title: Examining the criminal history and future offending of child pornography offenders: an extended prospective follow-up study.
abstract: We examined police occurrence and criminal records data for a sample of 201 registered male child pornography offenders originally reported by Seto and Eke (Sex Abus J Res Treat 17:201-210, 2005), extending the average follow-up time for this sample to 5.9 years. In addition, we obtained the same data for another 340 offenders, increasing our full sample to 541 men, with a total average follow-up of 4.1 years. In the extended follow-up of the original sample, 34% of offenders had new charges for any type of reoffense, with 6% charged with a contact sexual offense against a child and an additional 3% charged with historical contact sex offenses (i.e., previously undetected offenses). For the full sample, there was a 32% any recidivism rate; 4% of offenders were charged with new contact sex offences, an additional 2% of offenders were charged with historical contact sex offenses and 7% of offenders were charged with a new child pornography offense. Predictors of new violent (including sexual contact) offending were prior offense history, including violent history, and younger offender age. Approximately a quarter of the sample was sanctioned for a failure on conditional release; in half of these failures, the offenders were in contact with children or used the internet, often to access pornography again.
authors.affiliation: Research Unit, OSOR Behavioural Sciences and Analysis Services, Ontario Provincial Police, 777 Memorial Avenue, Orillia, ON, L3V 7V3, Canada. angela.eke@ontario.ca
authors.forename: Angela W
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Eke
authors.forename: Michael C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Seto
authors.forename: Jennette
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Williams
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002650:Child Abuse, Sexual / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003415:Crime; D004882:Erotica; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009864:Ontario; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012042:Registries; D012742:Sex Offenses / Q000517:prevention & control*