Polling Pedophilic Preferences: Analyzing Responses to User-Generated Member Polls on a Darknet Child Sexual Abuse Forum
Polling Pedophilic Preferences: Analyzing Responses to User-Generated Member Polls on a Darknet Child Sexual Abuse Forum
Robert J. B. Lehmann Arjan Blokland Alexander F. Schmidt Frederic Maximilian Gnielka Salla Huikuri Colm Gannon Anton Daser Katarzyna Staciwa Meike de Boer Rebecca Reichel a MSB Medical School Berlin, Berlin, Germanyb Netherlands Institute for the Study of Crime and Law Enforcement (NSCR), Amsterdam, The Netherlandsc Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlandsd Institute of Psychology, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germanye Ministry of the Interior, Helsinki, Finlandf La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australiag Polish Platform for Homeland Security, Poznan, PolandRobert J. B. Lehmann is a professor of forensic psychology at the MSB Medical School Berlin. He is a certified specialist in forensic psychology and an expert witness for risk assessment in criminal proceedings. His research focuses on risk assessment, sexual deviance, and offender behavior and he collaborates on national and international projects addressing sexual abuse prevention and forensic assessment. He has been recognized with different awards, including the Early Career Award from the European Association of Psychology and Law (EAPL).Arjan Blokland is a senior researcher at the NSCR and a professor of criminology and criminal justice at Leiden University. His main research interests include developmental and life-course criminology, networked criminology, and sexual offending.Alexander F. Schmidt is a professor (extraordinary) at the Institute of Psychology at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany. He is working in legal psychology and as a court expert on paraphilias and criminal responsibility. His research focuses on the assessment of pedohebephilic interest and on elucidating the boundary conditions of how it is linked to child sexual abuse. He serves as an associate editor of the Archives of Sexual Behavior and is member on several editorial boards.Frederic Maximilian Gnielka is a psychologist and data scientist at the Medical School Berlin. He applies up to date data analysis techniques in the field of Forensic Psychology, risk prediction, sexual offending, and psychological measurement.Salla Huikuri is Head of Child Protection and Technology at ECPAT International. Before starting the position, she has acted as INHOPE Hotline Manager at Save the Children Finland, Principal Investigator of EU-ISF funded ARICA consortium, Senior Specialist at the Finnish Ministry of the Interior, and Project Manager at Police University College Finland. She is specialized in preventing online child sexual abuse and exploitation. During her academic career, she was postdoctoral researcher of International Relations at Tampere and Helsinki Universities and has been based at Princeton University, USA, and at Waseda University Tokyo, Japan. She holds a Ph.D. in Social Sciences from the University of Helsinki and Magistra Artium from the University of Hamburg.Colm Gannon is an Adjunct Research Fellow with the School of Computing, Engineering and Mathematical Science, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia. He has over 20 years’ experience in Law Enforcement and the Private Sector, investigating and creating software solutions to address online harmful behaviours. Colm is now bringing research into real-world impact as the Chief Executive Officer at the International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children (ICMEC) Australia.Anton Daser is an external PhD candidate at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany, and is currently undergoing training as a psychodynamic psychotherapist. His research focuses on paraphilic sexual interests.Katarzyna Staciwa is a criminologist and sexologist, an ex-law enforcement officer, who has served with the Polish Police, Europol and the European Cybercrime Centre. Her main research interest includes preventing and combating child sexual abuse and exploitation, especially in cyberspace.Meike de Boer is a postdoctoral researcher at the Netherlands Institute for the Study of Crime and Law Enforcement (NSCR) in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. She serves as an expert witness in forensic linguistics and phonetics in criminal court proceedings. Her research interests include authorship analysis, forensic speaker comparisons, police interrogations and sexual offending.Rebecca Reichel is a research assistant at the Medical School Berlin, with a M.Sc. in Psychology and a M.Sc. in Investigative Forensic Psychology. Her research interests include investigative interviewing, risk factors for sexual offending, stalking, adolescent behaviour, and victim reporting.