Patterns of ownership of child model sites : Profiling the profiteers and consumers of child exploitation material

Title: Patterns of ownership of child model sites : Profiling the profiteers and consumers of child exploitation material
Creator: Watters, Paul; Lueg, Christopher; Spiranovic, Caroline; Prichard, Jeremy
Date: 2013
Type: Text; Journal article
Identifier: http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/38056
Identifier: vital:4931
Identifier: https://doi.org/10.5210/fm.v18i2.4300
Identifier: ISSN:1396-0466
Abstract: Recent research has indicated that cybercrime thrives when a corrupt social, economic, and political environment emerges such that law enforcement impact is minimised and key elements of crime prevention are absent. In this paper, using a snowball methodology we analyse patterns of ownership of "child model" sites which generate profits from advertising and/or subscriptions. While the material may not be traditional "pornography" in content, it is arguably exploitative. An open question is how the material compares to "beauty pageant" and other highly stylised mainstream photography that depicts children in adult situations, and whether access to all such material should be restricted.
Relation: First Monday Vol. 18, no. 2 (2013), p.
Rights: Copyright First Monday and The Authors
Rights: This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
Subject: Cybercrime; Law enforcement; Crime Prevention; Ownership; Child model
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