The relationship between possessing child pornography and child molestation
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Title
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The relationship between possessing child pornography and child molestation
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Identifier
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d_2009_2013:2450ed89ca5b:10490
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identifier
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10705
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Creator
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McCarthy, Jennifer A.,
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Contributor
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Karen Terry
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Date
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2010
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Criminology | Clinical psychology | Behavioral psychology | child pornography | Child sexual exploitation | Indecent images of children | Internet sex crimes | Internet sex offenders | Online predators
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Abstract
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Based on integrated theories of sex offending, non-contact (n=176) and contact (n=71) adult male child pornography offenders were compared on dispositional and transitory dispositional variables. Contact child pornography offenders were successfully discriminated from their non-contact counterparts based on their deviant sexual interests, criminal history, inability to self-regulate sexually, substance abuse history, online seduction of minors and networking with others who had similar deviant sexual interests. For contact child pornography offenders, four factors were found to be predictive of child sex abuse -- criminal history, marital status, involvement in indiscriminate sexual behavior, and the online seduction of minors. Additionally, from a situational perspective, the offense process of contact child pornography offenders was found to be similar to that of child molesters.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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2009_2013.csv
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degree
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Ph.D.
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Program
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Criminal Justice
