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ERIC Number: EJ998675
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013
Pages: 6
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0164-775X
EISSN: N/A
Online Sexual Solicitation: The Role and Responsibility of Parents and School Psychologists
Valentine, Christopher
Communique, v41 n5 p1, 18-22 Jan-Feb 2013
As use of the Internet becomes more prevalent in society and daily living, there has been increased attention to the risks, especially threats that young people may face. One of these risks is online sexual solicitation, in which an individual contacts a minor over the Internet, generally with the intent of making face-to-face sexual contact. Today, with social networking sites and other ways for people to communicate, there is much greater access to youth. This access, in addition to reports of actual solicitations, has created a need for information regarding how to prevent threatening interactions and protect young people from the dangers of the Internet. The literature on the topic of online sexual solicitation or online victimization will often include issues related to creation, collection, and distribution of child pornography or even extend to general harassment or cyberbullying. The former is particularly significant to the topic of online sexual solicitation, as it is technically sexual abuse of a child facilitated by the Internet and because it has been proposed that pornography and child pornography may be used in solicitation, which will be discussed presently. However, this article will focus on those who solicit minors for sex via the Internet in an attempt to make face-to-face sexual contact. The article offers both technological and psychoeducational measures that parents should consider, as well as steps that school psychologists can take in addressing the issue. (Contains 6 online resources.)
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
Audience: Parents; Counselors
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A