Indystar Identifying those with pedophilic or sex addiction, as well as victims of sexual abuse, can be challenging
Bill Cosby. Josh Duggar. Dennis Hastert. And now Jared Fogle.
In the past few months, allegations surrounding these men and sexual activity with minors, male and female, have surfaced in headline after headline. In the latest, Indiana’s own Fogle just agreed to plead guilty to charges that include having sex with teenagers and distributing pornography involving children as young as 6 years old.[...]
Researchers delving into the personality characteristics of those who
engage in online deviate behavior, of which child pornography is one
type, know that you can rarely predict offenders.
There is no one type of person that engages in child pornography, no
one profile,” said Kathryn Seigfried-Spellar, an assistant professor in
the department of computer and information technology at Purdue
University who studies this area. “It’s because the behavior itself is
very dynamic and complex.”
Some people will download child
pornography but never try to contact a minor for a sexual encounter, she
said. Others might network, share information and reach out to
children. Now researchers have noted another category — those who
contact minors online but have no intention of ever meeting them in
person.[...]
Although people who do jail time for viewing child pornography have low
recidivism rates, the same is not true for those who contact their
victims, Seigfried-Spellar said. [...]
“You cannot be cured of this,” she said. “It is like any other
addiction. You can learn how to manage it ... but you have to work on
this every day of your life when you have this compulsion.”
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