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Controversial New Study Strongly Links Child Porn Use And Child Abuse

By "eAdvocate"

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12-21-2009 National:December 11, 2009 ? A recent study performed by psychologists among inmates of the Bureau of Prisons suggests a strong link between the use of child pornography and child abuse. The study, conducted between 2002-2005 and chronicled in an article by Tori DeAngelis in this month's edition of the American Psychological Association's Monitor on Pyschology, studied men who had already been convicted of child pornography crimes to see if they had also molested children.Clinical psychologists Michael Bourke, PhD, and Andres Hernandez, PsyD found that while many child pornography viewers before their trial would deny having molested children, after the conviction many of them changed their story.Bourke said, "There is this assumption - in the treatment context, in courtrooms, in investigative circles and in the assessment literature - that these are dichotomous groups ? However, in the course of treatment, these men would disclose to us that their use of the Internet was not the limit of their sexual acting out - it was in fact an adjunctive behavior...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues, News, Recidivism and Studies on December 21, 2009 (boomark / email).