Online child grooming: a literature review on the misuse of social networking sites for grooming children for sexual offences

Citation
Kim-Kwang Raymond Choo, Online child grooming: a literature review on the misuse of social networking sites for grooming children for sexual offences (Australian Institute of Criminology) (July 2009) (full-text).

Overview
The grooming of children for sexual purposes has been facilitated by online technologies, particularly social networking sites. This report describes the nature and extent of how new technologies are being exploited by offenders and the legislative and non-legislative responses being used to combat this growing problem.