Questionnaire concerning professional experiences in treating child and adolescent victims of on-line sexual exploitation.
PART 1
PERSONAL DATA OF THE REPORTER
1. Gender
female
male
2. Age
yrs
3. In what country do you
practice?
4. Organisation
5. What is your
profession/occupation?
6. Training/Further Qualification
a) None
b) Client centred psychotherapy for children and adolescents
c) Client centred counselling of children and adolescents
d) Behavioural therapy with children and adolescents
e) Analytical psychotherapy with children and adolescents
f) EMDR
g) Trauma- therapy
h) Other
What?
7. How was the case revealed?
a) By the authorities (e.g. police, social service)
Who?
b) By the victims family/network (e.g. parents, friends)
Who?
c) By the victim
8. What prompted the disclosure of the abuse?
9. How was the victim referred to you?
THE VICTIM
1. Nationality
1. Gender
female
male
3. Age at the time of first abuse occasion
yrs
4. Age at the commencement of treatment
yrs
5. What was the relation between the victim and the perpetrator/s?
a) Family member
Who?
b) Other person known in person before abuse
Who?
c) Person first met online
Who?
d) Stranger (no face to face or online contact)
Who?
THE ALLEGED PERPETRATOR
1. Number of perpetrators
2. Gender/s of the three most
important perpetrators
first
second
third
3. Age/s of the three most
important perpetrators
first
second
third
THE ABUSE (more than one alternative might be applicable)
What was the nature of the abuse?
yes
1. Encouraged to watch adult pornography
2. Groomed online for sexual abuse offline
3. Sold online for sexual abuse offline
4. Abused through prostitution using
the Internet and the mobile phones
to contact the abuser
5. Made to be engaged in “cybersex”
6. Sold online for live sexual abuse online
7. Still images taken of the abuse
8. Film recorded of the abuse
9. The images/films were shared with others through the Internet
10. The images/films were shared with others through mobile phones
11. The victim was made the subject of child abuse images
a) The abuser showed the victim abusive images of children to
normalise the activity or to blackmail the child
b) The victim was made to watch his/her own abuse images
c) The victim was encouraged to introduce friends or other
children to the abuser
d) The victim was encouraged to be pro-active in the sexually
abusive scenario with the perpetrator or other children
e) The victim was encouraged to place photographs on
himself/herself online
12. The victim created abuse images of him/herselves
13. The victim created images of other children
14. Did the victim receive payment (money or goods) for images taken?
15. Did the abuser at any time use any of the following tactics to gain the
victim’s trust or cooperation?
a) Friendship
b) Promises of love or romance
c) Seduction
d) Coercion (pressure to overcome the victim’s reluctance)
e) Threats of violence
f) Actual violence
16. During what length was the abuse ongoing?
17. Describe the grooming process if any. Please make comments in the field below
START OF TREATMENT/CONTACT
1. Did the abused show any of the following symptoms?
yes
no
a) Depression
b) Self-destructivness
c) Anxiety
d) PTSD (posttraumatic stress disorder)
e) Dissociation
f) Sexualized behaviour
g) Eating disorder
h) Conduct problems/conduct disorder
i) Other symptoms (please describe in field below)
2. What kind of treatment did you offer?
3. Please describe how the abuse on the Internet became part of your support or treatment of the child.
4. What was the primary subject for treatment?
5. How was the Internet abuse dealt with in treatment?
6. How did the abused respond to the treatment you offered?
7. Was this case reported on to the authorities?
8. Is this case regarded a criminal case?
PART 2
CASE DESCRIPTION
Please describe the case in your own words. Describe in detail in what way the Internet abuse and/or the images have created problems for the abused. Please also describe how you as a therapist/counsellor have adapted the treatment according to the disclosures e.g. methodology and length or continuity of treatment.
Please make comments in the field below: