Tackling the demand for the sexual exploitation of children 2016, para. 29
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The majority of offenders do not automatically have a sexual preference for children and have been classified as situational offenders. Individual offenders often resort to prostitution involving children simply because it is available; they do not take the child's age into account. Since those offenders are not considered to be driven by a sexual attraction to children, their motives can be attributed to several cultural, social and economic factors linked to the other two levels of demand.
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Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children, including child prostitution, child pornography and other child sexual abuse material