Developmental characteristics of adolescence

• Adolescence is a period when sexual curiosity intensifies, and sexual interest is a natural phenomenon in the developmental process.

• Because adolescence is heavily influenced by peer relationships, they sometimes participate in risky behaviors out of a desire for jokes among friends, challenges, or a sense of belonging.
  Ex) All my friends were doing it, so I tried it too, I didn't know this was a crime

Cultural characteristics of the digital native generation

• The digital native generation is a generation that has grown up amidst smartphones, the internet, and social media since birth. If the parent generation learned about the world and formed relationships through books and television, the child generation is learning about the world through a new language called ‘digital’. Thus, for youth, the digital space is a ‘part of life’ just as important as reality.

• Because the digital native generation forms online-centered social relationships, they primarily communicate through chat apps, open chat rooms, and social media. It is natural for your child to communicate with people online.

Sociocultural characteristics

• Against the sociocultural backdrop where illegally filmed materials are widely consumed and disseminated, perpetrators approach children or youth with the purpose of sexual exploitation and commit crimes. As long as there are people who watch and consume these materials, criminals will continuously threaten our children.

• Communication in online spaces allows for easily forming intimacy with strangers based on anonymity, and perpetrators use this as an excuse to disguise their identity, approach, and then commit sexual exploitation crimes. Because perpetrators' methods are cunning, it is not easy to recognize their methods from the start. Therefore, it is not our children's fault, but the fault of the perpetrators who exploit the psychology of children or youth to commit crimes.