Citation

Drăgan AT. J. Legal Stud. (Arad, Romania) 2018; 21: 52-60.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2018, Walter De Gruyter)

DOI

10.1515/jles-2018-0004

PMID

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Abstract

In the course of time, it has been demonstrated that the Internet is a vulnerable system, and this aspect, combined with the advantages it offers (storage, processing and transmission of huge amounts of data, accessibility, ease of use, distance-independence, the possibility of applications in the business field), have resulted in a favourable context for criminal activities, triggering the emergence of a new criminal phenomenon - cybercrime.

Child pornography was known before the advent of the internet, but technological advances have led to a rapid increase in the production and distribution of this type of pornography worldwide. Images can be produced, copied, and delivered within a fraction of a second, whereas, in the past, such materials had to be developed and delivered...

Keywords:
child pornography; minors; computer systems; Internet

Language: en