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SOMAYA ALI ALWEJDANI


RESEARCH TITLE: Exploring Online grooming Opportunities on Social Media

Abstract: The use of the Internet and Online Social Networks (OSN) has increased drastically in recent years, and increased exposure of children to Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) has followed. However, few empirical studies have been conducted to address the factors that contribute to exposing children to child sexual abusers online and to identify the characteristics of the individuals who contact them. Recent studies have demonstrated that child sexual abusers come from various demographic backgrounds and that it is a challenge to describe a ‘typical’ offender. Studies have also shown that girls are more exposed to CSA attacks than boys but identified no differences in victim ethnicities. Read More


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Somaya is a PhD researcher funded by the Dawes Centre for Future Crime at UCL.


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