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In 1985, [[Ronald Reagan|Ronald Reagan's]] [[United States Attorney General|Attorney General]] [[Edward Meese]] appointed a panel of clinical and psychological experts who determined that pornography stimulates negative attitudes and has negative effects for individuals and society and that it can impair the mental and emotional health of children and adults.<ref>Report of the Surgeon General's workshop on Pornography and Public Health. Koop,C.E. Amer. Psych. 1987 42: 944-945</ref>  [[Liberal]]s have criticized this study and claimed that pornography should be protected as [[free speech]], even though the [[Founding Fathers]] couldn't have possibly intended that filth be allowed to be as widespread as it is.  Not only does society have to deal with the increase in violent crime against women that pornography brings, but it also leads to a degradation of [[morality]].  Society has to spend money to incarcerate and rehabilitate those criminals who are inspired by pornography, and to treat the victims of it.

In 1985, [[Ronald Reagan|Ronald Reagan's]] [[United States Attorney General|Attorney General]] [[Edward Meese]] appointed a panel of clinical and psychological experts who determined that pornography stimulates negative attitudes and has negative effects for individuals and society and that it can impair the mental and emotional health of children and adults.<ref>Report of the Surgeon General's workshop on Pornography and Public Health. Koop,C.E. Amer. Psych. 1987 42: 944-945</ref>  [[Liberal]]s have criticized this study and claimed that pornography should be protected as [[free speech]], even though the [[Founding Fathers]] couldn't have possibly intended that filth be allowed to be as widespread as it is.  Not only does society have to deal with the increase in violent crime against women that pornography brings, but it also leads to a degradation of [[morality]].  Society has to spend money to incarcerate and rehabilitate those criminals who are inspired by pornography, and to treat the victims of it.

==Effects on Crime==

==Effects on crime==

Japan, which is known for their rape fantasy pornography, has the lowest number of reported sex crimes in the industrial world. Although Japan has an emphasis on woman's "honor" in their culture which makes victims of sex crimes less likely to report it. However, a 1995 study comparing sex crime statistics since 1972 when pornography changed from completely and totally prohibited to freely available with no age restrictions found that:<ref>http://www2.hu-berlin.de/sexology/BIB/DIAM/effects_pornography.htm</ref>

Japan, which is known for their rape fantasy pornography, has the lowest number of reported sex crimes in the industrial world. Although Japan has an emphasis on woman's "honor" in their culture which makes victims of sex crimes less likely to report it. However, a 1995 study comparing sex crime statistics since 1972 when pornography changed from completely and totally prohibited to freely available with no age restrictions found that:<ref>http://www2.hu-berlin.de/sexology/BIB/DIAM/effects_pornography.htm</ref>

:sex crimes in every category, from rape to public indecency, sexual offenses from both ends of the criminal spectrum, significantly decreased in incidence. Most significantly, despite the wide increase in availability of pornography to children, not only was there a decrease in sex crimes with juveniles as victims but the number of juvenile offenders also decreased significantly. We hypothesized that the increase in pornography, without age restriction and in comics, if it had any detrimental effect, would most negatively influence younger individuals. Just the opposite occurred. The number of victims decreased particularly among the females younger than 13. In 1972, 8.3% of the victims were younger than 13. In 1995 the percentage of victims younger than 13 years of age dropped to 4.0%; a reduction of greater than 50%. In 1972, 33.3 % of the offenders were between 14-19 years of age; by 1995 that percentage had decreased to 9.6%..

:sex crimes in every category, from rape to public indecency, sexual offenses from both ends of the criminal spectrum, significantly decreased in incidence. Most significantly, despite the wide increase in availability of pornography to children, not only was there a decrease in sex crimes with juveniles as victims but the number of juvenile offenders also decreased significantly. We hypothesized that the increase in pornography, without age restriction and in comics, if it had any detrimental effect, would most negatively influence younger individuals. Just the opposite occurred. The number of victims decreased particularly among the females younger than 13. In 1972, 8.3% of the victims were younger than 13. In 1995 the percentage of victims younger than 13 years of age dropped to 4.0%; a reduction of greater than 50%. In 1972, 33.3 % of the offenders were between 14-19 years of age; by 1995 that percentage had decreased to 9.6%..