@article{ref1,
title="The prevalence of sexual interest in children and sexually harmful behavior self-reported by men recruited through an online crowdsourcing platform",
journal="Sexual abuse: a journal of research and treatment",
year="2021",
author="Ó Ciardha, Caoilte and Ildeniz, Gaye and Karoğlu, Nilda",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="This study examined the feasibility of using crowdsourcing to recruit men who self-report sexual interest in children or sexually problematic behavior involving children. Crowdsourcing refers to the use of the internet to reach a large number of people to complete a specific task. A nonrepresentative sample of men (N = 997) participated in a brief self-report survey examining age of attraction, sexual interest in children, proclivity toward sexual offenses involving children, and history of sexual offending. Almost a quarter of the sample (23.1%) indicated some degree of sexual interest in children, propensity to sexually offend against children, and/or actual offending behavior. We present our data broken down by type of interest or behavior and examine the frequency of these outcomes. <br><br>FINDINGS are likely to be of value to those considering the viability of crowdsourcing to overcome the limitations or challenges of face-to-face research on stigmatizing interests and behaviors. <br><br>FINDINGS also contribute to estimating prevalence of self-reported sexual interest in children, and sexual offending behavior toward children, across different countries.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1079-0632",
doi="10.1177/10790632211013811",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10790632211013811"
}