Victor Cline, psychologist and psychotherapist, concluded, based on experience with treatment of ca 300 sex addicts, sex offenders, and victims of sexual abuse, that [[pornography]] consumption has a [[Cause and effect|causal]] effect leading to sexual obsessions and possibly even criminal acts. In this respect, he identifies a five step process:<ref name="Kuby">{{cite book | Victor Cline, psychologist and psychotherapist, concluded, based on experience with treatment of ca 300 sex addicts, sex offenders, and victims of sexual abuse, that [[pornography]] consumption has a [[Cause and effect|causal]] effect leading to sexual obsessions and possibly even criminal acts. In this respect, he identifies a five step process:<ref name="Kuby">{{cite book |