PMID- 33331230
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20211101
LR  - 20211101
IS  - 1573-286X (Electronic)
IS  - 1079-0632 (Linking)
VI  - 33
IP  - 8
DP  - 2021 Dec
TI  - Sexual Offending Pathways and Chat Conversations in an Online Environment.
PG  - 871-890
LID - 10.1177/1079063220981061 [doi]
AB  - People from all over the world pay for live streaming video images of minors, 
      also called webcam child sex tourism (WCST). Although there is an increase in 
      research about online sexual offending, relatively few studies have investigated 
      the approaches used by people who have committed WCST offenses (PWCST). In 
      addition, these studies describe these approaches as active-orientated without 
      mentioning an avoidant pathway. The aim of the study was to investigate whether 
      PWCST use similar pathways as the four offending pathways identified by Ward and 
      Hudson. Using qualitative thematic analysis, 195 cases of online chat 
      conversations between PWCST and operators posing as a minor were analyzed. The 
      Ward and Hudson pathways model was partially replicable. Evidence was found for 
      an approach and avoidant pathway. The data also suggest three other sub-pathways 
      and a mixed pathway. Most PWCST in this study used an approach pathway to 
      immediately approach minors for sex, which provides important insight into the 
      diverse nature of sexual grooming.
FAU - Kleijn, Manon
AU  - Kleijn M
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-3507-511X
AD  - Fivoor-Kijvelanden Research and Treatment Innovation, Poortugaal, The 
      Netherlands.
AD  - Tilburg University, The Netherlands.
FAU - Bogaerts, Stefan
AU  - Bogaerts S
AD  - Fivoor-Kijvelanden Research and Treatment Innovation, Poortugaal, The 
      Netherlands.
AD  - Tilburg University, The Netherlands.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20201217
PL  - United States
TA  - Sex Abuse
JT  - Sexual abuse : a journal of research and treatment
JID - 9506704
SB  - IM
MH  - Animals
MH  - Child
MH  - *Child Abuse, Sexual
MH  - Communication
MH  - Humans
MH  - Internet
MH  - *Sex Offenses
MH  - Sexual Behavior
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - PWCST
OT  - internet
OT  - offending pathways
OT  - online grooming
OT  - webcam child sex tourism
EDAT- 2020/12/18 06:00
MHDA- 2021/11/03 06:00
CRDT- 2020/12/17 08:40
PHST- 2020/12/18 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2021/11/03 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2020/12/17 08:40 [entrez]
AID - 10.1177/1079063220981061 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Sex Abuse. 2021 Dec;33(8):871-890. doi: 10.1177/1079063220981061. Epub 2020 Dec 
      17.