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100			_aSalter, Michael _92992
245			_a“Talk to strangers!” : _cMichael Salter and Saranda Sokolov _bOmegle and the political economy of technology-facilitated child sexual exploitation
260			_bSage, _c2024
500			_aJournal of Criminology, 2024, 57(1): 121-137
520			_aThis article examines how technology-facilitated child sexual exploitation has flourished within the laissez faire regulatory frameworks of neoliberalism, and argues that political economy should play a more central role in theorising about child sexual abuse. Drawing on the case study of Omegle, a livestreaming website that matches strangers via webcam, the paper illustrates how deregulatory trends have produced an alignment between the sexual interests of child sexual abusers and the economic interests of some online service providers. The paper suggests that intersecting political ideologies and economic structures have increased opportunities for child sexual exploitation and decreased formal and informal controls, while recruiting paedophilic desires and exploitative subjectivities within processes of capital accumulation. The paper explores the implications of political economy for theories of child sex offending, which have typically focused on the psychological, social and legal dimensions of child sexual abuse while overlooking the role of capitalist structures and imperatives. (Authors' abstract). Record #8599
650			_aATTITUDES _970
650			_aCHILD SEXUAL ABUSE _9121
650			_aECONOMIC ASPECTS _9213
650			_aIMAGE-BASED SEXUAL ABUSE _99483
650			_aSEXUAL EXPLOITATION _9533
650			_aTECHNOLOGY-FACILITATED ABUSE _99831
651			_aINTERNATIONAL _93624
651		4	_aAUSTRALIA _92597
700			_aSokolov, Saranda _912785
773	0		_tJournal of Criminology, 2024, 57(1): 121-137
830			_aJournal of Criminology _99949
856			_uhttps://doi.org/10.1177/26338076231194451 _zDOI: 10.1177/26338076231194451 (Open access)
942			_2ddc _cARTICLE _hnews126