More Pornography --> Less Rape?

It does sound plausible to me that the number of rapes would decrease when the potential perpetrators are looking at porn instead of actually committing the crime. Todd D. Kendall, an economist at Clemson University presented a paper that claims exactly that.

I was directed to that paper because I read this article by Steven E. Landsburg, the author of a very entertaining book, The Armchair Economist.

I wonder what the data for Thailand looks like.

There's a criticism of the paper here. An alternative possibility is suggested that the Internet might reduce the number of reported rapes, instead of the number of the crime.