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and on the treatment of it:
"There is no evidence that pedophilia can be cured.[22] Instead, most therapies focus on helping pedophiles refrain from acting on their desires.[6][79] Some therapies do attempt to cure pedophilia, but there are no studies showing that they result in a long-term change in sexual preference.[80] Michael Seto suggests that attempts to cure pedophilia in adulthood are unlikely to succeed because its development is influenced by prenatal factors.[22] Pedophilia appears to be difficult to alter but pedophiles can be helped to control their behavior, and future research could develop a method of prevention.[81]
There are several common limitations to studies of treatment effectiveness. Most categorize their participants by behavior rather than erotic age preference, which makes it difficult to know the specific treatment outcome for pedophiles.[6] Many do not select their treatment and control groups randomly. Offenders who refuse or quit treatment are at higher risk of offending, so excluding them from the treated group, while not excluding those who would have refused or quit from the control group, can bias the treated group in favor of those with lower recidivism.[22][82] The effectiveness of treatment for non-offending pedophiles has not been studied.[22] " - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedophilia#Treatment