Published Date
CRG Report Number
11a-77
Criminology Research Council grant ; (11a/77)
The final report of this research describes an attempt to obtain evidence from persons convicted of sex offences with regard to their prior involvement with pornography. The pitfalls and problems involved are described in the context of previous research reports which have also tried to do this. As background to this research, evidence was gathered of well publicised examples of links between exposure to media experiences and subsequent involvement in sex-related offences. Difficulties in drawing conclusions from such sources are noted. The report summarises the research evidence on the link between sex and aggression and further lines of study on this subject are proposed.