The European Online Grooming Project is a ground breaking study that looks at:
It’s hoped that findings from the project will be used to:
A number of reports have been written, available below:
You can also:
The project is co-funded under the European Commission Safer Internet plus programme, a multiannual Community Programme on promoting safer use of the Internet and new online technologies.
Phase 1: Literature review, review of police case files and interviews with key stakeholders.
Phase 2: In-depth interviews with 33 male convicted offenders convicted in the UK, Belgium and Norway. Online groomers’ chat-logs were sourced from Italy.
Phase 3: 12 focus groups with young people in the UK, Belgium and Italy. Seven dissemination events with teachers, parents and professionals in Belgium, Italy, Norway and the UK.