strict threshold, to ensure that the sexual in terest in secretly watching unsuspecting naked
or sexually active others is not merely transient. 
Adolescence and puberty generally increase sexual curiosity and activity. To alleviate
the risk of pathologizing normative sexual in terest and behavior during pubertal adoles-
cence, the minimum age for the diagnosis of voye uristic disorder is 18 years (Criterion C).
Prevalence
Voyeuristic acts are the most common of pote ntially law-breaking sexual behaviors. The