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date: 17 February 2019

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Substance use and criminal behaviour often go hand in hand, and sexual crimes are no exception. This essay on alcohol and drug use in relation to sexual offending aims to provide a brief overview of the relevant literature on this topic. An important difficulty that arises when discussing the relationship between substance misuse and sexual offending is that both sex offenses and substance misuse are very broadly defined categories. Sex offenses may comprise rape, child molestation, and downloading child pornography, to name a few. The nature of the relationship between substance use and sex offenses may vary for different types of sex offenses.

Keywords: alcohol, drug use, relationship, sexual offending, substance use

Paul M.G. Emmelkamp

Paul M. G. Emmelkamp is a Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Amsterdam and Rector of the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study (NIAS) in Amsterdam.

Fleur L. Kraanen

Fleur L. Kraanen is a Lecturer of Clinical Forensic Psychology at the University of Amsterdam.

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