Online Child Sexual Grooming Discourse

Nuria Lorenzo-Dus (Swansea University), Craig Evans (Swansea University), Ruth Mullineux-Morgan (Swansea University)

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English

Cambridge University Press
19 October 2023

Psycholinguistics; Semantics; Computational linguistics; Crime & criminology; Criminal or forensic psychology

Series: Elements in Forensic Linguistics

This Element examines technology-assisted grooming of children for sex – henceforth, online grooming – as an illegal practice of communicative manipulation and, as such, something that research within the academic field of forensic linguistics is ideally placed to help counter. The analysis draws upon online grooming datasets of different sizes and provenance, including from law enforcement, and deploys different analytic techniques from primarily discourse analysis. Three features of online grooming discourse are focussed on: groomers' use of manipulation tactics; groomers' abuse of power asymmetries; and children's communication during online grooming. The Element also discusses ways in which findings derived from richly contextualised analysis of online grooming discourse can – when combined with co-creation projects involving child-safeguarding groups, children and lived-experience experts – add considerable value to societal efforts to counter online grooming and other forms of online child sexual exploitation and abuse.

By: Nuria Lorenzo-Dus (Swansea University), Craig Evans (Swansea University), Ruth Mullineux-Morgan (Swansea University)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 6mm
Weight: 160g
ISBN: 9781009314640
ISBN 10: 1009314645
Series: Elements in Forensic Linguistics
Pages: 75
Publication Date: 19 October 2023
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Series Preface; 1 Introduction; 2. Online Grooming as Manipulation Discourse: Concept and Method; 3. Online Grooming as Language Action; 4. Power in Online Grooming Discourse; 5. Dismantling Agent/Victim Dichotomies: Children's Discourse during Online Grooming; 6. Conclusion: Applications of Research; References.