TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2012//
TI  - Investigators using the Internet to apprehend sex offenders: findings from the Second National Juvenile Online Victimization Study
JO  - Police practice and research
A1  - Mitchell, Kimberly J.
A1  - Wolak, Janis
A1  - Finkelhor, Simon David
A1  - Jones, Lisa
SP  - 267
EP  - 281
VL  - 13
IS  - 3
N2  - This paper discusses the types of undercover investigations conducted on the Internet. Computer-assisted telephone interviews were conducted with police about 544 undercover cases ending in arrest for an Internet-related sex crime against a minor in 2006. The two most common types of undercover investigations involved police posing online as minors (76%) and undercover police investigations of child pornography (20%). Additionally, a few investigators were posing as adults having access to minors to sell or wanting to purchase sex with a minor (4%). The findings of this paper are a first step in understanding the efficacy of various types of investigations.<p />
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SN  - 1561-4263
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15614263.2011.627746
ID  - ref1
ER  -