The Internet plays a pervasive role in modern life including the expression of human sexuality and sexual offending. A range of online sexual activities may be of interest in forensic mental health evaluations (FMHE), including those which are clearly illegal or those which are legal but functionally problematic. Online sexual offenses will clearly prompt forensic evaluators to consider the role of the Internet in these offending behaviors. The Internet may also be relevant in forensic evaluations of contact sexual offending including informing on history of mixed or cross‐over offending, and Internet‐facilitated contact offenses. A review of Internet‐data may span several online domains, many of which provide the user with substantial anonymity and would likely not be available to the evaluator unless provided through the process of discovery. Early guidelines for the review of Internet‐data in FMHEs have been proposed and support the Internet as a useful source of collateral data in the conduct of forensic evaluations of sexual behavior.

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在线数据如何为性行为的法医心理健康评估提供信息：概述

互联网在现代生活中发挥着普遍作用，包括人类性行为和性犯罪的表达。法医心理健康评估 (FMHE) 可能会对一系列在线性活动感兴趣，包括那些明显非法的活动或合法但功能上有问题的活动。在线性犯罪显然会促使法医评估人员考虑互联网在这些犯罪行为中的作用。互联网也可能与接触性犯罪的法医评估相关，包括告知混合或交叉犯罪的历史，以及互联网促进的接触犯罪。对互联网数据的审查可能跨越多个在线领域，其中许多领域为用户提供了大量的匿名性，并且除非通过发现过程提供，否则评估者可能无法获得这些数据。FMHE 中互联网数据审查的早期指南已经提出，并支持互联网作为对性行为进行法医评估的有用的附属数据来源。