Grooming (pediatric crime)
As grooming (for German mutatis mutandis initiation ) the targeted contact with minors in adult is abuse intention referred by their confidence is surreptitiously gradually.
description
While the term in English can refer to both adults and minors, in German it has been naturalized as referring to minors (children and young people). The English word "grooming" refers to the fact that the potential victims are flattered and / or gifts are given in order to gain their trust. If this happens on the internet - for example in chats or in social networks - it is called cyber grooming .
Legal position
Sexual acts are generally prohibited up to the age of consent (14 years in Germany), are considered sexual abuse of children and are prosecuted. The age of consent is a different age limit in the individual countries, whether and when actions are punishable.
When it comes to the question of whether grooming is criminally relevant, aspects such as the position of the adult acting - whether it is a family member or a teacher ( sexual abuse of wards ) - or whether it is about same-sex acts, also play a role , an important role.
Individual evidence
- Edathy case: it's about the children! , zeit.de, May 10, 2016.
- Virtually seduced, real abused. SPIEGEL Online from September 28, 2016 ( archive ).
- Arno Frank: Cybergrooming: Man pretends to be a girl - to get naked photos from children. SPIEGEL Online from December 5, 2017 ( archive ).
- Anita Heiliger: perpetrator strategies for sexual abuse and approaches to prevention. In: Contributions to feminist theory and practice 56/57, 2001, pp. 71–82 ( archive ).
- Mathias Wais: perpetrator strategies. The motive for abuse is not sex, but power. Abuse & Violence, May 2015 ( archive ).
