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Online Sex Offense

Online Offense (General)

1. Introduction to Online Offense

This introductory resource outlines clinical and forensic topics concerning child sexual abuse and online sexual offending. It distinguishes pedophilia from hebephilia and from child sexual abuse as an offense, and summarizes diagnostic criteria and factors discussed in the source materials.

2. Hebephilic and Ephebophilc Attractions

This resource describes research and clinical terminology for hebephilic and ephebophilic attraction, distinguishing interests associated with pubescent and later-adolescent ages from pedophilia. It discusses variation in age boundaries, proposed assessment findings, and debates over whether hebephilia should be classified as a disorder.