International and Internet Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation – Issues Emerging from Research

Abstract

There has, in recent years, been growing awareness and concern over cases of child sexual \nabuse (CSA) and exploitation1 which involve an international or internet dimension. These \ninclude child trafficking,2 child sex tourism,3 child abuse images4 (CAI), and g rooming.5 In \nterms of official recognition, these are relatively new risks to children, and ostensibly quite \nmajor ones. Governments, law enforcement and welfare agencies, voluntary bodies and \nindustry have responded by implementing or advocating a plethora of policy and practice \nmeasures.6 In light of this level of concern and intervention, this article seeks to establish what \nis known regarding the extent and nature of these cases, and examines the subsequent \norganisational response. It does this by drawing upon the authors’ ongoing research in this \narea, other (completed) research and the wider literature.

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