Schulz, Anja and Bergen, Emilia and Schuhmann, Petya and Hoyer, Juergen and Santtila, Pekka (2016) Online Sexual Solicitation of Minors: How Often and between Whom Does It Occur? JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN CRIME AND DELINQUENCY, 53 (2). pp. 165-188. ISSN 0022-4278, 1552-731X
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Objectives: This study examined how frequently online sexual solicitation of adolescents and children by adults occurs and what characteristics the perpetrators have using a novel methodological approach. Method: In an online survey, we investigated the frequency of online sexual solicitation exhibited by adult Internet users (N = 2,828), including a subgroup recruited on pedophilia-related websites. Perpetrators soliciting adolescents were compared to those soliciting children concerning solicitation outcomes (e.g., cybersex) and demography. Results: In total, 4.5 percent reported soliciting adolescents and 1.0 percent reported soliciting children. Most solicitors of adolescents and children were from pedophilia-related websites (49.1 and 79.2 percent). Solicitation frequently involved sexual outcomes (47.5 percent), which also followed nonsexual interaction. The minors' age did not affect the odds of sexual outcomes. A substantial proportion of perpetrators were female. Conclusions: This study offers unprecedented data on the number of adults soliciting minors. Although adolescents were more often target of solicitation, the risk of sexual outcomes was equally high in solicitation of children, suggesting younger children to be considered in prevention efforts as well. Nonsexual interactions resulting in sexual outcomes need to be more closely examined to inform appropriate prevention efforts. Moreover, awareness should be raised about females as perpetrators.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | OFFENDERS; CHILDREN; ASSOCIATIONS; EXPERIENCES; ADOLESCENTS; TRENDS; online sexual solicitation; Internet offending; child sexual abuse; online survey |
| Subjects: | 600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine |
| Divisions: | Medicine > Abteilung für Forensische Psychiatrie |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 11 Mar 2019 14:48 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Mar 2019 14:48 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/2379 |
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