This paper reviews available research on how the internet facilitates radicalisation and measures to prevent it. It briefly canvasses evidence on the extent to which the internet contributes to radicalisation broadly, and who is most susceptible to its influence, before delving further into the mechanisms underpinning the relationship between the internet and violent extremism.

This study addresses a crucial gap in the evidence by focusing on children as victims of violence and abuse in their own right, concentrating on two facets of child abuse - exposure to IPV perpetrated against their female carers, and being the direct target of physical and/or emotional abuse.

Mobile dating apps and websites are an increasingly popular and socially acceptable way of meeting people. This research reveals that there is an inherent risk associated with these platforms of being subjected to sexual harassment, aggression or violence, both online and in person.