CSAM Offending: A New Meta-Analysis

Originally Published on December 16th, 2025 at 11:38 am
Table of Contents
Overview
Summary
Implications for Mitigation
Implications for Aggravation
Reference

Overview

CSAM Offending meta-analysis (2025) updates recidivism rates: low official reoffense, higher self-report, and key CSAM-only vs mixed differences.

Summary

Prediction of recidivism is a key component of most psychosexual evaluations and risk assessments. Given the lack of solid validated actuarial risk assessment measures for Child Sexual Abuse Materials (CSAM) offending, evaluators often rely on what the scientific data says about recidivism rates. The consensus thus far is that the recidivism rates for CSAM only offending is

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