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Abstract: 

In response to a 2002 inquiry as to whether there is a connection between sex offenders who trade or possess child pornography and sex offenders who molest children, seasoned FBI agent Michael J. Heimback answered, “resounding and alarming— yes,” in his testimony before the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security, the Committee on the Judiciary, and the United States House of Representatives. While Agent Heimback reported having no awareness that child pornography alone stimulates a sexual attraction to children in individuals who do not already have a sexual proclivity toward children, he reported that according to the FBI’s experience in investigating such crimes and his personal consultation with “experts” who study this phenomenon, there is a “strong correlation between child pornography offenders and molesters of children.”

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Affiliations:  1: New York Center for Neuropsychology & Forensic Behavioral Science.