Contact vs. Fantasy Online Sexual Offenders in Chats with Minors

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This study is the first to identify content differences between youths' online chats with contact child sex offenders (CCSOs; seek to meet with youths) and those with fantasy child sex offenders (FCSOs; do not meet with youths) using statistical discourse analysis (SDA). By detecting contact child sex offenders from chat messages, the results of this study can inform development of a computer tool to help law enforcement such sex offenders and prevent sexual offences against children.

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