School of Psychology, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
Trauma Violence Abuse. 2014 Apr;15(2):126-39. doi: 10.1177/1524838013511543.
This review provides an overview of current knowledge and understanding of the process of sexual grooming and exploitation of children via the Internet. Specifically, the prevalence of online sexual grooming and exploitation is explored as well as associated challenges relating to the identification of its occurrence. This is complemented by a detailed outline and discussion of the process, both online and in the physical world, and legal responses to this phenomenon. A number of factors are examined to provide an explanation of the facilitating and contributing role they may play in offense processes online. Finally, current typologies are discussed in relation to characteristics of Internet offenders in general and "groomers"/chat room offenders specifically. This review concludes by offering suggestions for future research.
本综述概述了当前对通过互联网对儿童进行性诱拐和性剥削过程的认识和理解。具体探讨了网络性诱拐和性剥削的普遍性，以及与识别其发生相关的挑战。同时，还详细概述和讨论了网络和现实世界中的这一过程，以及对此现象的法律应对措施。本文还探讨了一些因素，以解释它们在网络犯罪过程中可能起到的促进和促成作用。最后，本文还讨论了当前的犯罪类型，以及一般互联网罪犯和“诱拐者”/聊天室罪犯的特征。本综述最后提出了未来研究的建议。
