| Tittel: | Conceptualizing “grooming” in child sexual abuse: A scoping review of Scandinavian and non-Scandinavian research |
| Ansvar: | Émilie Pascale Bloin Helgheim og Lars Roar Frøyland |
| Forfatter: | Helgheim, Émilie Pascale Bloin  / Frøyland, Lars Roar |
| Materialtype: | Artikkel - elektronisk |
| Signatur: | Nordic Journal of Criminology |
| Utgitt: | Oslo : Universitetsforlaget, 2025 |
| Omfang: | S. 1-23 |
| ISBN/ISSN: | 2578-9821 |
| Serie: | Nordic Journal of Criminology ; 2/Volume 26 |
| Emneord: | Barn / Barnemishandling / Seksuelle overgrep / Vitenskapelig publikasjon |
| Note: | Open access. Creative Commons (CC BY 4.0) |
| Innhold: | Abstract
Recent decades have seen an upsurge in research on child sexual abuse (CSA). Although important empirical knowledge has been derived, theoretical understandings of vital concepts are lacking, particularly from parts of the world where CSA research is still in its infancy. In this study, we conducted a scoping review of conceptualizations of “grooming” in CSA research from 56 peer-reviewed studies from 2010 to 2023 to contrast contemporary understandings of grooming in Scandinavian research with those from non-Scandinavian research. The results showed that descriptions of the manipulative stages of grooming and contexts outside the internet were lacking in Scandinavian texts compared with non-Scandinavian texts, indicating a restricted understanding of grooming in Scandinavian CSA studies. These findings indicate narrow pathways to CSA victimhood for Scandinavian children as well as a lack of attention to the importance of the victims’ environment in CSA prevention efforts, potentially negatively affecting children’s ability to disclose their experiences. Further studies on grooming in CSA in Scandinavia are suggested.
Keywords: child sexual abuse, grooming, scoping review, abuse prevention, Scandinavia |
| Del av verk: | Nordic Journal of Criminology Volume 26 no 2 |