| Title |
Online Child Pornography Offenders are Different: A Meta-analysis of the Characteristics of Online and Offline Sex Offenders Against Children
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Archives of Sexual Behavior, March 2014
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| DOI | 10.1007/s10508-014-0270-x |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Kelly M. Babchishin, R. Karl Hanson, Heather VanZuylen |
| Abstract |
The current meta-analysis compared the characteristics of online child pornography-only offenders, typical (offline) sex offenders against children, and offenders with both child pornography and contact sex offences against children (mixed). Based on 30 unique samples (comparison ns ranging from 98 to 2,702), the meta-analysis found key differences between groups. Offenders who committed contact sex offences were more likely to have access to children than those with only child pornography offences. In contrast, offenders who used the internet to commit sexual offences had greater access to the internet than those with contact sex offenders. Differences between the groups, however, were not limited to differential opportunities. Sex offenders against children and mixed offenders were found to score higher on indicators of antisociality than online child pornography offenders (CPOs). CPOs were also more likely to have psychological barriers to sexual offending than sex offenders against children and mixed offenders (e.g., greater victim empathy). Mixed offenders were found to be the most pedophilic, even more than CPOs. The findings suggest that offenders who restricted their offending behavior to online child pornography offences were different from mixed offenders and offline sex offenders against children, and that mixed offenders were a particularly high risk group. |
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| United States | 14 | 22% |
| United Kingdom | 4 | 6% |
| Georgia | 2 | 3% |
| Canada | 2 | 3% |
| Congo | 1 | 2% |
| Ukraine | 1 | 2% |
| Spain | 1 | 2% |
| Malaysia | 1 | 2% |
| Chile | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 1 | 2% |
| Unknown | 36 | 56% |
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| Members of the public | 55 | 86% |
| Scientists | 6 | 9% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 2 | 3% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 2% |
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| Canada | 3 | <1% |
| Ireland | 1 | <1% |
| Australia | 1 | <1% |
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Japan | 1 | <1% |
| Spain | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 361 | 96% |
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| Student > Master | 57 | 15% |
| Student > Bachelor | 48 | 13% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 46 | 12% |
| Researcher | 39 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 23 | 6% |
| Other | 67 | 18% |
| Unknown | 95 | 25% |
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| Psychology | 155 | 41% |
| Social Sciences | 52 | 14% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 21 | 6% |
| Computer Science | 10 | 3% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 5 | 1% |
| Other | 30 | 8% |
| Unknown | 102 | 27% |
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