Internet
Papers
(Organized by study)
Second Youth Internet Safety Survey (YISS-2)
Wolak, J., Finkelhor, D., Mitchell, K., and Ybarra,, M. (2008) Online "Predators" and Their Victims: Myths, Realities, and Implications for Prevention and Treatment. American Psychologist, 63(2), 111-128 (CV163)
Mitchell, K.J., Wolak, J., & Finkelhor, D. (2008). Are blogs putting youth at risk for online sexual solicitation or harassment? Child Abuse & Neglect,32:277-294. (CV149)
Mitchell, K. & Ybarra, M. (2007). Online behavior of youth who engage in self-harm provides clues for preventive intervention. Preventive Medicine, 45: 392-396. (CV160)
Wolak, J., Mitchell, K., & Finkelhor, D. (2007). Does online harassment constitute bullying? An exploration of online harassment by known peers & online-only contacts. Special Issue of the Journal of Adolescent Health, 41: S51-S58. (CV172).
Ybarra, M. and Mitchell, K. (2007). Prevalence & frequency of Internet harassment instigation: Implications for adolescent health. Journal of Adolescent Health, 41(2): 189-195. (CV157)
Mitchell, K. J., Finkelhor, D., and Wolak, J. (2007). Online requests for sexual pictures from youth: Risk factors and incident characteristics. Journal of Adolescent Health, 41, 196-203. (CV155)
Wolak, J., Mitchell, K. J., and Finkelhor, D. (2007). Unwanted and wanted exposure to online pornography in a national sample of youth Internet users. Pediatrics, 119(2), 247-257. (CV153)
Ybarra, M., Mitchell, K., Finkelhor, D., and Wolak, J. (2007). Internet prevention messages: Targeting the right online behaviors. Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 161: 138-145. (CV77)
Mitchell, K., Wolak, J., and Finkelhor, D. (2007). Trends in youth reports of unwanted sexual solicitations, harassment and unwanted exposure to pornography on the Internet. Journal of Adolescent Health,40: 116-126. (CV135)
Wolak, J., Mitchell, K., and Finkelhor, D. (2006). Online victimization of youth: Five years later. National Center for Missing & Exploited Children Bulletin - #07-06-025. Alexandria, VA. (CV138)
Ybarra, M. L., Mitchell, K. J., Wolak, J., and Finkelhor, D. (2006). Examining characteristics and associated distress related to Internet harassment: Findings from the Second Youth Internet Safety Survey. Pediatrics, 118(4), 1169-1177. (CV141)
Ybarra, M., Mitchell, K., & Wolak, J. (2008). How Risky Social Networking Sites: A Comparison of Places Online Where Youth Sexual Solicitation and Harassment Occurs. Pediatrics. 121:e350-e357. (CV167)
Wells, M. & Mitchell, K. (2008). How do High Risk Youth Use the Internet? Characteristics & Implications for Prevention. Child Maltreatment, online first (http://cmx.sagepub.com/cgi/rapidpdf/1077559507312962v1) (CV178)
Wolak, J., Finkelhor, D., & Mitchell, K. (in press). Is Talking Online to Unkown People Always Risky? Distinguishing Online Interaction Types in a National Sample of Youth Internet Users. CyberPsychology & Behavior. (CV168)
For hard copies of the report Online Victimization of Youth: Five Years Later and information about online safety for families, contact the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children at 1-800-843-5678, or online at www.missingkids.com.
National Juvenile Online Vicimization Study (N-JOV)
Wells, M. Finkelhor, D., Wolak, J., and Mitchell, K. (2007). Defining child pornography: Law enforcement dilemmas in the investigations of Internet child pornography possession. Police, Practice & Research, 8(3): 269-282. (CV96)
* Author Posting. (c) Taylor & Francis, 2007.
