risk to Children: Impact, Protection and Prevention [Paperback]

Online Risk to Children brings together the most up-to-date theory, policy, and best practices for online child protection and abuse prevention.

• Moves beyond offender assessment and treatment to discuss the impact of online abuse on children themselves, and the risks and vulnerabilities inherent in their constantly connected lives
• Global in scope, setting contributions from leading researchers and practitioners in the UK in international context via chapters from Australia, the USA and Europe.
• Key topics covered include cyberbullying, peer-oriented abuse, victim treatment approaches, international law enforcement strategies, policy responses, and the role of schools and industry

Foreword xi

Anne Longfield

About the Contributors xiii

Acknowledgements xvii

Introduction 1
Jon Brown

1 A Brief History of Child Safety Online: Child Abuse Images on the Internet 5
John Carr

Unintended, Unforeseen and Unwanted Consequences 5

Sexual Images of Children 6

The World Wide Web Explosion 7

Affordability, Accessibility and Anonymity – The Three As – Provide The Spur 8

The Number of Arrests and Police Operations Start to Climb 9

The Emergence of Hotlines 10

The Birth of the Internet Watch Foundation 12

Not a Very Promising Start 15

The Terrain Shifts and URL Blocking Emerges 16

Technology Comes to the Rescue of a Problem Technology Helped to Create 18

The Role of Search Engines 19

The Unanswered Questions about Technical Solutions 19