July 11, 2011
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- Internet sex offenders appear to be different than contact sex offenders (Tomak, Weschler, Ghahramanlou-Holloway, Virden, & Nademin, 2009; Babchishin, Hanson, & Hermann, 2011; Seto, Hanson, & Babchishin, 2011)
- they appear less deviant
- less physically aggressive
- less impulsive
- caucasian
- slightly younger
- greater victim empathy
- greater sexual diviancy
- lower impression management
- greater self-control
- more psychological barriers to acting on their deviant interests
- 1 in 8 internet sex offenders had a known contact sexual offense history
- prevelance rate of contact sexual offenses were higher when self-report was used, with about half of the internet sex offenders admitting to a contact sexual offense
- less than 5% of internet sex offenders were caught for a new sexual or violent offense
- Actuarial risk assessment measures with internet sex offenders(Osborn, Elliott, Middleton, & Beech, 2010)
- Risk is usually measured in two forms:
- Clinical assessment
- Actuarial assessment
- Both the standard version of RM2000 and static 99 overestimate the risk levels of internet sex offenders
- No current actuarial measures appropriate for exclusive internet sex offenders
- Risk factors for internet sex offenders(Seto, Hanson, & Babchishin, 2011)
- prior criminal history, sexual or nonsexual, were more likely to reoffend
- substance abuse
- self-reported sexual interest in children
- low education
- history of prior sex offender treatment
- being single
- possessing child pornography depicting children ages 13 - 15
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