A study of men charged with Internet child pornography offenses shows that the men also have committed hands-on sex offenses against children.
The vast majority of the 155 men convicted of possessing, receiving, or distributing Internet-based child pornography, 85%, admitted they had sexually assaulted a child at least once!
The study, by clinical psychologists Michael Bourke, Ph.D. and Andres Henrnadez, Psy.D., was published in the April JOURNAL OF FAMILY VIOLENCE (Vol. 24, No. 3).
– Sources: Monitor on Psychology, American Psychological Association, December 2009.