Online sex abuse cases not characterized by deception, abduction and force, research shows

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"Far from the stereotype of unsuspecting children kidnapped by strangers posing as people their own age, most young Internet sex-abuse victims are teenagers who know they're corresponding with adults interested in having sex, according to a new study. [...]
Only 5 percent of the offenders tried to conceal that they were adults, and only 21 percent lied about their motives, mostly by promising love and romance."
"Few offenders used force (5%) or coercion (16%) or abduction (3%) to sexually abuse their victims."
"Half of the victims were described as being in love with or feeling close bonds with the offenders"

[Research done by: Janis Wolak, M.A., J.D., David Finkelhor, Ph.D., and Kimberly Mitchell, Ph.D., of the Crimes against Children Research Center at the University of New Hampshire.]

source: Article 'Study: Web sex victims mostly teens' by Marie Szaniszlo; news.bostonherald.com/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=38189; (Another article about this study: 'Online sex abuse cases not characterized by deception, abduction and force, research shows'; www.apa.org/news/press/releases/2004/08/online-sex-abuse ); Boston Herald; 2 August 2004

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