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Debate on Child Pornography?s Link to Molesting

By "eAdvocate"

It is important to read this in its proper context, and the findings CANNOT be applied to ALL SEX OFFENDERS! The only offenders allowed to participate were KNOWN child pornography offenders who ALREADY had a conviction for some form of child pornography. This -choice of offenders allowed to particpate- shows why the results cannot be applied to all offenders; simply said, this group is not representative of the entire population of offenders. 7-19-2007 North Carolina:Experts have often wondered what proportion of men who download explicit sexual images of children also molest them. A new government study of convicted Internet offenders suggests that the number may be startlingly high: 85 percent of the offenders said they had committed acts of sexual abuse against minors, from inappropriate touching to rape...continue to full post

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