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- Title
Examining the Criminal History and Future Offending of Child Pornography Offenders: An Extended Prospective Follow-up Study.
- Authors
Eke, Angela; Seto, Michael; Williams, Jennette
- Abstract
We examined police occurrence and criminal records data for a sample of 201 registered male child pornography offenders originally reported by Seto and Eke (Sex Abus J Res Treat 17:201-210, ), extending the average follow-up time for this sample to 5.9 years. In addition, we obtained the same data for another 340 offenders, increasing our full sample to 541 men, with a total average follow-up of 4.1 years. In the extended follow-up of the original sample, 34% of offenders had new charges for any type of reoffense, with 6% charged with a contact sexual offense against a child and an additional 3% charged with historical contact sex offenses (i.e., previously undetected offenses). For the full sample, there was a 32% any recidivism rate; 4% of offenders were charged with new contact sex offences, an additional 2% of offenders were charged with historical contact sex offenses and 7% of offenders were charged with a new child pornography offense. Predictors of new violent (including sexual contact) offending were prior offense history, including violent history, and younger offender age. Approximately a quarter of the sample was sanctioned for a failure on conditional release; in half of these failures, the offenders were in contact with children or used the internet, often to access pornography again.
- Subjects
HISTORY of criminals; CHILD pornography; SEX offenders; LONGITUDINAL method; RECIDIVISM; SEX crimes; INTERNET; SEXUAL harassment; HUMAN behavior
- Publication
Law & Human Behavior (Springer Science & Business Media B.V.), 2011, Vol 35, Issue 6, p466
- ISSN
0147-7307
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10979-010-9252-2