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ArticleJournal of interpersonal violence2026

Identifying the Demographic and Internet Use Characteristics of Technology-Facilitated Child Sex Offenders Operating in the Australian, U.S. and U.K. General Population.

Michael Salter, Tyson Whitten, Delanie Woodlock, James Stevenson, Syimah Mat Rani, Deborah Fry

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Article in Journal of interpersonal violence, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Michael SalterUniversity of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-6446-9498
Tyson WhittenUniversity of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-8391-1990
Delanie WoodlockUniversity of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
James StevensonUniversity of Edinburgh, UK.
Syimah Mat RaniUniversity of Edinburgh, UK.
Deborah FryUniversity of Edinburgh, UK.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Research on technology-facilitated child sex offenders outside of forensic and clinical samples is scarce but necessary to inform prevention, early intervention, and investigation. This article describes and compares the demographic characteristics and internet use habits of technology-facilitated child sex offenders sourced from three quota-based samples comparable to the Australian (

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Child Abuse, SexualCriminalsInternetInternet UseSex OffensesAdolescentAdultAustraliaChildDigital MediaEroticaHumansMaleMiddle AgedUnited KingdomUnited Stateschild maltreatmentcriminologyinternet and abuseoffenders/perpetratorspreventionsexual abuse

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PMID41777085
PMCPMC12960737

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