Detección de depredadores sexuales en los chats y la captación de menoresel papel de la lingüística forense.

  1. Elena Garayzábal Heinze 1
  2. Irene Hidalgo de la Guía 1
  1. 1 Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
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    Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

    Madrid, España

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Journal:
Tonos digital: revista de estudios filológicos

ISSN: 1577-6921

Year of publication: 2020

Issue: 39

Type: Article

More publications in: Tonos digital: revista de estudios filológicos

Abstract

In this work we review the cybercrime of grooming, its description and the studies that from the Forensic Linguistics perspective contribute to identify groomers who hide their identity in the network to carry out criminal actions of sexual abuse to minors. Data on the prevalence of grooming are provided but also information on the cognitive and criminal profiles of this kind of cybersex offender and how this crime is categorized in the Spanish Criminal Code. Finally, the studies carried out in different countries from an exclusively linguistic viewpoint are provided, likewise the deficiencies in type of studies on this cybercrime in the Spanish context are outlined.

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