Prevention of Sexual Victimization in Social Networks

Human ahievment in industry and technology has some pros and cons. One of these ahievements is social networks. They make it possible to come into contact with each other, share interests, be familiar with other cultures, convictions and religions, and make accessible a wide variety of information. But beside aforementioned advantages, there may be some disadvantages including privacy invasion, put at risk the familial relations, disloyalty between couples, and sexual victimization. The sexual victimization refers to process of victimization in the course of information and communication technology development and utilization. This crime could be committed by sexual harassment, blackmail and pornography. The recognition of factors creating these harms in either social or familial level and in social networks is necessary in order to control the sexual harms and identify the victims so as to be protected. In this research, social prevention of sexual victimization is studied. This kind of prevention tends to improve economic, cultural and social circumstances that make the grounds of criminality. So the goal of social prevention is to suppress the external criminal factors. This is the case for example educational methods, employment, and help to start a family. On the other side there are supervisory means done in the situational prevention. Moreover, there are new management means including smart management software organizing cyberspace utilized by children and youth.