Short description
The research assignment will increase knowledge of perpetrators, the aggrieved and arenas for sexual assaults on children and youths, with an emphasis on assaults that occur on the internet. There is a need to understand the background, motivation, and different factors involved to commit sexual assault in general and on the internet in particular. A good understanding of the phenomenon will give a better basis for prevention and reaction against such serious crime.
The assignment is divided into three lots:
— Subcontract 1: Systematic Knowledge Overview of Sexual Assaults on Children and Youths, with particular focus on the perpetrator, arena and victim seen as a whole;
— Subcontract 2: Empirical Studies and Analyses of Perpetrators and the Aggrieved;
— Subcontract 3: Mapping and Analysis of Arenas that are used for access and sharing assault material.