Background <p>Organizations where children and adolescents regularly spend time provide opportunities for (potential) offenders to commit sexual violence. Previous studies often lacked direct consideration of the perspectives of potential offenders who are at an elevated risk of committing sexual violence, for example, due to a pedophilic disorder (ICD-11) or of the experiences of offenders who have previously committed sexual violence in such contexts.</p> Methods <p>With the aim of investigating the strategies of offenders as well as inhibiting and promoting factors for sexual violence in youth-oriented organizations in Germany, we conducted 11 semistructured, problem-centered interviews with 6 (potential) offenders and 5 therapists from secondary and tertiary prevention. The analysis was carried out with qualitative content analysis.</p> Results <p>Participant reports indicate elaborate strategies employed by (potential) offenders in youth-oriented organizations that avoid the use of physical violence and instead rely on emotional manipulation. Offender strategies identified include the establishment of a trusting relationship with children and adolescents, the testing of boundaries and the acquisition of access to the parents. The primary inhibiting factors for sexual violence in organizations were reported by (potential) offenders to be the feeling of being watched and the existence of safeguarding concepts within the organization. Conversely, the main facilitating factors for sexual violence, as perceived by (potential) perpetrators, were the presence of vulnerable children and adolescents and a culture of silence regarding sexual violence and sexuality within the organization.</p> Conclusion <p>Enabling and inhibiting factors for sexual violence as well as possible strategies of (potential) perpetrators in youth-oriented organizations point to comprehensive organizational measures that should be implemented for prevention.</p>