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Research: Technology-Assisted Abuse & Internet Crimes

The research highlighted in this area explores the ways that abusers and perpetrators use technology to harass, threaten, surveille, exploit, and violate their victim(s). Some technology-assisted abuse is also referred to as cyberstalking or cyberbullying.

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September 2005
This report is intended to provide a framework for promoting recognition and understanding of the real risks of violence for children and young people in cyberspace and through the use of new technologies, in particular the internet and mobile phones.
Authors: Deborah Muir
2005
This report focuses on a representative national sample of arrested offenders who possessed child pornography. The report includes major findings and conclusions from this sample and recommendations and resources for law-enforcement and prosecutors.
Authors: Janis Wolak, David Finkelhor, & Kimberly Mitchell
2005
This paper discusses the ways that the internet and other information and communication technologies aid the trafficking of women.
Authors: Kathleen Maltzahn
2004
This document provides information about abusive behaviors that young people may encounter online.
Authors: Rachel O'Connell, Joanna Price, & Charlotte Barrow
2003
This report provides an overview of arrests, types of crimes, characteristics of offenders and ways that the criminal justice system is handling internet sex crimes against minors.
Authors: Janis Wolak, Kimberly Mitchell, & David Finkelhor
June 2000
This report describes the responses of youth who were surveyed about their use of the internet and experiences while online, which includes exposure to unwanted sexual material and harassment.
Authors: David Finkelhor, Kimberly Mitchell, & Janis Wolak