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- Title
Online Child Sexual Abuse: The French Response.
- Authors
Chawki, Mohamed
- Abstract
Online child sexual abuse is an increasingly visible problem in society today. The introduction, growth and utilization of information and telecommunication technologies (ICTs) have been accompanied by an increase in illegal activities. With respect to cyberspace the Internet is an attractive environment to sex offenders. In addition to giving them greater access to minors, extending their reach from a limited geographical area to victims all around the world, it allows criminals to alter or conceal their identities. Sexual predators, stalkers, child pornographers and child traffickers can use various concealment techniques to make it more difficult for investigators to identify them and find evidence. Others physically hide removable media and incriminating evidence in rented storage space, impeding an investigator's job to find the truth. France has given the protection of children from sexual exploitation and abuse a high priority. Traditional laws have been amended to address the challenges of information technology, violence and to bring at the same time the country into line with international conventions on the rights of children. Accordingly this current article will analyze some of the techniques used by offenders to abuse children online, including recent legal and administrative developments in France concerning online children protection.
- Subjects
FRANCE; SEX crimes; COMPUTER crimes; INFORMATION &; communication technologies; CYBERSPACE; SEX offenders; ONLINE sexual predators; CHILD trafficking; CHILD psychology
- Publication
Journal of Digital Forensics, Security & Law, 2009, Vol 4, Issue 4, p7
- ISSN
1558-7215
- Publication type
Article