In:
International Journal of Police Science & Management, SAGE Publications, Vol. 17, No. 1 ( 2015-03), p. 40-49
Abstract:
Law enforcement agencies worldwide are concerned about cyber sexual grooming (CSG), particularly because of its potential to increasingly become transnational and global. The Internet medium facilitates CSG, where predators can draw children into a façade relationship through systematic grooming, inappropriate sexual advances and manipulation, for the purpose of sexual victimization. This article discusses four main issues. First, it discusses the definition of CSG and its inadequacies. Second, it reviews the behavioral characteristics of CSG perpetrators and victims, exposing the prevailing myths that offenders are violent paedophiles and strangers to their victims. Third, it illustrates how the CSG process unfolds through five different psychological and behavioral stages. Finally, recommendations are provided for caregivers, schools, law enforcement authorities, and adolescents to remain proactive in the prevention of and intervention in CSG.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
1461-3557
,
1478-1603
DOI:
10.1177/1461355714566782
Language:
English
Publisher:
SAGE Publications
Publication Date:
2015
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2112649-5
SSG:
2
SSG:
2,1
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