Great post, Carl! It is clear that the general effect of pornography including child pornography images is the top cause of psychological implications that many forensic examiners experienced. These include implications on trauma, stress, compassion fatigue, burnout, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depersonalization (Whelpton, 2012). Young and Cooper’s research indicated that cyber-sex is a form of psychopathology and a symptom of neurotic, compulsive behavior that is a type of addiction. Besides being addictive, pornography seems to be progressive. As people become more desensitized by the pornography they see, the more they tend to seek out shocking material (Schell, Martin, Hung, & Rueda, 2007). The idea of desensitization is where
