Michael C. Seto, PhD, is a clinical forensic psychologist and a forensic research director with the Royal Ottawa Health Care Group and a psychiatry professor at the University of Ottawa, with cross-appointments to the University of Toronto and Carleton University. Dr. Seto has published extensively on pedophilia, online sexual offending, sexual offending against children, violence risk assessment, and offenders with mental disorders, including his book Pedophilia and Sexual Offending Against Children, Second Edition. Information about his research; scoring guides for the SSPI-2, CPORT, and CASIC; and other materials are available through his ResearchGate profile: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Michael_Seto. Follow him on X, @MCSeto.
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Preface: Declaration of Personal and Professional Interests Introduction: The Growing Problem of Online Sexual Offending Chapter 1. Prevalence and Characteristics of Internet Sexual Offending Chapter 2. Child Sexual Exploitation Material Chapter 3. Sexual Solicitation of Minors Chapter 4. Other Online Sexual Offending Chapter 5. Etiology of Online Sexual Offending and the Motivation-Facilitation Model Chapter 6. Risk and Other Clinical Assessment of Online Sexual Offending Perpetrators Chapter 7. Treatment of Online Sexual Offending Perpetrators Chapter 8. Prevention of Online Sexual Offenses Chapter 9. Conclusions and Future Directions: Understanding and Preventing Online Sexual Offending Appendix A. Child Pornography Offender Risk Tool (CPORT) and Correlates of Admission of Sexual Interest in Children Scale (CASIC) Scoring Guidelines References Index About the Author