What are the common features of perpetrator Behaviour?
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What are the common features of perpetrator Behaviour?
Perpetrators can be good at hiding the violence, publicly presenting as kind, loving, charming and likeable, but behave in cruel, violent, undermining and manipulative ways in private. Some of the common tactics used by perpetrators to coerce and control victims are shown in the following table.
What are examples of exploitation?
Types of exploitation
- Sexual exploitation. This is when someone is deceived, coerced or forced to take part in sexual activity.
- Labour exploitation.
- Domestic servitude.
- Forced marriage.
- Forced criminality.
- Child soldiers.
- Organ harvesting.
Is exploitation a form of abuse?
The word abuse covers many different ways someone may harm a vulnerable adult. Physical abuse is intentional bodily injury. Signs of emotional abuse. Exploitation occurs when a vulnerable adult or his/her resources or income are illegally or improperly used for another person’s profit or gain.
What is grooming in adults?
Grooming is a form of abuse that involves manipulating someone until they’re isolated, dependent, and more vulnerable to exploitation. But many of the types of harm listed in The Care Act, including modern slavery, physical, sexual and financial abuse, can happen as a result of grooming.
How do I know if I’m being groomed online?
Signs of grooming
- Send you lots of messages.
- Ask you to keep your conversations secret.
- Try to find out more.
- Start sending you sexual messages.
- Get you to share personal information.
- Try to blackmail you.
How do perpetrators choose their victims?
Sometimes, perpetrators may choose someone who reminds them of someone else. They may choose a victim based on the victim’s good qualities or other characteristics such as being polite, giving people the benefit of the doubt, trusting, being shy, vulnerable or accessible.
