Kinderpornografie

Abstract

Child pornography Overview and current developmentsAbstract The quantity and distribution of child abuse material ("child pornography") has substantially risen since the advent of the internet facilitated access. Due to the international character of the associated delinquency prosecution is confronted with several difficulties. In 2003 the European Union established a framework agreement to legally combat child pornography. The market for child abuse material is profitable, as production is comparably cheap. The number of convictions for relevant crimes varies but is generally still on a high level, even though reporting of relevant contents is decreasing. Providers and users might have switched to less controllable internet platforms. The physical and/or psychological sequelae for victims of child pornography are serious and ongoing. Studies show that compared to handson-offenders users of child exploitation material are generally younger, better educated and less often have a criminal record. Some of them (10-25 %) fulfill the diagnostic criteria of pedophilia. A child pornography offender's risk of committing a hands-on-offence seems to be increasing K

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

“…Long-term consequences up into adulthood (Fergusson et al, 2013) can include anxiety and nervousness, posttraumatic stress disorder, avoidance strategies (Goldbeck, 2015), as well as physical health issues such as obesity and diabetes (Clemens et al, 2018). Recent studies suggest that negative symptoms of online sexual abuse are similar to those of offline sexual abuse (Joleby et al, 2020a).When a digital component is added in the abuse, literature suggests that feelings of powerlessness and helplessness increase as the existence and distribution of the material cannot be controlled by victims (Franke & Graf, 2016;Gewirtz-Meydan et al, 2018). Contrary to sexual abuse, being subjected to TA-CSA comes along with an ongoing victimization as online material can only be removed with great difficulty, if at all.…”