Citation

Knudsen DD. J. Fam. Violence 1988; 3(4): 253-267.

Affiliation

Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Purdue University, 47907 West Lafayette, Indiana

Copyright

(Copyright © 1988, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/BF00989976

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Sexual abuse is now a major form of child maltreatment; however, the causes of such exploitation are obscure. A review of official reports and other research indicate that the circumstances surrounding sexual abuse are inadequately specified to allow specific causal interpretations. The role of pornography in contributing to such abuse is explored by reviewing laboratory studies and the circumstances of child sexual abuse. An assessment of the research literature suggests that pornography is a minor and indirect influence on child sexual maltreatment.