University of Kent, UK.
Sex Abuse. 2022 Mar;34(2):207-226. doi: 10.1177/10790632211013811. Epub 2021 May 15.
This study examined the feasibility of using crowdsourcing to recruit men who self-report sexual interest in children or sexually problematic behavior involving children. Crowdsourcing refers to the use of the internet to reach a large number of people to complete a specific task. A nonrepresentative sample of men ( = 997) participated in a brief self-report survey examining age of attraction, sexual interest in children, proclivity toward sexual offenses involving children, and history of sexual offending. Almost a quarter of the sample (23.1%) indicated some degree of sexual interest in children, propensity to sexually offend against children, and/or actual offending behavior. We present our data broken down by type of interest or behavior and examine the frequency of these outcomes. Findings are likely to be of value to those considering the viability of crowdsourcing to overcome the limitations or challenges of face-to-face research on stigmatizing interests and behaviors. Findings also contribute to estimating prevalence of self-reported sexual interest in children, and sexual offending behavior toward children, across different countries.
本研究探讨了利用众包来招募自我报告对儿童有性兴趣或涉及儿童的性行为问题的男性的可行性。众包是指利用互联网联系大量人员来完成特定任务。一个非代表性的男性样本（n=997）参与了一项简短的自我报告调查，调查内容包括吸引年龄、对儿童的性兴趣、对涉及儿童的性犯罪的倾向以及性犯罪史。样本中近四分之一（23.1%）的人表示对儿童有一定程度的性兴趣、有性侵犯儿童的倾向，以及/或者有实际的犯罪行为。我们按照兴趣或行为的类型呈现数据，并检查这些结果的出现频率。这些发现对于那些考虑众包的可行性以克服对污名化兴趣和行为进行面对面研究的局限性或挑战的人来说可能很有价值。这些发现还有助于估计不同国家自我报告的对儿童的性兴趣和对儿童的性犯罪行为的流行率。
