Case series analysis validation of the ERICSO: a new assessment tool for internet child abuse material offenders.

Purpose: There are limited risk assessment tools validated for use with the internet child abuse material (I/CAM) offender cohort. Developed through a multi-stage process, the purpose of this paper is to present the "Estimated Risk for Internet Child Sexual Offending" (ERICSO), a new tool for I/CAM...

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Publicado en:Journal of Forensic Practice Vol. 25; no. 4; pp. 391 - 409
Autores principales: Garrington, Catherine, Kelty, Sally Fiona, Rickwood, Debra, Boer, Douglas
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Publicado: Emerald Publishing Limited 2023
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          Garrington, Catherine
          Kelty, Sally Fiona
          Rickwood, Debra
          Boer, Douglas
        affil: Faculty of Health, Discipline of Psychology, University of Canberra, Canberra, Australia
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          Child Abuse, Sexual Risk Factors
          Risk Assessment
          Internet
          Instrument Construction
          Instrument Validation
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          Validation Studies
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          Australia
          Internet Pornography Addiction
          Pornography
          Aboriginal Australians
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      ab: Purpose: There are limited risk assessment tools validated for use with the internet child abuse material (I/CAM) offender cohort. Developed through a multi-stage process, the purpose of this paper is to present the "Estimated Risk for Internet Child Sexual Offending" (ERICSO), a new tool for I/CAM offender assessment, including demographic, collection, nature of engagement and social domains, plus a structured professional judgement section. Validation studies remain ongoing. Design/methodology/approach: This paper presents a case series analysis of six Australian men, including two Aboriginal men, convicted of I/CAM offences to pilot proposed ERICSO domains and commence validation against the short self-esteem scale, University of California Los Angles loneliness scale, internet sex screening test and the sexual violence risk-20 V2. Findings: Participants of all ages generally reported histories of mental health diagnosis and/or treatment and substance abuse. Two participants reported prior sexual offending, one for I/CAM offences. Participants expressed sexual preferences for female child victims and were convicted of possessing thousands of I/CAM files. Two participants reported accessing I/CAM for over six and 10 years, respectively, before detection by law enforcement. Practical implications: Preliminary implications indicate ERICSO higher scores are consistent with I/CAM offenders having more online sexual behaviour diversity and more areas of risk/treatment need. For example, participants with problematic self-esteem and loneliness in our data set have higher ERICSO scores. Social connectedness may be a relevant factor though definitive conclusions cannot be drawn from the small sample size. Originality/value: The ERICSO presents novel assessment of factors in considering treatment targets in addressing both illegal I/CAM and problematic legal sexual behaviours.
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