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“Does Deviant Pornography Use Follow a Guttman-like Progression”
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Title: Does Deviant Pornography Use Follow a Guttman-like Progression
Publication: Computers in Human Behavior
Author: Seigfried-Spellar, Kathryn C., and Marcus K. Rogers
Date: 09/01/2013
Abstract This study investigated whether deviant pornography use followed a Guttman-like progression in that a person transitions from being a nondeviant to deviant pornography user. In order to observe this progression, 630 respondents from Survey Sampling International’s (SSI) panel Internet sample completed an online survey assessing adult-only, bestiality, and child pornography consumption. Respondents’ “age of […]
“Older Adolescents’ Positive Attitudes toward Younger Adolescents as Sexual Partners”
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Title: Older Adolescents’ Positive Attitudes toward Younger Adolescents as Sexual Partners
Publication: Adolescence
Author: Henga, Kritinn, Svein Mossige, and Lars Wichstrom
Date: 02/01/2004
Abstract The prevalence of older adolescents’ positive attitudes toward younger sexual partners was investigated through three measures of self-reported hypothetical likelihood of having sex with preadolescents and younger adolescents (LSA), using a school-based cluster sample of 710 Norwegian 18- to 19-year-olds attending nonvocational high schools in Oslo. Some likelihood of having sex with a preadolescent […]
“Prosecuting Image Exploitation”
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Title: "Prosecuting Image Exploitation"
Publication: Strategies: The Prosecuter's Letter on Violence Against Women
Author: Anderson, Jane, et al.
Date: 03/16/2015
Introduction Image exploitation is a distinct form of sexual abuse, involving the nonconsensual creation, possession, or distribution of an image or images depicting the victim as nude, semi-nude, engaged in consensual sexual activity, or being sexually assaulted. The image in question may be a photograph, screenshot, or video recording. By using cell phones, email, social […]
“The Consumption of Internet Child Pornography and Violent and Sex Offending”
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Title: "The Consumption of Internet Child Pornography and Violent and Sex Offending"
Publication: BMC Psychiatry
Author: Endrass, Jérôme, et al.
Date: 07/14/2009
Abstract Background There is an ongoing debate on whether consumers of child pornography pose a risk for hands-on sex offenses. Up until now, there have been very few studies which have analyzed the association between the consumption of child pornography and the subsequent perpetration of hands-on sex offenses. The aim of this study was to […]
Pornography Use and Sexual Aggression: The Impact of Frequency and Type of Pornography Use on Recidivism Among Sexual Offenders
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Title: Pornography Use and Sexual Aggression: The Impact of Frequency and Type of Pornography Use on Recidivism Among Sexual Offenders
Publication: Aggressive Behavior (Vol. 34)
Author: Drew A. Kingston1, Paul Fedoroff, Philip Firestone, Susan Curry, John M. Bradford
Date: 07/01/2008
In this study, we examined the unique contribution of pornography consumption to the longitudinal prediction of criminal recidivism in a sample of 341 child molesters. We specifically tested the hypothesis, based on predictions informed by the confluence model of sexual aggression that pornography will be a risk factor for recidivism only for those individuals classified […]
Inferring Sexually Deviant Behavior From Corresponding Fantasies: The Role of Personality and Pornography Consumption
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Title: Inferring Sexually Deviant Behavior From Corresponding Fantasies: The Role of Personality and Pornography Consumption
Publication: Criminal Justice and Behavior: An International Journal (Vol 36, Iss 2)
Author: Kevin M. Williams, Barry S. Cooper, Teresa M. Howell, John C. Yuille, Delroy L. Paulhus
Date: 12/01/2008
There is widespread concern that deviant sexual fantasies promote corresponding behaviors. The authors investigated whether that concern is valid in nonoffender samples. Self-reports of nine deviant sexual fantasies and behaviors were compared in two samples of male undergraduates. In Study 1, 95% of respondents reported experiencing at least one sexually deviant fantasy, and 74% reported […]
Child Pornography Offenses Are a Valid Diagnostic Indicator of Pedophilia
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Title: Child Pornography Offenses Are a Valid Diagnostic Indicator of Pedophilia
Publication: Journal of Abnormal Psychology (Vol. 115, Iss. 3)
Author: Michael C. Seto, James M. Cantor, Ray Blanchard
Date: 08/01/2006
This study investigated whether being charged with a child pornography offense is a valid diagnostic indicator of pedophilia, as represented by an index of phallometrically assessed sexual arousal to children. The sample of 685 male patients was referred between 1995 and 2004 for a sexological assessment of their sexual interests and behavior. As a group, […]
A Legislative Framework For Combating Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking
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Title: A Legislative Framework For Combating Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking
Publication: Regent University Law Review (Vol 23, No 2)
Author: Linda Smith, Samantha Healy Vardaman
Date:
Domestic minor sex trafficking is the commercial sexual exploitation of America’s children through prostitution, pornography, and sexual performance within U.S. borders. “It is the ‘recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, or obtaining of a person for the purpose of a commercial sex act’ whe[n] the person is … under the age of [eighteen] years.” When considering the crime […]
The Internet Pornography Pandemic: “The Largest Unregulated Social Experiment in Human History” (RESEARCH)
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Title: The Internet Pornography Pandemic: "The Largest Unregulated Social Experiment in Human History"
Publication: Christian Apologetics Journal
Author: Donna Rice Hughes
Date: 04/20/2014
Technology is revolutionizing our lives and providing access to a wide range of valuable services. The Internet has become a powerful educational and communications tool, placing vast new worlds of knowledge in the palm of our hand. Today’s youth have fully integrated the Internet into their daily lives, using technology as a powerful platform for education, […]
The Need for Improving Restitution for Victims of Child Pornography Crimes after Paroline v. US
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Title: The Need for Improving Restitution for Victims of Child Pornography Crimes after Paroline v. US
Publication: Testimony before House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Crime
Author: Paul G. Cassell
Date: 03/19/2015
Testimony before House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee on Crime: Mr. Chairman and Distinguished Members of the Subcommittee: I am pleased to submit testimony in support of expanded restitution for victims of child pornography crimes, particularly as provided in Senate Bill 295. How to provide restitution to victims of child pornography crimes has recently proven to be a challenge […]