onlinePROTECT

Based at the University of Lincoln, onlineProtect (OP) is an international research, consultancy, and training group commited to:

• Enhancing the safety of children and young people in online and offline environmens
• Working with others through research, training, consultation, and inter-angency collaboration to eliminate child sexual exploitation and abuse on the internet

Research, Policy, and Practice

onlinePROTECT has a research programme designed to balance the need for knowledge generation and exchange with practical outcomes for professionals who work in this area.

onlinePROTECT has three main research areas:

Offending: Why and How?

Establishing Risk

Preventing Offending

This research has continued to inform policy and professional service developments, as well as to further empirical research in the field.