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Travel to meeting
with YP
Interviews with strategic stakeholders
No Yes Yes,
arrested nearby
Yes No,
stated no
intention
The stakeholder sample for the scoping evaluation was developed to ensure that all key professionals with
expertise on the behaviour of online groomers were included. The report authors identified and recruited
stakeholders in each country. Stakeholders were then approached by letter or email, outlining the aims and
coverage of the scoping evaluation. This first contact was followed up by a telephone call to see if the
stakeholder was willing to participate, and to arrange a convenient time for interview. There were no
instances of stakeholders refusing to take part.
In-depth interviews were conducted with nineteen strategic stakeholders from the United Kingdom, Italy,
Norway and Belgium. Researchers explained how study findings would be reported before the interviews
commenced. The voluntary nature of the research was also emphasised, and the interview only began once
the participant had indicated that they were happy to proceed by signing a consent form. The interviews were
digitally recorded and carried out using a topic guide. The topic guide covered the key themes likely to be
relevant in the interviews and helped to ensure a systematic approach across different encounters and
countries. The interview questioning was responsive to participants’ own experiences, attitudes and
circumstances and participants’ contributions were fully explored to allow as detailed an understanding as
possible. As with the literature review above, the scoping report has been published by the research team
and European Commission, and can be downloaded from the project website 9 .
Table 2.5.2: Stakeholder sample information
Country
Stakeholder Number Role
1 Sexual offender treatment specialist
2 Internet safety expert
United Kingdom
3 Police – overt investigator
4 Police – covert investigator
5 Young people treatment specialist
1 Young people treatment specialist
2 Police – overt investigator
Norway
3 Sexual offender treatment specialist
4 Sexual offender treatment specialist
1 Police – national prevention co-ordiantor
2 Police - overt investigator
Italy
3 Public prosecutor
4 Information technology expert
5 Police - overt investigator
1 Police – human trafficking prevention
2 Police - overt investigator
Belgium 3 Police - overt investigator
9 http://www.europeanonlinegroomingproject.com/
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