Citation

Eneman M. J. Sex. Aggress. 2010; 16(2): 223-235.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2010, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/13552601003760014

PMID

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Abstract

The availability of child-abusive material challenges traditional legal regulation. A response to this is internet service providers' (ISPs) recent implementation of filtering systems to regulate access of this material. This paper considers whether ISP-implemented filtering systems are effective in preventing and controlling access to child-abusive material. Evaluation of the effectiveness will be based upon empirical material collected through interviews with 15 offenders convicted of child pornography; in addition, a Detective Inspector with the Swedish National Criminal Police has been interviewed. The paper concludes that the filtering approach contains both effective and ineffective elements.