Online Pedophilia Flashcards
9 typologies of CSEM offenders
- browser
- private fantasy
- trawler
- nonsecure collecter
- secure collecter
- groomer
- physical abuser
- distributer
- producer
CSEM offenders vs contact offenders
- better educated
- lower cognitive distortion
- less criminal history
browser (CSEM)
no network
no security
indirect abuse
response to spam, material knowingly saved
private fantasy (CSEM)
no network
no security
indirect abuse
conscious creation of online text or digital images for private use
trawler (CSEM)
low network
no security
indirect abuse
actively seeking using openly available browsers
nonsecure collecter
high network
no security
indirect abuse
actively seeking material through peer-to-peer networks
secure collecter
high network
secure
indirect abuse
actively seeking material but through secure networks - exchange
groomer
network varies
security depends on the child
cultivating an online relationship with 1 or more children
pornography used to facilitate
physical abuser
network varies
security depends on child
direct abuse
abusing a child that may have been introduced online
distributor
distributes at any other level
network varies
producer
network varies
security depends on child
direct abuse
records own abuse or that of others
definition of grooming
deceptive process used by sexual abusers to facilitate sexual contact with a minor while simultaneously avoiding detection (Winters et al, 2021)
stages of grooming process
friendship forming
relationship forming
risk assessment
exclusivity
sexual
characteristics of grooming behaviour
many grooming tactics are not harmful on their own, only difference may be the intentions
manipulation tactics
- assurance of safety
- inappropriateness of behaviour
- sexuality
- flattery and compliments
4 typologies of groomers
intimacy seeking
dedicated hypersexual
social groomers
opportunistic asocial