Child Sexual Abuse Material Users on the Darknet: Psychiatric Morbidities Related to Offence Behavior. [PDF]
Individuals engaging in child sexual abuse often present pedophilic interest, but the other psychiatric morbidities among undetected users of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) are largely unknown. We mapped the psychiatric profile of 160 mainly male and
Lätth J +4 more
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Child sexual abuse material on the darknet
AbstractBy routing traffic through a random combination of servers worldwide, the darknet obfuscates the identity of its users, making it an attractive medium for journalists, dissidents, and individuals committing crimes. Since 2008, access to the darknet has been facilitated by the The Onion Router (TOR) browser, bringing the darknet within reach of ...
Gannon, C. +4 more
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Unmasking the Men Who Produce Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM): Criminal Diversity and Sociodemographic Characteristics. [PDF]
Child sexual abuse material (CSAM) production poses a grave and evolving threat, causing revictimization through the circulation of material for years. The availability of online technology has enabled sophisticated methods of CSAM production and police ...
King D +4 more
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AI-generated child sexual abuse material: what’s the harm?
Abstract The development of generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools capable of producing wholly or partially synthetic child sexual abuse material (AI CSAM) presents profound challenges for child protection, law enforcement, and societal responses to child exploitation.
Caoilte Ó Ciardha +2 more
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Protecting the Protectors: Moral Injury, Coping Styles, and Mental Health of UK Police Officers and Staff Investigating Child Sexual Abuse Material. [PDF]
Police officers and staff who investigate child sexual abuse material (CSAM) may be at elevated risk for mental health problems, which may be mitigated or exacerbated by institutional and interpersonal factors.
Conway P +5 more
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Effects of internet-delivered cognitive behavioral therapy on use of child sexual abuse material: A randomized placebo-controlled trial on the Darknet. [PDF]
Introduction The use of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) is an international public health and child protection challenge. Objective To investigate whether Prevent It, a therapist-supported, internet-delivered, eight-week, cognitive behavioral therapy,
Lätth J +12 more
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Online Child Sexual Exploitation Material: A Comparison From Police Data on Men Charged With Child Sexual Exploitation Material Exclusively and Men Charged With Contact Child Sexual Abuse Exclusively [PDF]
We do not know whether men who access Child Sexual Exploitation Material (CSEM) are contact child-sex offenders using technology - or a new and different type of child sex offender. This study compares men who were charged with Contact Child Sexual Abuse
Samuel J. Nicol +3 more
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Child sexual abuse material in child-centred institutions: situational crime prevention approaches [PDF]
This paper focuses on the potential for child-centred institutions to use situational crime prevention (SCP) strategies to prevent or reduce child sexual abuse material (CSAM) offending as a distinct form of child sexual abuse (CSA). We discuss the failure of the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse in Australia to ...
Tony Krone +2 more
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Rethinking Safety-by-Design and Techno-Solutionism for the Regulation of Child Sexual Abuse Material
This article explores the implications of increased reliance on technological solutions to digital regulatory challenges, particularly in Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM). It focuses on the contemporary trend of imposing obligations on private actors,
Andrew Murray, Mark Leiser
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Accessing child sexual abuse material: Pathways to offending and online behaviour
Most research examining the consumption of online child sexual abuse material (CSAM) has focused on offenders' demographic and psychological characteristics. While such research may assist in the development of therapeutic interventions with known offenders, it has little to offer the development of interventions for the vast majority of offenders who ...
Wortley, R +3 more
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