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According to researches, Viewing child porn not a
risk factor for future sex offenses
For people without a prior conviction for a hands-on sex offense,
the consumption of child pornography alone does not, in itself, seem to
represent a risk factor for committing such an offense. |
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Researchers writing in the open access
journal BMC Psychiatry studied 231 men convicted of consuming
child pornography in 2002 and found that only 1% had gone on to commit a
hands-on sex offense in the following six years.
Frank Urbaniok from the Canton of
Zurich Department of Justice, Switzerland, worked with a team of
researchers to investigate these consumers. He said: "When investigating
the prevalence of internet child pornography consumption, an important
practical question is whether consumers of child pornography pose a risk
for hands-on sex offenses. Our results support the assumption that these
consumers, in fact, form a distinct group of sex offenders. Probably,
the motivation for consuming child pornography differs from the
motivation to physically assault minors. Furthermore, the recidivism
rates of 1% for hands-on and 4% for hands-off sex offenses were quite
low."
As has been found in other studies,
Urbaniok and colleagues were able to corroborate that the offenders were
well educated and that most consumed other types of illegal pornography
as well, such as pornography depicting sexual acts with animals,
excrement, or involving brutality.
Commenting on the findings, Urbaniok
said: "Due to the widespread use of the internet, child pornography
consumers today may differ from our sample in some socio-economic
aspects, such as in the level of education or level of income.
Nevertheless, there are two relevant and practical findings that seem to
be robust: For consumers of child pornography without a criminal
history, the prognosis for hands-on sex offenses and for recidivism with
child pornography is favourable."
1. The consumption of Internet child
pornography and violent and sex offending
Jérôme Endrass, Frank Urbaniok, Lea C Hammermeister, Christian Benz,
Thomas Elbert, Arja Laubacher and Astrid Rossegger
BMC Psychiatry (in press)
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