COMP47640 Online Child Abuse Invest.

Academic Year 2021/2022

Child sexual abuse is a societal issue that has serious implications for children
and society and is therefore acknowledged as a serious crime. In the UK alone 1
in 20 children have been sexually abused. It is a complex and difficult crime type
with many taboos, myths and untruths associated with it. Within Policing it is a
specialised area due to the aforementioned societal nature of the crime but also
because it requires specialised skills especially in knowledge, interviewing
techniques and particular investigative practise.
Sexual abuse of children has always existed in one form or another but has, like a
lot of other areas, been revolutionised by ICT. The internet has opened up
opportunities for non-contact sex offending, such as the viewing of child
pornography. Distribution of CSAM (both commercial and non-commercial),
Grooming, live streaming child sexual abuse, and sexual extortion are also forms
of offending Police are now seeing in their daily work as legislation improves
around the world.
This course is a standalone module covering all aspects of the exploitation of
children online (and understanding offline related offending) that will equip
students to deal with the ever increasing level of crime in this area.

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Learning Outcomes:

Upon successful completion of this module students should be able to:
Understand how criminals use ICT to offend against children as well as
sex offenders from an investigators perspective both online and offline
Understand technologies and platforms used by offenders to access CSAM
including anonymization, obfuscation and encryption.
Understand the digital forensic aspects of online offenders and explore
digital media formats preferred by offenders
Grasp the importance of social media to both offenders and victims
Fully understand risk taking activity of children online
Victimology in an online environment
Recognise the role of law enforcement in online prevention of offending
Understand the importance of CSAM Victim Identification and master
CSAM victim identification techniques and tools

Student Effort Hours: 
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Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

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Module Requisites and Incompatibles
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Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Continuous Assessment: Continuous Assessment Varies over the Trimester n/a Graded No

50
Examination: Final Exam 2 hour End of Trimester Exam Not specified Graded No

50

Carry forward of passed components
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Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
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