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Explore all areas of the law that deal with the sexual offence of paedophilia in cyberspace.
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Throughout the last ten years there has been a growing problem worldwide regarding the vastly used and relied upon internet. There is no question the internet is overwhelmingly a power for good. It provides quick and easy access to a huge reservoir of information and entertainment, benefiting all social, economical and political aspects. However with such a mass use, approximately 600 million user's world-wide, there are bound to be, and increasingly evident, illegal and offensive usage. Paedophilia is a growing sexual offence in cyberspace. However as stats noticeably increase, so do the number of questions regarding whether the law is presently adequate to handle such a crime. In writing this essay I pan to investigate the current laws in connection with child sexual offences on the internet, how sentencing is carried out and particularly what it results in. I intend to review cases linked with possession and distribution of child...
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