The Psychological Profile of the Groomer - Online harassment of boys, girls and adolescents

Chapter: The Psychological Profile of the Groomer, in “Online harassment of boys, girls and adolescents”. 2020. Scarafía Marcela, Dupuy Daniela, Neme Catalina, De Martini María. Ed. Hammurabi. Bs. As. 2021. “It is not necessary for physical contact to occur for the effect of sexual abuse to promote psychological injury and affect the normal psychosexual development of a child or adolescent. We can think that grooming meets these characteristics. The virtual stalker addresses and violates the privacy of the child or adolescent's body, while crossing the screen and invading the privacy of the victim. From a distance it appropriates personal space that should substantially only remain within the sphere of control of its owner.”