A criminological internet 'sting'. Experimental evidence of illegal and deviant visits to a website trap

While considerable concerns have been raised about crime and deviancy on the Internet, relatively little research has looked closely at the subject. This paper describes a study on criminal and deviant behaviour that occurred on a World Wide Web site. The Cyber Magpie website was established to dete...

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Authors: Demetriou, Christina (Author) ; Silke, Andrew (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
Published: 2003
In: The British journal of criminology
Year: 2003, Volume: 43, Issue: 1, Pages: 213-222
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