Henshaw Marie, Ogloff James R P, Clough Jonathan A
Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Victorian Institute of Forensic Mental Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Behav Sci Law. 2018 Mar;36(2):198-215. doi: 10.1002/bsl.2337.
Technological advances have dramatically increased the ability to access, distribute and produce child exploitation material (CEM) online, resulting in increased numbers of individuals being charged with CEM offences. This study examined the demographic, mental health, and offending characteristics of CEM offenders (n = 456) in comparison to child contact sexual offenders (n = 493) and offenders with a history of both CEM and contact offences (dual offenders, n = 256). A robust data linkage methodology was employed to link records from statewide corrections services with policing and mental health records in Victoria, Australia. The results indicated that CEM offenders differed from both contact and dual offenders, and that the groups were primarily differentiated based on two factors: antisocial orientation and sexual deviance. CEM offenders demonstrated high rates of sexual deviance but low rates of antisociality, contact offenders exhibited the opposite pattern, and dual offenders had both high sexual deviance and antisociality. The findings suggest that existing sexual offender assessment and treatment frameworks are unlikely to be suitable for exclusive CEM offenders. The implications for future research are discussed.
技术进步极大地提高了在线获取、传播和制作儿童剥削材料（CEM）的能力，导致被控犯有CEM罪的人数增加。本研究考察了CEM犯罪者（n = 456）与儿童接触性犯罪者（n = 493）以及有CEM和接触犯罪史的犯罪者（双重犯罪者，n = 256）的人口统计学、心理健康和犯罪特征。采用了一种强大的数据关联方法，将澳大利亚维多利亚州全州范围内惩教服务记录与治安和心理健康记录相联系。结果表明，CEM犯罪者与接触犯罪者和双重犯罪者不同，这些群体主要基于两个因素区分：反社会倾向和性偏差。CEM犯罪者表现出高性偏差率但低反社会率，接触犯罪者呈现相反模式，双重犯罪者既有高性偏差又有高反社会率。研究结果表明，现有的性犯罪者评估和治疗框架不太可能适用于单纯的CEM犯罪者。文中讨论了对未来研究的启示。
