caa a22 4500 606230696 CHVBK 20210128101216.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10508-014-0302-6 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10508-014-0302-6 Stumbling into Sexual Crime: The Passive Perpetrator in Accounts by Male Internet Sex Offenders [Elektronische Daten] [Belinda Winder, Brendan Gough, Sarah Seymour-Smith] Public reactions to internet child offending remain ambivalent in that, while there is vocal condemnation of contact child sex offending, there is less indignation about internet child abuse. This is potentially due to a lack of recognition of this type of offence as sexual offending per se. This ambiguity is reflected by internet sex offenders themselves in their verbalizations of their offending. This article presents a qualitative analysis of theaccounts offered by seven individuals convicted of internet-based sexual offences involving the downloading and viewing of images of children. In particular, this article presents an analysis of the explanations of offenders for the commencement of internet activity and the progression to more illicit online materials. The data were collected through semi-structured interviews and analyzed using discursive methods, paying close attention to language use and function. The analysis documented the practices that internet child abusers employed in order to manage their identities, distance themselves from the label of sex offender, and/or reduce their personal agency and accountability. Implications of this analysis are discussed with reference to the current minimization of the downloading of sexually explicit images of children as a sexual crime per se by the public and offenders alike and the risk assessment and treatment of individuals convicted of these offences. European Union, 2014 Internet sexual offenders nationallicence Internet child abuse nationallicence Sexual offending nationallicence Discursive methods nationallicence Winder Belinda Sexual Offences, Crime and Misconduct Research Unit, Division of Psychology, Nottingham Trent University, Burton Street, NG1 4BQ, Nottingham, UK aut Gough Brendan School of Social, Psychological & Communication Sciences, Leeds Metropolitan University, Leeds, UK aut Seymour-Smith Sarah Sexual Offences, Crime and Misconduct Research Unit, Division of Psychology, Nottingham Trent University, Burton Street, NG1 4BQ, Nottingham, UK aut Archives of Sexual Behavior Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 44/1(2015-01-01), 167-180 0004-0002 44:1<167 2015 44 10508 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-014-0302-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-014-0302-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Winder Belinda Sexual Offences, Crime and Misconduct Research Unit, Division of Psychology, Nottingham Trent University, Burton Street, NG1 4BQ, Nottingham, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Gough Brendan School of Social, Psychological & Communication Sciences, Leeds Metropolitan University, Leeds, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Seymour-Smith Sarah Sexual Offences, Crime and Misconduct Research Unit, Division of Psychology, Nottingham Trent University, Burton Street, NG1 4BQ, Nottingham, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Archives of Sexual Behavior Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 44/1(2015-01-01), 167-180 0004-0002 44:1<167 2015 44 10508