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Living Evidence Synthesis

Revision history

Victim Recovery

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 35

    Automated evidence-grounded revision attempt 2. Initial version.

    • Publications: 31 (+1)
    • Evidence statements: 115 (+1)
    • Cited sources: 31 (+1)

    Sources added: A scoping review of online romance scams: Conceptual construction and comparative analysis.

  2. Version 34

    Automated evidence-grounded revision attempt 1. Initial version.

    • Publications: 30 (-2)
    • Evidence statements: 114 (-3)
    • Cited sources: 30 (-2)

    Sources removed: Amor, dependencia y aislamiento: El impacto psicológico del romance scam; Online love fraud and the experiences of indonesian women: a qualitative study.

  3. Version 33

    Initial version — compiled from the supplied reviewed evidence records. No prior-version evidence changes to report.

    • Publications: 32 (+11)
    • Evidence statements: 117 (+23)
    • Cited sources: 32 (+11)

    Sources added: Amor, dependencia y aislamiento: El impacto psicológico del romance scam; A new type of victim? Profiling survivors of modern slavery in the online scam industry in Southeast Asia; Digital romance fraud targeting unmarried women; Mental Health Impacts of Cybercrime; and 9 more.

    Sources removed: Romance Scam as one of the main Challenges of cybercrime; “They just say how stupid I was for being conned”. Cyberscams and acquired brain injury: A qualitative exploration of the lived experience of survivors and close others.

  4. Version 32

    Automated evidence-grounded revision attempt 5. Initial version.

  5. Version 31

    Automated evidence-grounded revision attempt 4. This is a replacement synthesis produced to address an independent audit. Protected passages from the previous draft were preserved verbatim where specified and are cited exactly with their approved evidence IDs. The revision removed or narrowed statements flagged by the audit that lacked direct support (for example, speculative linkage to addiction concepts and method-only records used as outcome evidence). Several paragraphs were corrected to rel...

  6. Version 30

    Automated evidence-grounded revision attempt 3. Initial version: This synthesis is the first compiled version for the controlled topic 'Victim Recovery' using the supplied reviewed evidence. No prior synthesis-version changes are being applied.

  7. Version 29

    Automated evidence-grounded revision attempt 2. Initial version: this is the first synthesis produced for the controlled topic using the supplied evidence set.

    • Publications: 21 (-2)
    • Evidence statements: 94 (-3)
    • Cited sources: 21 (-2)

    Sources removed: A scoping review of online romance scams: Conceptual construction and comparative analysis; My Parents Expectations Were Overwhelming: Online Dating Romance Scams Targeting Minors in Iran Through Exploitation of Parental Pressure.

  8. Version 28

    Automated evidence-grounded revision attempt 1. This is the initial version of the synthesis produced to meet the audit and protected‑passage constraints. Protected passages from the prior text were preserved verbatim where required; unsupported or overstated claims flagged by the audit were narrowed or removed, and legal and evaluation claims were rephrased to reflect only what the supplied evidence explicitly documents. No additional evidence outside the supplied reviewed records was used.

    • Publications: 23 (+1)
    • Evidence statements: 97 (-5)
    • Cited sources: 23 (+1)

    Sources added: A scoping review of online romance scams: Conceptual construction and comparative analysis; My Parents Expectations Were Overwhelming: Online Dating Romance Scams Targeting Minors in Iran Through Exploitation of Parental Pressure; “They just say how stupid I was for being conned”. Cyberscams and acquired brain injury: A qualitative exploration of the lived experience of survivors and close others.

    Sources removed: Digital romance fraud targeting unmarried women; Reality Counseling Approach to Increasing Career Woman Awareness (Case Study Love Scam).

  9. Version 27

    Initial version (no prior evidence changes).

    • Publications: 22 (-4)
    • Cited sources: 22 (-4)

    Sources added: Digital romance fraud targeting unmarried women; Reality Counseling Approach to Increasing Career Woman Awareness (Case Study Love Scam).

    Sources removed: A new type of victim? Profiling survivors of modern slavery in the online scam industry in Southeast Asia; A scoping review of online romance scams: Conceptual construction and comparative analysis; My Parents Expectations Were Overwhelming: Online Dating Romance Scams Targeting Minors in Iran Through Exploitation of Parental Pressure; Pig Butchering in Cybersecurity: A Modern Social Engineering Threat; and 2 more.

  10. Version 26

    Automated evidence-grounded revision attempt 2. This is the initial version of the synthesis.

    • Publications: 26 (+1)
    • Evidence statements: 102 (+1)
    • Cited sources: 26 (+1)

    Sources added: A scoping review of online romance scams: Conceptual construction and comparative analysis; Online Romance Scams: Relational Dynamics and Psychological Characteristics of the Victims and Scammers. A Scoping Review; Romance Scam as one of the main Challenges of cybercrime; Romance Scams and Older Adults: A Health and Social Care Perspective.

    Sources removed: Digital romance fraud targeting unmarried women; Mental Health Impacts of Cybercrime; The prevention of online romance scams using a crime script analysis from the victim’s perspective.

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