Child porn offenders, solicitation offenders and child sexual abusers: what the literature has to say

Abstract

This is a review of the literature on those who sexually abuse and molest minors and those who utilize child porn In reviewing the literature background factors psychological and physiological nbsp factors nbsp and nbsp simply nbsp personal nbsp choice nbsp appear nbsp to nbsp suggest nbsp that nbsp most nbsp all nbsp sexual nbsp offenders nbsp regardless nbsp of nbsp who nbsp they nbsp target nbsp as nbsp victims nbsp are nbsp more nbsp similar nbsp than nbsp different nbsp The nbsp literature has provided contradictory findings about risk issues One example being the assertion nbsp that nbsp child nbsp porn nbsp users nbsp and nbsp those nbsp who nbsp engage nbsp in nbsp online nbsp solicitation nbsp with nbsp minors nbsp are somehow less dangerous than contact or dual offenders despite findings that most all child nbsp porn nbsp users nbsp and nbsp those nbsp engaged nbsp in nbsp online nbsp contact nbsp with nbsp victims nbsp do nbsp indeed nbsp have nbsp many nbsp undetected contact victims This article will also review the adult rapist because the findings of what we know about the adult rapist are very similar to what we have learned about those who target children or adolescent victims