The Traveling Public as a Witness: Understanding Travelers' Intent to Report Signals of Child Sexual Exploitation Abroad.
bystander intervention
child abuse
reporting
sexual exploitation
third party
Journal
Violence and victims
ISSN: 0886-6708
Titre abrégé: Violence Vict
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 8916436
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
01 10 2023
01 10 2023
Historique:
medline:
31
10
2023
pubmed:
13
10
2023
entrez:
12
10
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
European governments encourage their citizens to report signals of child sexual exploitation while traveling abroad. To better understand what inhibits their reporting behavior, this study examines travelers' intent to report signals of sexual exploitation of children in the context of travel and tourism (SECTT). Building on scholarship on crime reporting behavior and (indirect) bystander intervention, travelers from five European countries were surveyed about barriers influencing their reporting decision. Results indicate that barriers related to the interpretation of the situation and cost-benefit reasoning inhibit intent to report. Awareness of the phenomenon and intervention decreases the perceived barriers and positively impact the intents to report. Previous experience with observing signals of SECTT is associated with a lower intent to report. Explanations for this unexpected finding and recommendations for practitioners are explored.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37827581
pii: VV-2022-0076
doi: 10.1891/VV-2022-0076
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
696-716Informations de copyright
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