ABSTRACT
The most common of theories, that most sexual offenders are somehow living out their own abuse as a child, or that some deep psychological scar causes sexual offending, are probably wrong. Many offenders simply lack the too-facile explanation of a warped childhood. All male non-human primates display their erect penis before attempting to mount a female and exhibitionism is the most common of sexual crimes reported. However, in order to claim that intoxication was a factor in any sexual crime, one must acknowledge that there existed a propensity to commit that crime in the first place. In fact, in many countries, especially in Asia and the Arabian nations, sexual offenders are never offered any sort of treatment, but are simply locked away. Some folks believe pornography might play a role in perpetuating sexual offending. Indeed, biological factors are often deemed dangerous, as they may explain away, or trivialize, offending.
