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Hidden Worlds: How Child Sexual Abuse Offenders Portray Themselves in Clear-Web Paedophile Community Interactions and Dark-Web Survey Responses

Rosie Marsh-Rossney, Tegan Insoll, Anna K. Ovaska, Nina Vaaranen-Valkonen, Nuria Lorenzo-Dus Orcid Logo

Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, Pages: 1 - 27

Swansea University Authors: Rosie Marsh-Rossney, Nuria Lorenzo-Dus Orcid Logo

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Published in: Journal of Child Sexual Abuse
ISSN: 1053-8712 1547-0679
Published: Informa UK Limited 2026
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title_short Hidden Worlds: How Child Sexual Abuse Offenders Portray Themselves in Clear-Web Paedophile Community Interactions and Dark-Web Survey Responses
title_full Hidden Worlds: How Child Sexual Abuse Offenders Portray Themselves in Clear-Web Paedophile Community Interactions and Dark-Web Survey Responses
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