Steel Chad M S, Newman Emily, O'Rourke Suzanne, Quayle Ethel
Clinical Psychology, University of Edinburgh, Teviot Place, UK.
Electrical and Computer Engineering, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA.
Psychiatr Psychol Law. 2023 Feb 13;31(1):1-14. doi: 10.1080/13218719.2022.2148305. eCollection 2024.
The idiographic technical profiles of child sexual exploitation material (CSEM) offenders provide insight into their behaviours and context for their interactions with technology, but minimal quantitative work has been done to evaluate their sociability, technical ability and technophilia compared to non-offenders. This work used an online survey to compare an offender group consisting of English-speaking adults previously convicted of CSEM offenses ( = 78) with a reference population of non-offenders ( = 254). The survey assessed sociability, technical ability and technophilia through self-rating and information on occupation, level of education and device ownership. The study found that CSEM offenders had slightly lower sociability than non-offenders, though not at a level of clinical interest. Additionally, CSEM offenders had no statistically significant difference in technical ability and lower overall technophilia when compared to non-offenders. This study fails to support popular perceptions of CSEM offenders being technically savvy loners who are early adopters of new technologies.
儿童性剥削材料（CSEM）犯罪者的个性化技术档案有助于深入了解他们的行为以及他们与技术互动的背景，但与非犯罪者相比，在评估他们的社交能力、技术能力和技术偏好方面所做的定量研究极少。这项研究通过在线调查，将一个由先前被判有CSEM罪行的英语成年犯罪者组成的群体（n = 78）与一个非犯罪者参考群体（n = 254）进行了比较。该调查通过自评以及关于职业、教育水平和设备拥有情况的信息来评估社交能力、技术能力和技术偏好。研究发现，CSEM犯罪者的社交能力略低于非犯罪者，不过未达到具有临床意义的水平。此外，与非犯罪者相比，CSEM犯罪者在技术能力方面没有统计学上的显著差异，且总体技术偏好较低。这项研究未能支持人们普遍认为的CSEM犯罪者是精通技术的孤独者且是新技术早期采用者的观点。
