(CW: Child Sexual Assault, r*pe)

Alright buddy, lets fuckin go then. Here's a thread on the current studies done on the effects of Loli/Shota towards sexual crime rates: https://twitter.com/BlackDGamer1/status/1325547355345711114

First, and the main report cited to claim "Loli/Shota actually reduces sexual crime rates" is by Diamond & Uchiyama, where they studied the sexual crime rates in Japan from the 70s to 90s, and concluded that an increase in availability reduced crime. https://www.ncjrs.gov/App/Publications/abstract.aspx?ID=179581

The issue with Diamond's report is that 1) it looks at pornography as a whole, and does not distinguish it from Loli/Shota, nor does it look at Child Sexual Assault cases specifically 2) it can only conclusively say that pornography did not INCREASE sexual crime, NOT reduce it

Second is a report by Malamuth & Huppin, which states that while the consumption of "Non-consenting pornography" by low-risk individuals did not increase risk for sexual offending, it DID show an increased risk for high-risk offenders. https://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?handle=hein.journals/nyuls31&div=41&id=&page=&t=1558206251

Lastly, we have a meta-analysis done by Tokunaga, which looked at multiple studies done on pornography and sexual assault. This study concluded that "Consumption was associated with sexual aggression in the United States and internationally" https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jcom.12201

However, again, even Tokunaga was not talking specifically about Loli/Shota, but about the relationship between pornography and sexual assault.

Heres a handy site that cites the papers if you can't read them: https://thesociologicalmail.com/2019/06/27/does-drawn-paedophilic-images-encourage-or-discourage-behaviour/

In any case, its pretty conclusive that an increase in availability of pornography has NOT led to an increase in sex crimes, but it cannot be said that it has REDUCED sex crimes.

This also doesn't even go into the Japanese Support groups that have linked the grooming of children to the use of Loli/Shota, as a way to "legitimize" the sexual abuse of children. Nor the 99% conviction rate in Japan, the taboo in reporting sexual assault as a survivor, etc.