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Living Evidence Synthesis

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Grooming and Trust Development

Approved public versions are listed newest first. Drafts, unsuccessful generation attempts, and versions not yet published through this Research Insight are excluded.

Approved public versions

  1. Version 2

    This is the initial version of the synthesis. No prior version is available for material-evidence comparison. All statements draw on the supplied reviewed evidence records and are explicitly linked to supporting IDs. Where evidence conflicted or offered differing emphases (e.g., universality of stages, cross-cultural applicability), the synthesis notes disagreements and cites respective sources. Future directions emphasize longitudinal, cross-cultural, and representative research to strengthen c...

    • Cited sources: 25 (-2)

    Sources added: A crime script perspective on mapping the entry, continuation, and exit pathways of online romance fraud; Distort, Extort, Deceive and Exploit: Exploring the Inner Workings of a Romance Fraud; Drawing on social approval as a linguistic strategy: A discourse semantic analysis of judgement evaluation in suspected online romance scammer dating profiles; El timo del amor. Estafas eróticas realizadas por mujeres en Costa Rica entre 1970 y 1990 publicadas en el periódico La República; and 6 more.

    Sources removed: An Examination of Digital Validation-Seeking Behaviors in Adolescents as Precursors to Romance Scamming; Are fraud victims nothing more than animals? Critiquing the propagation of “pig butchering” (Sha Zhu Pan, 杀猪盘); Deconstructing a form of hybrid investment fraud: Examining ‘pig butchering’ in the United States; Do we need to know about cyberscams in neurorehabilitation? A cross-sectional scoping survey of Australasian clinicians and service providers; and 8 more.

  2. Version 1

    Initial version: No prior version; all conclusions drawn from the supplied reviewed evidence. No material evidence changes to report.

    • Publications: 91
    • Evidence statements: 208
    • Cited sources: 27
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