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Pornography use and sexual aggression: the impact of frequency and type of pornography use on recidivism among sexual offenders

Abstract

In this study, we examined the unique contribution of pornography consumption to the longitudinal prediction of criminal recidivism in a sample of 341 child molesters. We specifically tested the hypothesis, based on predictions informed by the confluence model of sexual aggression that pornography will be a risk factor for recidivism only for those individuals classified as relatively high risk for re-offending. Pornography use (frequency and …

Authors

Kingston DA; Fedoroff P; Firestone P; Curry S; Bradford JM

Journal

Aggressive Behavior, Vol. 34, No. 4, pp. 341–351

Publisher

Wiley

Publication Date

7 2008

DOI

10.1002/ab.20250

ISSN

0096-140X