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Seksualno zlostavljanje djece i internet
Child Sexual Abuse and the Internet

Author(s): Vanja Elezović
Subject(s): Media studies, Sociology, ICT Information and Communications Technologies
Published by: Visoka škola “CEPS – Centar za poslovne studije” Kiseljak
Keywords: children; sex abuse; internet;

Summary/Abstract: New technologies such as the internet, although very valuable, can put children at risk of exploitation and harm. The internet can give people who are interested in abusing or exploiting children a new medium to network, share information and fantasies and explore new identities. It is hard to determine the number of children affected by exploitative practices through the internet. In this paper the relationship between child abuse and the Internet is explored, in particular: child sexual exploitation; children's exposure to sexually explicit or offensive material; and the use of the Internet by paedophiles to legitimise, reinforce and facilitate their sexual activities.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 111-121
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Bosnian