Child Pornography Pros And Cons

social concern for the society since the mid-1990s. Internet has provided a platform for communication and affected the circles of life and it operates beyond the boundaries of any particular state or legal jurisdiction. The internet has increase the range, volume and accessibility of sexual content of material. By providing quick and low-cost access, Internet also has become interactive man medium. According to Unicef, commercial sexual exploitation of children such as child pornography are prevalent all over the world. According to a study by the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC), they estimated that since 2002, there are 9.6 million images and videos of child pornography on the Internet and millions more such …show more content…
Conferring to a book entitled “Child Pornography and Sexual Grooming” there is empirical research done by Taylor and Quayle involving interviews with men convicted of possessing child pornography reveals that some of these men viewed child pornography to control their interest, as a form of escapism, to deal with their emotions and to prevent themselves from committing a sexual offense against a child. Later it was also being further discussed in “Child Pornography Law and Policy” that; the paedophiles may able to treat their addiction towards having sex with children as none of the children will be affected directly. This may lead to reduce their desire to get physically engage with the …show more content…
However, this argument has no supportive evidence by any studies. The paedophiles had looking for an alternative to treat their addiction by involving in the production of child pornography rather than hurting an innocent child. Obviously, further research is required in order to assess the positive and negative effects of perceiving the viewing of child pornography as therapy because as of now there is no substantive research to validate and supports any form of child pornography can be a therapeutic