Background

The migration of offenses against children to the online environment requires a revised understanding of how episode dynamics aggravate the harm.

Objective

To assess the contribution of various online offense episode elements to the overall negative emotional impact.

Participants and settings

The sample comprised 2639 IPSOS KnowledgePanel members aged 18 to 28, 1215 of whom reported episodes of online sexual abuse or cyberstalking that occurred prior to the age of 18. The analysis was based on 2056 episodes with detailed follow-up information.

Methods

Participants were recruited online and filled out online questionnaires about online sexual abuse and cyberstalking episodes, their characteristics, and the negative emotional impact (NEI) associated with each episode. NEI was derived from a factor analysis of 8 impact items.

Results

Higher negative emotional impact was associated with forms of sexual image misuse: non-consensual sharing, non-consensual taking and threatened sharing/sextortion. Peers made up a majority of offenders, and their impact was just as great as adult offenders. Known perpetrators, including intimate partners, also made up the largest proportion of offenders and their impact was just as great as online strangers or anonymous offenders.

Conclusion

Online safety awareness and prevention need a larger focus on peer and acquaintance offenses, particularly around the misuse of sexual images.

中文翻译：

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哪种动态使在线儿童性虐待和网络跟踪在情感上更具影响力：犯罪者身份和形象？

背景

将针对儿童的犯罪行为转移到在线环境中，需要对情节动态如何加剧伤害有新的理解。

客观的

评估各种在线犯罪情节元素对整体负面情绪影响的贡献。

参与者和设置

该样本包括 2639 名年龄在 18 至 28 岁之间的 IPSOS KnowledgePanel 成员，其中 1215 人报告了 18 岁之前发生的在线性虐待或网络跟踪事件。分析基于 2056 起事件和详细的后续信息。

方法

参与者是在线招募的，并填写了关于在线性虐待和网络跟踪事件、他们的特征以及与每个事件相关的负面情绪影响 (NEI) 的在线问卷。NEI 源自对 8 个影响项的因素分析。

结果

更高的负面情绪影响与滥用性形象的形式有关：非自愿分享、非自愿拍摄和威胁分享/性勒索。同龄人占罪犯的大多数，他们的影响与成年罪犯一样大。包括亲密伴侣在内的已知犯罪者也占犯罪者的最大比例，其影响与网上陌生人或匿名犯罪者一样大。

结论

在线安全意识和预防需要更多地关注同龄人和熟人的犯罪行为，特别是围绕滥用性图片。