University of British Columbia Press Who Is Bob_34?: Investigating Child Cyberpornography

Who Is Bob_34? sheds light on the clandestine world of online child pornography and pedophilia. What exactly do we know about these crimes? Who produces child cyberpornography? Who distributes it? Who consumes it? And is there a link between viewing and abuse? By infiltrating child-porn user groups and comparing their findings to scholarship on the topic, Francis Fortin and Patrice Corriveau address these questions and more, opening a window on a world that is much more complex than media accounts and commissioned reports suggest. Review A must-read for all parents.--citeboomers.com Cyberpedophilia elicits a lot of questions, namely, how can we better protect our kids? Without succumbing to sensationalism, this informative book empowers its readers to help protect kids, by equipping them with a better understanding of this new reality.--La Sentinelle Review The authors move beyond the repulsion one could legitimately feel toward child pornographers to understand who the individuals are who produce, collect, and exchange child pornography online; how this type of illegal content is found on the Internet; how the Internet facilitated the emergence of a global support community for child-porn consumers; and what features characterize different types of offenders. Author: Benoît Dupont, Canada Research Chair in Security, Identity and Technology Book Description The most comprehensive examination to date of the clandestine world of child cyberpornography. From the Author Francis Fortin has worked in the field of criminal investigations and intelligence since 1999. He is an assistant professor at the School of Criminology at the Université de Montréal. His research focuses on cybercrime, criminal intelligence, data mining, and forensic analysis. He has taught specialized courses at several Quebec universities, including classes in the emerging field of open-source intelligence and classes on how to conduct cyberinvestigations. He has presented and published numerous scientific papers and is the author of a book on cybercrimes: Cybercriminalité: Entre inconduite et crime organisé. Prior to becoming an associate professor in the Department of Criminology at the University of Ottawa, Patrice Corriveau worked as a senior policy analyst at Justice Canada. He is currently researching the history of suicide in Quebec since 1763 and is conducting a research project into the challenges and issues posed by new technologies for youth, especially in the school environment. He is also the founder of the non-profit organization Cyberaction Jeunesse Canada, which educates young and old people alike on issues related to cybersecurity. His recent books are Sex Work: Rethinking the Job, Respecting Workers (2013); Cyberpédophiles et autres agresseurs virtuels (2011); Judging Homosexuals (2011), La régulation sociale des minorités sexuelles: L’inquiétude de la différence (2011); Mais oui c’est un travail (2010); and Gangs and Girls (2009). About the Author Francis Fortin has worked in the field of criminal investigations and intelligence since 1999. He is an assistant professor at the School of Criminology at the Université de Montréal. His research focuses on cybercrime, criminal intelligence, data mining, and forensic analysis. He has taught specialized courses at several Quebec universities, including classes in the emerging field of open-source intelligence and classes on how to conduct cyberinvestigations. He has presented and published numerous scientific papers and is the author of a book on cybercrimes: Cybercriminalité: Entre inconduite et crime organisé. Prior to becoming an associate professor in the Department of Criminology at the University of Ottawa, Patrice Corriveau worked as a senior policy analyst at Justice Canada. He is currently researching the history of suicide in Quebec since 1763 and is conducting a research project into the challenges and issues posed by new technologies for youth,