| Child pornography offenders detected by surveillance of the Internet and by other methods. | |
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PMID: 21452337 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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BACKGROUND: Availability of child pornography on the Internet has created new opportunities for offending. It has been noted that many people charged with offences relating to this had not previously been identified as sexual offenders against children. AIM: Our aim was to compare the characteristics of people charged with child pornography offences as a result of police monitoring of the Internet with those detected by other means. We hypothesised that those apprehended via the Internet would be more likely to be older and less likely to have severe psychiatric disorder or to have been previously charged with a sexual offence involving contact with a child than those identified by other means. METHODS: Data were extracted from the findings of clinical examinations by the authors either in the course of preparing reports for court, or in the course of providing treatment. RESULTS: There were 52 men detected by police Internet surveillance and 53 men detected by other means, the latter including 16 men who had not been charged with an offence at the time of referral. Those detected via the Internet were more likely to be in possession of very large quantities of child pornography. Those detected by other means were more likely to have major psychiatric and substance abuse disorders and to report childhood sexual abuse. A subgroup analysis of the 89 people who were facing charges at the time of the assessment found that the only significant differences were in the amount of material and the history of sexual abuse. CONCLUSIONS: The men recruited to this study, conducted over a period of nearly 10 years, reflect the changing nature of the technology used to commit this type of offence in that time. The characteristics of the subjects did not confirm the stereotype of an Internet child pornography offender who was high functioning and otherwise well adjusted and carried a low risk of other types of offences. |
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Authors:
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Olav Nielssen; Jeremy O'Dea; Danny Sullivan; Marcelo Rodriguez; Dominique Bourget; Matthew Large |
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Type: Journal Article Date: 2011-03-30 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Criminal behaviour and mental health : CBMH Volume: 21 ISSN: 1471-2857 ISO Abbreviation: Crim Behav Ment Health Publication Date: 2011 Jul |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2011-06-27 Completed Date: 2011-10-31 Revised Date: 2011-11-04 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9309668 Medline TA: Crim Behav Ment Health Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 215-24 Citation Subset: IM |
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Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
Affiliation:
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Clinical Research Unit for Anxiety and Depression, St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, Australia. olavn@ozemail.com.au |
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Adolescent Adult Child Child Abuse / psychology* Erotica* / psychology Forensic Psychiatry Great Britain / epidemiology Humans Internet* / statistics & numerical data Male Mental Disorders / epidemiology, psychology Middle Aged Population Surveillance / methods* Sex Offenses / psychology* |
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