This study based on prisoner self-report shows a strong link between child pornography use and contact sexual offenses against children. After being presented at the 2000 Treatment and research Conference of the National Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, it was widely quoted in academic and forensic settings although it was never submitted publication in a peer reviewed journal. The authors have cautioned that the population was quite unique and although the subject deserves much further study it is inappropriate to generalize from this particular study.