Policing Possession of Child Pornography Online: Investigating the Training and Resources Dedicated to the Investigation of Cyber Crime
| Date | 01 December 2010 |
| Published date | 01 December 2010 |
| DOI | 10.1350/ijps.2010.12.4.201 |
| Subject Matter | Article |
Policing possession of child pornography
online: investigating the training and
resources dedicated to the investigation of
cyber crime
Catherine D. Marcum†, George E. Higgins§, Tina L. Freiburger¥and
Melissa L. Ricketts‡
†(Corresponding author) Department of Political Science, Georgia Southern University,
Campus Box 8101, Statesboro, GA. 30460 Tel: +1 912 478 7098; Fax: +1 912 478 5348;
email: cmarcum@georgiasouthern.edu
§Department of Justice Administration, 208 Brigman Hall, College of Arts and Sciences,
University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292. Tel: +1 502 852 0331; email:
gehigg01@gwise.louisville.edu
¥University of Wisconsin of Milwaukee, Department of Criminal Justice, University of
Wisconsin—Milwaukee, PO Box 786, 1139 Enderis Hall, Milwaukee, WI 53201, Tel: 414-
229-6134; Fax: 414-229-5311; Email: freiburg@uwm.edu
‡Shippensburg University Shippen Hall, 1871 Old Main Drive, Shippensburg, PA 17257-
2299. Tel: 717-477-1550; Fax: 717-477-4087; Email:@ mlricketts@ship.edu
Submitted 16 March 2010; revision submitted 29 May 2010; accepted
10 June 2010
Keywords: cyber crime, child pornography, policing, task forces
Catherine D. Marcum
is an assistant professor
of justice studies in the Political Science Depart-
ment at Georgia Southern University. She
received her PhD in criminology from Indiana
University of Pennsylvania. Her most recent pub-
lications are in Deviant Behavior; Criminal Justice
Studies: A Critical Journal of Crime, Law, and
Society; International Journal of Cyber Crimino-
logy; and Journal of Child Sexual Abuse.
George E. Higgins
is an associate professor in
the Department of Justice Administration at the
University of Louisville. He received his PhD in
criminology from Indiana University of Pennsyl-
vania in 2001. His most recent publications
appear in Criminal Justice Studies; Deviant
Behavior; Criminal Justice and Behavior; and
American Journal of Criminal Justice.
Tina Freiburger
is an assistant professor in the
Department of Criminal Justice at the University
of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Her current research
interests include gender and racial disparities in
sentencing, criminological theory, and online vic-
timisations and offending. Her recent publica-
tions have appeared in American Journal of
Criminal Justice; Behavioral Sciences and the
Law; Crime and Delinquency; and Criminal Jus-
tice Policy Review.
Melissa L. Ricketts
is an assistant professor in
the Criminal Justice Department at Shippens-
burg University. She received her PhD in Crim-
inology from Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
Her most recent publications appear in Journal
of School Violence; Western Criminology
Review; and Criminal Justice Studies. Her
research focuses on criminological theory
testing.
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BSTRACT
The internet is not a single network, limited to
one specific type of information or restrictive of the
International Journal of Police
Science and Management,
Vol. 12 No. 4, 2010, pp. 516–525.
DOI: 10.1350/ijps.2010.12.4.201
International Journal of Police Science & Management Volume 12 Number 4
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