Online Child Sexual Exploitation Material: A Comparison From Police Data on Men Charged With Child Sexual Exploitation Material Exclusively and Men Charged With Contact Child Sexual Abuse Exclusively
We do not know whether men who access Child Sexual Exploitation Material (CSEM) are contact child-sex offenders using technology - or a new and different type of child sex offender. This study compares men who were charged with Contact Child Sexual Abuse (CCSA) (n = 95) exclusively, and men who were...
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| description | We do not know whether men who access Child Sexual Exploitation Material (CSEM) are contact child-sex offenders using technology - or a new and different type of child sex offender. This study compares men who were charged with Contact Child Sexual Abuse (CCSA) (n = 95) exclusively, and men who were charged with offences involving online CSEM (n = 99) exclusively. This is the first study of its kind in Australia, the first to divide participants into mutually exclusive offending type groups and to do this using police data. Logistic regression results indicated that CSEM offenders were significantly more likely to be older, more likely to be employed, have fewer criminal charges and supervision violations compared to CCSA offenders. The findings further highlighted the heterogeneity of those charged with child sexual offences based on offence typology. The identification of demographic, lifestyle and interpersonal characteristic differences between online CSEM and CCSA offenders’ questions the use of uniform approaches to community supervision and treatment protocols. The implications of these findings are discussed in light of an increased volume of people charged with CSEM offences. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-033f677466be489fa2bd682bb19026012023-01-03T08:35:20ZengPsychOpen GOLD/ Leibniz Institute for PsychologySexual Offending2699-84402021-12-011610.5964/sotrap.4301sotrap.4301Online Child Sexual Exploitation Material: A Comparison From Police Data on Men Charged With Child Sexual Exploitation Material Exclusively and Men Charged With Contact Child Sexual Abuse ExclusivelySamuel J. Nicol0Danielle A. Harris1Mark R. Kebbell2James Ogilvie3Griffith Criminology Institute, Griffith University, Mount Gravatt, Queensland, AustraliaGriffith Criminology Institute, Griffith University, Mount Gravatt, Queensland, AustraliaSchool of Applied Psychology, Griffith University, Mount Gravatt, Queensland, AustraliaGriffith Criminology Institute, Griffith University, Mount Gravatt, Queensland, AustraliaWe do not know whether men who access Child Sexual Exploitation Material (CSEM) are contact child-sex offenders using technology - or a new and different type of child sex offender. This study compares men who were charged with Contact Child Sexual Abuse (CCSA) (n = 95) exclusively, and men who were charged with offences involving online CSEM (n = 99) exclusively. This is the first study of its kind in Australia, the first to divide participants into mutually exclusive offending type groups and to do this using police data. Logistic regression results indicated that CSEM offenders were significantly more likely to be older, more likely to be employed, have fewer criminal charges and supervision violations compared to CCSA offenders. The findings further highlighted the heterogeneity of those charged with child sexual offences based on offence typology. The identification of demographic, lifestyle and interpersonal characteristic differences between online CSEM and CCSA offenders’ questions the use of uniform approaches to community supervision and treatment protocols. The implications of these findings are discussed in light of an increased volume of people charged with CSEM offences.https://sotrap.psychopen.eu/index.php/sotrap/article/view/4301child sexual exploitation material (csem)child sexual abusecontact abusepolice datacharged |
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| title | Online Child Sexual Exploitation Material: A Comparison From Police Data on Men Charged With Child Sexual Exploitation Material Exclusively and Men Charged With Contact Child Sexual Abuse Exclusively |
| title_full | Online Child Sexual Exploitation Material: A Comparison From Police Data on Men Charged With Child Sexual Exploitation Material Exclusively and Men Charged With Contact Child Sexual Abuse Exclusively |
| title_fullStr | Online Child Sexual Exploitation Material: A Comparison From Police Data on Men Charged With Child Sexual Exploitation Material Exclusively and Men Charged With Contact Child Sexual Abuse Exclusively |
| title_full_unstemmed | Online Child Sexual Exploitation Material: A Comparison From Police Data on Men Charged With Child Sexual Exploitation Material Exclusively and Men Charged With Contact Child Sexual Abuse Exclusively |
| title_short | Online Child Sexual Exploitation Material: A Comparison From Police Data on Men Charged With Child Sexual Exploitation Material Exclusively and Men Charged With Contact Child Sexual Abuse Exclusively |
| title_sort | online child sexual exploitation material a comparison from police data on men charged with child sexual exploitation material exclusively and men charged with contact child sexual abuse exclusively |
| topic | child sexual exploitation material (csem) child sexual abuse contact abuse police data charged |
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