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No link between child porn and sexual abuse
LIFE STYLE EXTRA (UK) - There is no link between looking
at child pornography and sexual abuse of youngsters, a
senior police officer told a conference
today.
Studies have found no correlation between
those who download graphic images of youngsters via the
internet and child molesters.
Dr Stuart Kirby,
Detective Chief Superintendent with Lancashire Police,
told the International Investigative Psychology
Conference: "When you look at all the research that has
been done nationally, the consensus is that there has
not proven to be a link between the viewing of
pornography and the committing of hands-on
offences.
"In a follow-up study by Lancashire
Police, that was found to be clearly the
case."
He added: "Viewing child porn is illegal
and there is the issue that if people did not view it,
then people would not take the pictures and those
children would not be abused in that way. We are not
making light of child porn."
The study by
Lancashire Constabulary and a PhD student from the
University of Liverpool looked at 18 men with an average
age of 41 who had downloaded child porn. The study
labelled 70 per cent as 'enthusiasts' who spent a lot of
time online, often lived alone or with their parents,
without any children and had no previous
convictions.
30 per cent were labelled
'paedophiles' who were in long term relationships, had
children but did not live with them, were unskilled and
likely to change their job frequently. None of the 18
fell into the 'predatory' category.
This British
research and others before it contradicts an American
study which stated one third of people who used graphic
images were 'actively abusing children.'
Dr
Kirby, who has a PhD in Psychology, said: "We have not
found that in our research."
Operation Ore in
2002 was an international crackdown on child pornography
across the world and it implicated 6,000 in the
UK.
Dr Kirby said there needed to be more
research focusing on educating potential
victims.
Four per cent of the population suffer
from 44 per cent of all crimes and Dr Kirby said there
needed to be a better understanding of the victim and
location.
He added: "We have focussed a lot on
the offender and we know a lot about them and have a
good understanding of them. But crime is affected by the
dynamics surrounding the victim.
"This is an
area that still needs to be explored. We need to make
public services think what rings those warning bells
with the victim - that they might carry on putting
themselves at risk. We are in no way saying the victim
plays any role in instigating the offence and the
culpability always lies with the offender.
"But
as we learn more about the dynamics of the offence the
more we can do in terms of prevention."
Another
study by Dr Kirby focussed on 219 sex offenders which
found only one fifth had re-offended in a 15 year
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