DRAGON-Spotter

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Deployment Stage: Trialled

Development Type: Academic collaboration

Developer/Vendor:

Swansea University

Purpose

ID grooming behaviour

Description

A digital forensics tool designed to combat Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE) by automatically detecting online grooming language/behaviour within chatlogs from seized devices

Users

Criminal Justice Stages

Stage 1 Community Policing and Offender Management
Stage 2 Intelligence
Stage 3 Investigation

Taxonomy

Analysis(text -> enum)

identify grooming behaviour

Resources

https://www.npcc.police.uk/SysSiteAssets/media/downloads/publications/disclosure-logs/npcc-central-office/2024/140-2024-police-star-fund-projects-24-25---april-amended.pdf
https://science.police.uk/site/assets/files/3795/revolutionising_digital_forensics_child_sexual_exploitation_workflows_through_linguistics_ai_technology_dragon-spotter.pdf