دورية أكاديمية
Perpetrators' Identity in Online Crimes Against Children: A Meta-Analysis.
| العنوان: | Perpetrators' Identity in Online Crimes Against Children: A Meta-Analysis. |
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| المؤلفون: | Sutton S; University of New Hampshire, Durham, USA., Finkelhor D; University of New Hampshire, Durham, USA. |
| المصدر: | Trauma, violence & abuse [Trauma Violence Abuse] 2024 Jul; Vol. 25 (3), pp. 1756-1768. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Aug 23. |
| نوع المنشور: | Journal Article; Meta-Analysis; Review |
| اللغة: | English |
| بيانات الدورية: | Publisher: Sage Publications Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 100890578 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1552-8324 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 15248380 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Trauma Violence Abuse Subsets: MEDLINE |
| أسماء مطبوعة: | Original Publication: Thousand Oaks : Sage Publications, c2000- |
| مواضيع طبية MeSH: | Crime Victims*/psychology , Crime Victims*/statistics & numerical data , Internet*, Humans ; Child ; Adolescent ; Male ; Female ; Criminals/psychology ; Criminals/statistics & numerical data ; Adult ; Young Adult ; Crime/statistics & numerical data ; Child Abuse/statistics & numerical data ; Child Abuse/prevention & control |
| مستخلص: | Public and police concern about internet crimes against children has been primarily typified as a stranger danger problem. However, existing research suggests a variety of perpetrator ages and relationships to the victim. A more accurate estimate will help inform prevention efforts. This study provides a meta-analysis examining the identity of perpetrators in internet crimes against children. Databases were searched for published and unpublished studies using a detailed search strategy. In total, 32 studies met full inclusion criteria. Inclusion criteria was the following: (1) the victim sample consisted of children under the age of 18 years or young adults (18-25) asked to respond retrospectively; (2) the study victims experienced abuse through the use of technology; (3) the study reported the identity of the perpetrator, either the relationship to the victim or the age of the perpetrator; (4) the study was available in English. The overall proportion of offenders under the age of 18 as a proportion of all identified offenders was 44% (95% CI: 0.28-0.60). The overall proportion of acquaintance and family offenders as a proportion of all identified offenders was 68% (95% CI: 0.62-0.75). Between study variability was explained by data source, with higher proportion of juvenile offenders in studies using survey data. This meta-analysis confirms that most perpetrators of online crimes against children are not strangers to their victims and a large portion of perpetrators are juveniles. Prevention education needs to focus more on inappropriate behavior from anyone in addition to the dangers about communicating with strangers. Competing Interests: Declaration of Conflicting InterestsThe author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article. |
| فهرسة مساهمة: | Keywords: Internet crimes against children; image-based sexual abuse; online child sexual abuse; online grooming; technology facilitated abuse of children |
| تواريخ الأحداث: | Date Created: 20230823 Date Completed: 20240605 Latest Revision: 20240606 |
| رمز التحديث: | 20240606 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/15248380231194072 |
| PMID: | 37609835 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | MEDLINE |
Full Text Finder | تدمد: | 1552-8324 |
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| DOI: | 10.1177/15248380231194072 |