Violent pornography has a strong influence on children who go on to commit sexual abuse, according to a new report from the Children’s Commissioner, who is calling for age verification as an “urgent priority” in upcoming legislation.
A report released on Tuesday by the Children’s Commissioner for England, Rachel de Souza, found that acts of sexual violence commonly found in pornography were referenced in half of police interview transcripts of child-on-child sex abuse cases.
The Commissioner’s office used statutory powers to, for the first time, collect and analyse just over 500 files on child-on-child sexual abuse.
The report follows research earlier this year which found that almost half of young people believe that girls expect sex to involve physical aggression, and that one in 10 children in England had viewed pornography aged just nine—with half of those surveyed having viewed it by the time they reached the age of 13….