Sextortion is a form of image-based sexual abuse in which an offender threatens to distribute sexually explicit images, videos, or information to gain victim compliance. In some sextortion incidents involving minor children, offenders are adult strangers who coerce victims into self-producing child sexually abusive materials (CSAM). Despite the growing concern regarding minor victims of sextortion, there is a lack of empirical investigation of adult offenders who exclusively target minor children for the production of CSAM and the steps and decisions these offenders take to commit sextortion. Utilizing a sample of 130 minor-focused sextortion cases gathered from news media and court documents, the current study employed crime script analysis and inductive qualitative methodology to investigate how adult offenders commit sextortion. The results indicated that adult offenders specifically targeting minor children move through several crime scripts: preparation, entry, instrumental actions, crime commission, and exit.

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成年陌生人的未成年人性勒索：报纸和法庭案件的犯罪脚本分析

性勒索是一种基于图像的性虐待形式，其中犯罪者威胁传播露骨的色情图像、视频或信息以获取受害者的服从。在一些涉及未成年儿童的性勒索事件中，犯罪者是成年陌生人，他们强迫受害者自制儿童性虐待材料（CSAM）。尽管人们越来越关注性勒索的未成年受害者，但缺乏对专门针对未成年人进行性勒索的成年犯罪者以及这些犯罪者实施性勒索所采取的步骤和决定的实证调查。本研究利用从新闻媒体和法庭文件中收集的 130 起针对未成年人的性勒索案件样本，采用犯罪脚本分析和归纳定性方法来调查成年犯罪者如何实施性勒索。结果表明，专门针对未成年儿童的成年犯罪者会经历几个犯罪脚本：准备、进入、工具性行为、犯罪和退出。