A Comparative Content Analysis of Pre-Internet and Contemporary Child Sexual Abuse Material

Salter, Michael; Whitten, Tyson

doi:10.1080/01639625.2021.1967707

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“…Two studies included both minor and young adult participants being described as young people aged 15 to 20 ( Hamilton-Giachritsis et al, 2017 ) and 17 to 24 ( Joleby et al, 2020a ). The remaining five studies analyzed either legal documents ( Joleby et al, 2020a ; Katz, 2013 ) or sexualized images ( Quayle & Jones, 2011 ; Quayle et al, 2018 ; Salter & Whitten, 2021 ), where the age of the affected child, if known, ranged between birth and up to 18 years of age. In total, data was directly obtained from 11,195 victims across all studies, ranging from n = 7 ( Joleby et al, 2020a ) to n = 5,717 ( Jonsson et al, 2019 ), whereas studies analyzing other data combined an overall sample of n = 60,870.…”

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“…Jonsson and Svedin (2012) as well as González Ortega and Orgaz-Baz (2013) focused on minors’ exposure to pornographic material online and its impact on the children. Quayle and Jones (2011) , Quayle et al (2018) , and Salter and Whitten (2021) aimed to describe the children within the image using sexualized images as their data. The focus of two studies, in which legal documents were analyzed, was to show and characterize the presence of children in the legal process, particularly in the documentation of legal documents ( Joleby et al, 2020a ; Katz, 2013 ).…”

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“…It was differentiated between self-taken images versus images taken by others. Salter and Whitten (2021 , p. 1120) used the description of CSAM defining it as “sexually exploitative images and videos of minors as well as texts, drawing, and computer simulations of child sexual abuse.” Jonsson and Svedin (2012) characterized CSAM as under-aged children being depicted in sexual images online. They outlined the concept of CSAM being often equated with sexually abusive images or child pornography highlighting the need to differentiate between the images.…”

Section: Different Types Of Technology-assisted Child Sexual Abusementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Another sample analysis by Quayle et al (2018) showed no age difference between genders. Salter and Whitten (2021) compared a pre-internet sample of sexualized images with a contemporary sample which indicated an age shift for girls being younger in more recent images. When surveying young internet users, Mitchell et al (2011) reported that the prevalence differed depending on the definition of sexting, in particular which activities were implied.…”

Section: Different Types Of Technology-assisted Child Sexual Abusementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Comparing content of sexualized images between a pre-internet and a contemporary sample, the increased severity of abuse over the years was noted. This was indicated by the increased presence of an adult abuser in the images as well as the presence of an animal in the abuse ( Salter & Whitten, 2021 ). Although many images were taken in a relationship of some sort, the origin appeared to be involuntary on a subconscious level.…”

Section: Different Types Of Technology-assisted Child Sexual Abusementioning

confidence: 99%

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Victims of Technology-Assisted Child Sexual Abuse: A Scoping Review

Chauviré-Geib,

Fegert

2023

Trauma, Violence, & Abuse

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Over the past two decades, technology-assisted child sexual abuse (TA-CSA) has become the focus of attention in politics, legislation, society, as well as research. However, the majority of literature and studies focus primarily on the offenders. This scoping review therefore aims to illustrate how victims of TA-CSA are represented in studies as primary participants. The databases Embase, PsychInfo, PSYNDEX, Cochrane Library, and Web of Science as well as reference lists were searched. Studies needed to be published between 2007 and 2021 and obtain data directly from and about victims to be included in this review. A total of 570 articles were identified from which 20 studies met inclusion criteria. The analysis showed that data can be obtained via different samples like adult and minor victims or other data such as legal documents or sexualized images. The studies researched different types of TA-CSA including exposure to pornographic material, online grooming leading to both online and offline sexual abuse, sexting and sexualized images, and the visual depiction of sexually explicit content. Consequences due to the abuse were of an emotional and psychological nature, medical or physical or impacted relationships, and the social environment. Even though the impact of the abuse on the victims appeared to be similar between different types of TA-CSA, much remains unknown. In order to gain further and more detailed insight into victims of TA-CSA, a universally accepted definition of TA-CSA as well as its different types and their distinctions needs to be established.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Different Types Of Technology-assisted Child Sexual Abusementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Different Types Of Technology-assisted Child Sexual Abusementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Different Types Of Technology-assisted Child Sexual Abusementioning

confidence: 99%

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Victims of Technology-Assisted Child Sexual Abuse: A Scoping Review

Chauviré-Geib,

Fegert

2023

Trauma, Violence, & Abuse

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Child sexual abuse versus adult sexual assault: A review of psychological and neurobiological sequelae

Rowland,

Purcell,

Lebois

et al. 2024

Mental Health Science

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Sexual trauma (ST) occurs with alarming frequency in the United States in the form of both childhood sexual abuse (CSA) and adulthood sexual assault (ASA). It is well established that the effects of ST are pervasive and that ST can be a risk factor for the development of several psychiatric disorders. However, the potential for distinct psychological consequences or neural correlates between CSA and ASA has received little attention. Furthermore, despite the high prevalence of sexual revictimization, the combinatorial effects of CSA and ASA are understudied in comparison to each form of ST on its own. In the current review, we present results from both clinical psychology and neuroscience research on the impacts of CSA and ASA, describing major psychological, biopsychosocial, and neuroimaging findings for each form of ST. We further highlight limitations in the current state of the research and needed areas of future research to better understand the distinct, overlapping, and cumulative effects of ST in both childhood and adulthood. The present study summarizes the state of the literature on this critical form of trauma and provides recommendations for future clinical research practices to mitigate the deleterious outcomes of ST.

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