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. 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. Findings also contribute to estimating prevalence of self-reported sexual interest in children, and sexual offending behavior toward children, across different countries.

本研究探讨了使用众包招募自我报告对儿童有性兴趣或涉及儿童的性问题行为的男性的可行性。众包是指使用互联网接触大量人以完成特定任务。不具代表性的男性样本（N= 997) 参加了一项简短的自我报告调查，调查了被吸引的年龄、对儿童的性兴趣、对涉及儿童的性犯罪的倾向以及性犯罪的历史。近四分之一的样本（23.1%）表示对儿童有一定程度的性兴趣、对儿童进行性侵犯的倾向和/或实际的侵犯行为。我们提供按兴趣或行为类型细分的数据，并检查这些结果的频率。研究结果可能对那些考虑众包可行性以克服关于污名化兴趣和行为的面对面研究的局限性或挑战的人有价值。调查结果还有助于估计不同国家儿童自我报告的性兴趣和针对儿童的性侵犯行为的流行率。