(This is the author's version of the work. It is posted here by permission of Taylor & Francis for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Police Practice and Research, Volume 8 Issue 3, July 2007.doi: 10.1080/15614260701450765 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15614260701450765))
Walsh, W.A. and Wolak, J. (2005). Can nonforcible sex crimes be successfully prosecuted when victims are willing adolescents? Child Maltreatment, 10(3), 260-271. (CV105)
Wolak, J., Finkelhor, D., and Mitchell, K.J. (2005). The varieties of child pornography production. In Quayle, E. & Taylor, M. (Eds.), Viewing child pornography on the Internet: Understanding the offense, managing the offender, helping the victims (pgs. 31-48). Dorset, UK: Russell House Publishing. (CV100)
Mitchell, K.J., Wolak, J. and Finkelhor, D. (2005). Police posing as juveniles online to catch sex offenders: Is it working? Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment, 17(3): 241-267. (CV82)
Wolak, J., Finkelhor, D., and Mitchell, K.J. (2005). Child Pornography Possessors Arrested in Internet-Related Crimes: Findings from the National Juvenile Online Victimization Study. National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, Alexandria: VA. (CV81)*
Mitchell, K.J., Finkelhor, D. and Wolak, J. (2005). The internet and family and acquaintance sexual abuse. Child Maltreatment, 10(1), 49-60. (CV93)
Mitchell, K.J., Wolak, J. and Finkelhor, D. (2005). Internet sex crimes against minors. In K. Kendall-Tackett & S. Giacomoni (Eds.) Child victimization (pp. 2.1 - 2.17). Kingston, NJ: Civic Research Institute. (CV113)
Wolak, J., Finkelhor, D. and Mitchell, K.J. (2004). Internet-initiated sex crimes against minors: Implications for prevention based on findings from a national study. Journal of Adolescent Health, 35(5), 424-433. (CV71)
Wells, M., Finkelhor, D., Wolak, J. and Mitchell, K.J. (2004). Law enforcement challenges in Internet child pornography crimes. Sex Offender Law Report, 5 (4), pp. 41-42, 49. (CV95)
Wolak, J., Mitchell, K.J., and Finkelhor, D. (2003). Internet sex crimes against minors: The response of law enforcement. Alexandria, VA: National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. (CV70)*
Wolak, J., Mitchell, K.J., and Finkelhor, D. (2003). National juvenile online victimization study (N-JOV): Methodology report. Crimes against Children Research Center, Durham, NH. (CV72)
*Hard copies of these reports can be obtained from the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children at 1-800-843-5678 or online at www.missingkids.com.
First Youth Internet Safety Survey (YISS-1)
Mitchell, K., Ybarra, M., & Finkelhor, D. (2007). The relative importance of online victimization in understanding depression, delinquency, & substance use. Child Maltreatment, 12(4), 314-324. (CV132)
Ybarra, M.L. and Mitchell, K.J. (2005). Exposure to Internet pornography among children and adolescents: A National Survey. CyberPsychology & Behavior, 8(5), 473-486. (CV76)
Mitchell, K.J., Finkelhor, D., and Wolak, J. (2005). Protecting youth online: Family use of filtering and blocking software. Child Abuse & Neglect 29:753-765. (CV49)
Finkelhor, D., Mitchell, K.J., and Wolak, J. (2005). Online victimization: What youth tell us. In S.W. Cooper, R.J. Estes, A.P. Giardino, N.D. Kellogg, & V.I. Vieth (Eds.), Medical, legal, and social science aspects of child sexual exploitation: A comprehensive review of pornography, prostitution, and Internet crimes, Vol. 1 (pgs. 437-467). St. Louis, MO: GW Medical Publishing, Inc. (CV47)
Ybarra, M.L., Alexander, C., and Mitchell, K.J. (2005). Depressive symptomatology, youth Internet use, and online interactions: A national survey. Journal of Adolescent Health, 36(1), 9-18. (CV74)
Ybarra, M.L. and Mitchell, K.J. (2004). Youth engaging in online harassment: Associations with caregiver-child relationships, Internet use, and personal characteristics. Journal of Adolescence, 27(3), 319-336. (CV63)
Ybarra, M.L. and Mitchell, K.J. (2004). Online aggressors, victims, and aggressor/victims: A comparison of associated youth characteristics. Journal of Child Psychology & Psychiatry, 45(7), 1308-1316. (CV75)
Mitchell, K.J., Finkelhor, D., and Wolak, J. (2004). Victimization of youths on the internet. In J.L. Mullings, J.W. Marquart & D.J. Hartley (Eds.) The Victimization of Children: Emerging Issues (pgs. 1-39). Haworth Press, Binghamton, NY. (CV90)
