Final Report - European Online Grooming Project

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the future risk for online grooming, it would be helpful to consider the number of people contacted online and whether multiple identities were used. The dynamic risk factors it would be helpful to consider include: the role of indecent images and sexual chat in maintaining the offence process; the impact of the online environment on disinhibition, with particular regard to anonymity and identity masking. Treatment approaches • Internet Sexual Offenders can receive a diverse range of interventions across Europe. Therapies differ according to the model adopted by the therapist, or organisational preference if delivered in institutions. The range of treatment options and how this research may contribute to programme content is set out below. Approach Considerations for Treatment of Online Groomers Addiction model • aspects of online grooming as an addiction (time spent online, compulsion to go online, collection of indecent images). Cognitivebehavioural model Psychodynamic model • online offenders treated separately or mixed in with a group of contact sexual offenders? this research suggests groomers share many characteristics with those offending offline, • nature of online disinhibition included in programme content for online sexual offenders, • develop risk, need, responsivity treatment targets pertinent to findings from the features of online grooming, offence maintenance/images, and type of groomer presenting, • develop psychometric measures of treatment change that measure the offence-supportive beliefs described by online groomers in this report, • consider pairing CBT with pharmacological treatment (hormonal drugs that reduce sexual drive) for the hyper-sexual groomer obsessed with indecent images. • what does Internet pornography and indecent images of children offer and the role of a virtual second life? Good lives model • evidence of strengths include: pro-social activities that took place online; some men had the skills and capability to learn how to build computers and operate ICT in a sophisticated way - suggests potential that could be used positively. Raising awareness across key stakeholders • A core aim of this research was to empower professionals, policy makers and parents with robust information to manage the risks presented by online grooming. Seven events were run in the UK, Italy, Norway and Belgium with parents, teachers and professionals working with offenders and young people. • The key learning messages from parents encompassed greater awareness of how online groomers can use the Internet and enhanced knowledge of how young people are operating online, and the associated potential risks. In particular, there was a sense that the concept of being a parent is evolving, as are new technologies. As such we need to equip parents with the right information for them to feel empowered and cascade that learning to their children. 22 of 152 |Final report European Online Grooming Project_
• Events with teachers were also well received. In Italy, some of the feedback concerned the report ‘not telling them anything that they did not already know’. This is encouraging as it indicates that our sample of Italian teachers are equipped with good information about online grooming. In Belgium however there seemed to be an implicit view that the problem of online harm felt almost unmanageable. The final dissemination events involved groups with professionals working with offenders, and/or survivors online grooming. The overarching feedback was that the professionals had gained additional and detailed knowledge about online grooming to help their work. • From the accounts of stakeholders, online groomers and young people, the European Online Grooming Project has presented a series of implications for safety campaigns, the Internet industry and the assessment and management of online groomers. We argue that if the challenge of online grooming is to be robustly tackled, it is helpful for online grooming to be understood as a public health concern. This will enable a joined-up response to a multi-dimensional problem. This in turn will help identify and target the needs of different young people and online groomers, and ensure we do everything possible to keep people safe online. 23 of 152 |Final report European Online Grooming Project_
Page 1 and 2: Final Report Stephen Webster, Julia
Page 3 and 4: Contents 1. Executive Summary......
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Page 31 and 32: 2.5 Scoping Methods Literature revi
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achieved that allowed each groomer
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Risk Management Adaptable Style Dis
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of online technology and mobile pho
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with particular regard to anonymity
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measures for online groomers. A key
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addition, the Good Lives Model-Comp
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References Andrews, D. A., Bonta, J
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Hayes, E., Archer, D. & Middleton,
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Taylor, M. & Quayle, E. (2006). The
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