Child pornography possession/receipt offenders are a controversial offender group due to mixed and occasionally divergent evidence about their risk profile, offending history and psychopathology. Using a population of male offenders who ever perpetrated a sexual offense from a federal jurisdiction in the central United States, the current study developed an exploratory post hoc empirical profile of these offenders. The profile has some success in the validation component of our study and showed significant associations with self-reported sexual abuse of child victims ages 3–12 years, but non-significant associations to adolescent and adult victims. It significantly linked to the conceptually expected victim group and the significant statistical effect withstood controls for generally robust indicators of antisocial conduct including antisocial personality disorder, arrest onset, total adverse childhood experiences, age and race. We view the findings as exploratory and encourage additional empirical study of this important offender group.

持有/收受儿童色情制品的犯罪者是一个有争议的犯罪群体，因为关于他们的风险状况、犯罪历史和精神病理学的证据混合且偶尔存在分歧。本研究使用一群曾在美国中部联邦管辖范围内实施过性犯罪的男性罪犯，对这些罪犯进行了探索性的事后实证分析。该概况在我们研究的验证部分取得了一些成功，并显示与自我报告的对 3-12 岁儿童受害者的性虐待有显着关联，但与青少年和成年受害者没有显着关联。它与概念上预期的受害者群体显着相关，并且显着的统计效果经受住了对反社会行为的一般稳健指标的控制，包括反社会人格障碍、逮捕开始、总体不利的童年经历、年龄和种族。我们将这些发现视为探索性的，并鼓励对这一重要的犯罪群体进行额外的实证研究。