Mitchell, K.J., Finkelhor, D., and Wolak, J. (2003). Victimization of youth on the internet. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma, 8(1/2), 1-39. (CV89)
Mitchell, K.J., Finkelhor, D., and Wolak, J. (2003). The exposure of youth to unwanted sexual material on the internet: A national survey of risk, impact and prevention. Youth & Society, 34(3), 330-358. (CV43)
Wolak, J., Mitchell, K.J., and Finkelhor, D. (2003). Escaping or connecting? Characteristics of youth who form close online relationships. Journal of Adolescence, 26(1), 105-119. (CV51)
Wolak, J., Mitchell, K.J., and Finkelhor, D. (2002). Close online relationships in a national sample of adolescents: A description. Adolescence, 37(147), 441-456. (CV50)
Mitchell, K.J., Finkelhor, D., and Wolak, J. (2002). Youth online victimization. In David Levinson (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Crime & Punishment, 3, 1109-1112. Newbury Park, CA: Berkshire Reference/Sage Publications. (CV48)
Mitchell, K.J., Finkelhor, D., and Wolak, J. (2001). Risk factors and impact of online sexual solicitation of youth. Journal of the American Medical Association, 285 (23), 1-4. (CV42)
Mitchell, K.J. (2001). Youth on the Internet: Who is at Risk? The LINK: The official newsletter of the International Society for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect. (CV129)
Finkelhor, D., Mitchell, K.J., and Wolak, J. (2001). Highlights of the Youth Internet Safety Survey. Juvenile Justice Fact Sheet – FS200104 (pgs. 1-2). Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office. (CV46)
Finkelhor, D., Mitchell, K.J., & Wolak, J. (2000). Online victimization: A report on the nation’s youth. Alexandria, VA: National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. (CV38)
Survey of Internet Mental Health Issues (SIMHI)
Mitchell, K.J., Finkelhor, D., & Becker-Blease, K. (2007). Linking youth internet and conventional problems: Findings from a clinical perspective. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma, 15(2): 39-58. (CV78)
Mitchell, K.J., Finkelhor, D., and Becker-Blease, K. (2007). A classification of adults with problematic internet experiences: Linking internet and conventional problems from a clinical perspective. CyberPsychology & Behavior, 10(3): 381-392. (CV94)
Wells, M., Mitchell, K., Finkelhor, D., and Becker-Blease, K. (2007). Online mental health treatment: Concerns & considerations. CyberPsychology and Behavior,10(3):453-459. (CV97)
Wells, M. and Mitchell, K., (2007). Youth sexual exploitation on the Internet: DSM-IV diagnoses and gender differences in co-occurring mental health issues. Child & Adolescent Social Work Journal, 24(3): 235-260. (CV128)
Mitchell, K. and Wells, M. (2007). Problematic Internet experiences: Primary or secondary presenting problems in persons seeking mental health care. Social Science & Medicine, 65: 1136-1141. (CV131)
Mitchell, K.J., Becker-Blease, K. and Finkelhor, D. (2005). Inventory of problematic Internet experiences encountered in clinical practice. Professional Psychology: Research & Practice, 36(5): 498-509. (CV92)
Wells, M., Mitchell, K.J., Finkelhor, D. and Becker-Blease, K. (2006). Mental health professionals’ exposure to clients with problematic internet experiences. Journal of Technology in the Human Services, 24(4): 35-51. (CV106)
To request a copy of an article listed in this study, please contact:
Kimberly Mitchell, Ph.D.
Crimes against Children Research Center
University of New Hampshire
10 West Edge Drive, Ste. 106
Durham, NH 03824-3586
kimberly.mitchell@unh.edu
Other
Janis Wolak, Kimberly Mitchell, and David Finkelhor (2006). Online Victimization of Youth: Five Years Later.
National Center for Missing & Exploited Children Bulletin – #07-06-025. Order (CV138)
David Finkelhor, Kimberly Mitchell and Janis Wolak (2000). Online Victimization: A Report on the Nation's Youth. National Center for Missing & Exploited Children Bulletin -- #6-00-020
Ybarra, M., Espelage, D.L., & Mitchell, K. (2007). The Co-Occurrence of Internet Harassment and Unwanted Sexual Solicitation Victimizatoin and Perpetration: Associations with Psychosocial Indicators. Journal of Adolescent Health. 41(6,Suppl): S31-S41. (CV120b)
Sabina, C., Wolak, J., & Finkelhor, D. (in press). The Nature and Dynamics of Internet Pornography Exposure for Youth Under 18. CyberPsychology & Behavior. (CV177)
