PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Klein, Carolina A.
TI  - Digital and Divergent: Sexual Behaviors on the Internet
DP  - 2014 Dec 01
TA  - Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online
PG  - 495--503
VI  - 42
IP  - 4
4099  - http://jaapl.org/content/42/4/495.short
4100  - http://jaapl.org/content/42/4/495.full
SO  - J Am Acad Psychiatry Law2014 Dec 01; 42
AB  - A variety of sexual behaviors occur online, including those that are highly unusual or even plainly illicit. There is a growing body of literature pertaining to sexual abuse of minors that occurs or may be promoted online, but there is a paucity of information regarding other Internet-based sexual interactions, such as manufacturing, dissemination, and online viewing of other atypical sexual material. In this article, I explore and analyze these different practices, which include, but are not limited to, videos of rape, sadomasochism with bodily disfigurement, zoophilia, and necrophilia, with the intention of diminishing the gap in information about this industry. The impact that these behaviors may have on clinical or forensic psychiatric evaluations is discussed, along with pertinent legal regulations and ethics-related considerations.