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ABSTRACT
This study explores pornography use across the lifespan for a sample of registrants convicted of child pornography related offenses. We conducted qualitative life history interviews with nine offenders to examine how offender, victim, and situational factors interact to produce pornography-related criminal events. Using a hybrid analytic approach, themes related to persistence in pornography use and the social acceptability of pornography are identified. These themes relate to transitions from legal pornography use to illegal child pornography possession.
Acknowledgement
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: The authors wish to thank the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice and the Office of Graduate Studies at the University of Nebraska Omaha for the funding to conduct this research.
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The author(s) declared no potential conflict of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.
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Julie D. Garman
Julie D. Garman is a doctoral candidate in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Nebraska Omaha. Her research interests include special populations within correctional institutions, sex offender behavior and policies, and the criminal event perspective.
Lisa L. Sample
Lisa L. Sample is a Reynolds Professor in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Nebraska Omaha. Her research interests include criminal and juvenile justice policy. More specifically, she conducts research in juvenile and criminal justice sentencing disparities, drug control policies, prison reentry programs, and sex offender behavior and policies. She has published in Criminology and Public Policy, Criminal Justice Policy Review, Crime & Delinquency, Justice Quarterly, among other journals.
Sarah A. Steele
Sarah A. Steele M.A. is a doctoral student in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Nebraska Omaha. She received a Master of Arts degree from Sam Houston State University in 2018. Her research interests include sexual deviance and policies pertaining to individuals who have committed a sexual offense. She currently assists with projects examining sexual malfeasance among priests and the use of sexual history exams and polygraphs for post-conviction sex offenders.