TY  - JOUR
TI  - Nonforcible Internet-Related Sex Crimes With Adolescent Victims: Prosecution Issues and Outcomes
AU  - Walsh, Wendy A.
AU  - Wolak, Janis
PY  - 2005
PB  - SAGE Publications
LA  - eng
AB  - Law enforcement officials and the public are said to hold the stereotype that it is difficult to prosecute cases involving nonforcible sex crimes with willing adolescent victims. The authors examine prosecution outcomes in nonforcible Internet-related sex crimes with adolescent victims and extra-familial adult defendants. Data are from a national sample of law enforcement officers and prosecutors (N = 77). Most (91%) of the defendants are convicted, usually via a guilty plea (77%). Results show that even when victim cooperation is lacking or victims willingly engage in sexual activity, defendants are convicted. A small group of defendants are not convicted, and certain conditions appear to contribute to this, including victims' untruthfulness, defendants giving victims illegal drugs or alcohol, and lack of a confession from the defendant. Most defendants, however, are sentenced to incarceration and required to register as sex offenders. The findings show promise for holding defendants accountable for this type of crime.
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1177/1077559505276505
DO  - 10.1177/1077559505276505
T2  - Child maltreatment: journal of the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children
VL  - 10
IS  - 3
SN  - 1552-6119
SN  - 1077-5595
SP  - 260-271
UR  - https://www.pollux-fid.de/r/cr-10.1177/1077559505276505
H1  - Pollux (Fachinformationsdienst Politikwissenschaft)
ER  -