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Abstract：
The idiographic technical profiles of child sexual exploitation material (CSEM) offenders provide insight into their behaviours and context for their interactions with technology, but minimal quantitative work has been done to evaluate their sociability, technical ability and technophilia compared to non-offenders. This work used an online survey to compare an offender group consisting of English-speaking adults previously convicted of CSEM offenses (N = 78) with a reference population of non-offenders (N = 254). The survey assessed sociability, technical ability and technophilia through self-rating and information on occupation, level of education and device ownership. The study found that CSEM offenders had slightly lower sociability than non-offenders, though not at a level of clinical interest. Additionally, CSEM offenders had no statistically significant difference in technical ability and lower overall technophilia when compared to non-offenders. This study fails to support popular perceptions of CSEM offenders being technically savvy loners who are early adopters of new technologies.
摘要：
儿童性剥削材料（CSEM）犯罪者的具体技术概况为他们与技术互动的行为和背景提供了见解，但是很少有定量工作来评估他们的社交能力，与非罪犯相比，技术能力和技术嗜好。这项工作使用了一项在线调查，将一个由以前被判犯有CSEM罪行的讲英语的成年人组成的罪犯组（N=78）与非罪犯的参考人群（N=254）进行了比较。调查评估了社交能力，通过自我评估和职业信息，教育水平和设备所有权。研究发现，CSEM罪犯的社交能力略低于非罪犯，虽然没有达到临床兴趣水平。此外,与非罪犯相比，CSEM罪犯在技术能力和总体技术嗜好方面没有统计学上的显着差异。这项研究未能支持人们对CSEM罪犯是技术上精通的孤独者的普遍看法，他们是新技术的早期采用者。
