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STATEMENT – NCOSE Announces Hiring of Dr. Michael Shively, Foremost National Expert on Combating Demand for Sexual Exploitation

Washington, DC (February 13, 2020) – The National Center on Sexual Exploitation is pleased to announce that Dr. Michael Shively, a foremost national expert on combating demand for sexual exploitation, has joined the organization. Dr. Shively will serve as Senior Advisor on Research and Data Analysis. “To invigorate efforts to combat demand for sexual exploitation,…

“Perpetrators Paradise: Finding, Grooming, Selling and Buying Children Online” – Haley Halverson

Moral Disengagement in the Beliefs and Behaviors of Sex Buyers and Society – Lisa L. Thompson

Buyer’s Lack of Remorse: A Review of Sex Buyer Profiles and Activities Online – Haley Halverson

Personify vs Thingify: The Pivotal Role of Objectification in Sexual Abuse and Exploitation and Moral Disengagement – Lisa L. Thompson

Out of the Shadows: Confronting Child-on-Child Harmful Sexual Behavior – Dawn Hawkins, NCOSE

New Study Finds Women Are Scared During Sex More Often Than Men

In April 2019, the Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy published a study discussing what caused people to feel fear during sex. The study, titled “Feeling Scared During Sex: Findings from a U.S. Probability Sample of Women and Men Ages 14 to 60,” came to some interesting conclusions. At one point, the authors of the…

Summary of Research for Child-on-Child Harmful Sexual Behavior

There is growing concern among parents, educators, and child safety experts regarding children[1] who exhibit or who engage in harmful sexual behavior (HSB) against other children. In part, this concern arises from the significant number of incidents of child-on-child HSB known to authorities. For instance, data regarding sexual offenses reported by U.S. police showed that…