The Influence of Pornography on Sexual Crimes

Abstract

does exposure to pornography predispose persons to become sexually deviant / does exposure to pornography cause those who are sexually deviant to commit sexual crimes / or conversely, does exposure to pornogrpahy suppress the urges of those sexual deviants who are likely to otherwise commit sexual crimes / is pornography consumption simply part of a deviant lifestyle, or does pornography consumption act to validate the beliefs supporting that lifestyle / is there any difference in pornography consumption between those who commit sexual crimes and those who do not / none of these questions are likely to be definitely answered in the near future, but we can integrate the available evidence in an attempt to arrive at some reasonably plausible conclusions (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved)(chapter)