Cybersex offender risk assessment. An explorative study

Buschman, Jos; Wilcox, Dan; Krapohl, Donald J.; Oelrich, Marty; Hackett, Simon

doi:10.1080/13552601003690518

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“…Such a more inclusive definition of risk further underlines the potential need for more specialised risk assessment tools for CPOs. Some methods of more specific assessment for CPOs have already been presented, for example by Glasgow (2010) or Buschman, Wilcox, Krapohl, Oelrich, and Hackett (2010). In summary, it is argued that some offender and offending characteristics of CPOs may be significantly different from contact sex offenders, and require a more specific approach in their apprehension and reintegration.…”

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The three dimensions of online child pornography offending

Merdian

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Thakker

et al. 2011

Journal of Sexual Aggression

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The internet has opened up opportunities for non-contact sex offending, such as the viewing of child pornography. This paper proposes a model for the classification of child pornography offenders as an aid for their assessment and treatment, deducted from empirical studies and existing\ud typologies for child pornography offenders. Different subgroups of child pornography offenders may be described according to three dimensions: (1) type of offending, (2) the motivation behind child pornography offending and (3) the situational and social engagement in the offending behaviour. Distinct pathways of child pornography offending can be identified, related to differing criminogenic\ud needs, severity of offending, and appropriate assessment and treatment strategies for the offenders

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The three dimensions of online child pornography offending

Merdian

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Thakker

et al. 2011

Journal of Sexual Aggression

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“…There have been many studies based on different designs of polygraph tests, including studies in post‐conviction settings, and the technique has been evaluated in relation to internet child sex offenders in two studies (Buschman and Bogaerts, ; Buschman et al, , ). Both studies reported on the use of a polygraph technique in the Netherlands with men in sex offender treatment programmes following conviction for possession of child abuse images, having been unknown to the police prior to arrest.…”

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confidence: 99%

The Role of Technology in Managing People Who Have Been Convicted of Internet Child Abuse Image Offences

Lilley

2016

Child Abuse Review

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The last 20 years have seen an explosion in the availability, ownership and use of devices used to access the internet. There has been a simultaneous increase in the number of people viewing child abuse images. The ease of access to this material online has removed a key inhibitor for offenders. Technology has facilitated the distribution of child abuse images, but is also used to prevent and identify offending, as well as to manage offenders. There is a range of technological tools currently used in England and Wales to manage those offenders who have been convicted of accessing child abuse images and who are living in the community. Some are specific to the computer as the situation of the crime. This article analyses the evidence base for each. The article concludes that each tool has features which might contribute to the management of internet child sex offenders, but that none have yet been proven or disproven to be effective. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Key Practitioner Messages Technology to help manage the risk posed by internet child sex offenders is developing and may offer promise. None of these technological tools have been proven or disproven to be effective management tools for internet child sex offenders. Offender managers in the police and probation services should be mindful of this and not be overly reliant on them. Robust evaluations of these types of technology for these offenders are needed.

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“…While new technologies have not created sex offences against children, their use has enabled a shift in the nature and scale of such abuse (Buschman et al, 2010). The rapid development of new online technologies is a truly transnational phenomenon, even though the availability of such technologies is unevenly spread among children in industrialized as opposed to low-income societies.…”

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confidence: 99%