Delito de online groomingel análisis del groomer y su modus operandi

  1. Isabel Matthews Bautista 1
  2. DiegoJ. Maldonado-Guzmán 2
  1. 1 Universidad de Cádiz
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    Universidad de Cádiz

    Cádiz, España

    ROR https://ror.org/04mxxkb11

    Geographic location of the organization Universidad de Cádiz
  2. 2 Universidad de Málaga
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    Universidad de Málaga

    Málaga, España

    ROR https://ror.org/036b2ww28

    Geographic location of the organization Universidad de Málaga
Journal:
International e-journal of criminal sciences

ISSN: 1988-7949

Year of publication: 2024

Issue: 19

Type: Article

DOI: 10.1387/INECS.26101 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openDialnet editor

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Abstract

Among all the forms of online victimization that are likely to harm minors, the one that is most concerning, due to its physical and psychological consequences, is the victimization of sexual crimes, hence the relevant role of online grooming. The present research work aims to elaborate a criminological profile of the potential perpetrators of the crime at issue through a content analysis of 107 real conversations in English between groomers and fake minors as well as 20 Spanish sentences.The results obtained revealed that the profile of the potential groomer is as follows: a male with an age ranging from 18 to 49 years old who is mainly looking for girls between 13 and 15 years old. Apart from the welcoming, affectionate-intimate, cautious, deceptive, and aggressive conduct, it was observed that most of them had an exclusively sexual behavior, resembling the classification of the hyper-sexualized groomer of the scientific literature.

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