A comparison of online and offline Grooming characteristics: An application of the victim roles model

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Highlights：

• This study compares grooming characteristics of victims targeted online and offline.

• Canter's (1994) victim role model was successfully applied to both groups.

• The interpretation differentiated between victim as vehicle, person and object.

• There were differences between online and offline groupings of characteristics.

• The majority of the characteristics were consistent across the two groups.

摘要

•This study compares grooming characteristics of victims targeted online and offline.•Canter's (1994) victim role model was successfully applied to both groups.•The interpretation differentiated between victim as vehicle, person and object.•There were differences between online and offline groupings of characteristics.•The majority of the characteristics were consistent across the two groups.

论文关键词：Grooming,Child sexual exploitation,Online grooming,Offline grooming,Victim roles,Offender characteristics.

论文评审过程：Available online 6 April 2018, Version of Record 24 April 2018.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2018.04.011