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Social Science Pornography

Who Is Bob_34?

Investigating Child Cyberpornography

by (author) Francis Fortin & Patrice Corriveau

translated by Käthe Roth

Publisher
UBC Press
Initial publish date
Dec 2015
Category
Pornography, Criminology, Child Advocacy
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780774829687
    Publish Date
    Dec 2015
    List Price
    $27.95
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780774829700
    Publish Date
    Jul 2015
    List Price
    $125.00
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780774829670
    Publish Date
    Jul 2015
    List Price
    $85.00

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Eye-catching headlines such as “Sixty people charged in child-porn crackdown” explode in the media with alarming frequency, giving the impression that our communities are awash with perverts. But what exactly do we know about these crimes and those who commit them? Who produces child cyberpornography? Who distributes it? Who consumes it? And is there a link between viewing and abuse?

 

Seeking answers to these questions, Francis Fortin and Patrice Corriveau infiltrated child-porn user groups and compared their findings to scholarship on the subject. Who Is Bob_34? breaks down popular perceptions by opening a window on a clandestine world populated by a spectrum of cyberpedophiles, ranging from occasional image collectors to sex abusers who lure and assault children. Contrary to popular perceptions, the typical cyberpedophile is in his mid-thirties and grew up using the Internet. He often believes his actions are justifiable and takes pride in collecting and sharing child porn.

 

This timely book reveals that this contemporary phenomenon is much more complicated than the media and commissioned reports suggest.

About the authors

Francis Fortin's profile page

Patrice Corriveau is assistant professor in the Department of Criminology, University of Ottawa and the author of La répression juridique des homosexuels au Québec et en France.

Patrice Corriveau's profile page

Kathe Roth was born in Montréal and now lives in Saint-Lazare, Québec. She has been a literary translator and editor for more than twenty-five years. Her work includes over thirty translated books and essays of literary non-fiction on various subjects, including art, architecture, economics, history, and sociology, as well as fiction. She was a finalist for the Governor General Award for literary translation in 1993 for “The Last Cod Fish” by Pol Chantraine. She is a member of the Literary Translators Association of Canada.

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