Pedophilia

===Child pornography===
Consumption of [[child pornography]] is a more reliable indicator of pedophilia than molesting a child,<ref name="setocp">{{cite journal | vauthors = Seto MC, Cantor JM, Blanchard R | title = Child pornography offenses are a valid diagnostic indicator of pedophilia | url = https://archive.org/details/sim_journal-of-abnormal-psychology_2006-08_115_3/page/610 | journal = J Abnorm Psychol | volume = 115 | issue = 3 | pages = 610–5 | date = August 2006 | pmid = 16866601 | doi = 10.1037/0021-843X.115.3.610 | quote = The results suggest child pornography offending is a stronger diagnostic indicator of pedophilia than is sexually offending against child victims | citeseerx = 10.1.1.606.7677 }}</ref> although some non-pedophiles also view child pornography.<ref name="lanning79">{{cite journal | title = Child Molesters: A Behavioral Analysis, Fifth Edition | first = Kenneth V. | last = Lanning | year = 2010 | journal = [[National Center for Missing and Exploited Children]] | page = 79 | url = https://www.missingkids.org/content/dam/missingkids/pdfs/publications/nc70.pdf | url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220513215400/https://www.missingkids.org/content/dam/missingkids/pdfs/publications/nc70.pdf | archive-date = 2022-05-13 }}</ref> Child pornography may be used for a variety of purposes, ranging from private sexual gratification or trading with other collectors, to preparing children for sexual abuse as part of the [[child grooming]] process.<ref name=CrossonTower208>{{cite book | title = Understanding child abuse and neglect | first = Cynthia | last = Crosson-Tower | isbn = 978-0-205-40183-3 | publisher = Allyn & Bacon | year = 2005 | page = 208}}</ref><ref name=Wortley14>{{cite journal | title = Child Pornography on the Internet | author1 = Richard Wortley | author2 = Stephen Smallbone | journal = Problem-Oriented Guides for Police | number = 41 | pages = 14–16 | url = http://www.cops.usdoj.gov/Publications/e04062000.pdf | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150107070400/http://www.cops.usdoj.gov/Publications/e04062000.pdf | archive-date = 2015-01-07 }}</ref><ref name= Levesque64>{{cite book | title = Sexual Abuse of Children: A Human Rights Perspective | first = Roger J. R. | last = Levesque | year = 1999 | page = [https://archive.org/details/sexualabuseofchi0000leve/page/64 64] | publisher = Indiana University | isbn = 978-0-253-33471-8 | url = https://archive.org/details/sexualabuseofchi0000leve/page/64 }}</ref>

Pedophilic viewers of child pornography are often obsessive about collecting, organizing, categorizing, and labeling their child pornography collection according to age, gender, sex act and fantasy.<ref name=CrossonTower200>{{cite book | title = Understanding child abuse and neglect | first = Cynthia | last = Crosson-Tower | isbn = 978-0-205-40183-3 | publisher = Allyn & Bacon | year = 2005 | pages = 198–200}}</ref> According to FBI agent Ken Lanning, "collecting" pornography does not mean that they merely view pornography, but that they save it, and "it comes to define, fuel, and validate their most cherished sexual fantasies".<ref name="lanning79"/> Lanning states that the collection is the single best indicator of what the offender wants to do, but not necessarily of what has been or will be done.<ref name="lanning107">{{cite journal | title = Child Molesters: A Behavioral Analysis, Fifth Edition | first = Kenneth V. | last = Lanning | year = 2010 | journal = [[National Center for Missing and Exploited Children]] | page = 107 | url = https://www.missingkids.org/content/dam/missingkids/pdfs/publications/nc70.pdf | url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220513215400/https://www.missingkids.org/content/dam/missingkids/pdfs/publications/nc70.pdf | archive-date = 2022-05-13 }}</ref> Researchers Taylor and Quayle reported that pedophilic collectors of child pornography are often involved in anonymous internet communities dedicated to extending their collections.<ref>{{cite journal | author1 = Quayle, E. | author2 = Taylor, M. | year = 2002 | title = Child pornography and the internet: Assessment Issues | url = https://archive.org/details/sim_british-journal-of-social-work_2002-10_32_7/page/867 | journal = British Journal of Social Work | volume = 32 | issue = 7 | page = 867 | doi=10.1093/bjsw/32.7.863}}</ref>