Two New Publications on Online Child Grooming
The Australian Institute of Criminology has recently published two new reports relating to online child "grooming". Grooming is a term that describes the efforts of offenders to befriend and prepare children for sexual purposes at a later time. This information may be useful for analysts and investigators dealing with child exploitation.
- Online child grooming: a literature review on the misuse of social networking sites for grooming children for sexual offences.
- Responding to online child sexual grooming: an industry perspective.