Tony Krone reports the experience of Queensland police in the investigation of predatory behaviour by men seeking sex with children through online chat rooms. The results of his study show the aggressive and rapid way that children are targeted: in 76 per cent of cases the suspect was arrested for an offence within one month...

Investigations into the possession of online child sexual abuse images reveal enormous variety in the types of images collected by adults with a sexual interest in children, illustrating that the concept is broad, changeable and, at the margins, elusive. The use of criminal law to regulate any activity requires that the proscribed conduct be clearly...

Online child pornography is an unintended aspect of the widespread adoption of information and communications technologies. Tony Krone looks at 31 well-publicised operations and considers the law enforcement implications of these for future operations. The paper starts to fill a significant gap in our understanding of online child pornography.

Tony Krone outlines the legal definition of child pornography and Australian laws relating to this, and presents a typology of online child pornography offending. He also discusses the implications for law enforcement responses.