Many people combine child molesters and pedophiles into the same group. This is incorrect. According to The Child Molestation Research & Prevention Institute, Inc., “A child molester is someone who sexually touches a child. What defines a child molester is the fact that a child molester has molested a child. A child molester always has a child victim” (2013). Whereas a pedophile has not yet physically acted upon their desires and therefore do not yet have victims. Pedophiles view and compile pornography, stalk or befriend children, and achieve sexual arousal from children moreso than adults. Pedophiles do not always molest, and not all child molesters are pedophiles. Some have other reasons for molesting children. These are situational child …show more content…
He or she is morally indiscriminate, with an insecure personality and poor coping skills. He or she often feels inadequate and fights against those inadequacies by coercing, luring or forcing his victims to prove how much larger or stronger than them he or she is. The regressed child molester is traditionally a stable and employed man involved with adults, even having a wife and children. This offender may turn to abusing children at a stressful time, feeling comfort with the child. Drugs and or alcohol may play a role in the offense. This is typically only temporary and the abuser may go back to his “normal” life as if the abuse never occurred. The indiscriminate molester abuses all persons available with easy access. That sometimes includes children but is not necessarily limited to them. This molester has little to no limits and is willing to do most anything sexually. This may involve various deviant sex acts, as well as partners. This molester may involve family members or pets due to their proximity and ease of …show more content…
Authorities mainly achieve this aim by transferring sex offenders to mental institutions after their prison sentence ends. There is debate as to whether this practice is legal under our bill of rights. The argument is that they have served their sentence and have not committed any additional crimes. Additionally, they are not even considered insane. Using mental institutions to soothe our fears is like the Soviet Union’s method to use mental institutions to punish and control people. So while some laws have changed, this is one remains in
Offenders are able to identify weaknesses in a child’s personality or life circumstances and then exploit them. There can be many different characteristics a Child Molester or Pedophile uses for their selection process. The characteristics are the foll...
Every man and in some cases, women they may face gives them the anxiety and flashbacks of the incident. John Murray wrote an article for pedofile personality traits and stated, “Some personality and projective tests were taken from pedophiles that proves the common traits most of them have. Those traits include: fear, rejection, unable to function in social situations and the fear of being intimate with someone their own age” (214). Children who are sexually abused grow up afraid and in turn, develop low self esteems when they are adults. In some cases, women who were sexually abused start to act and look more like men to draw attention away from them.
Before moving far we must understand the meaning of a pervert and a predator. According to the online dictionary the term sexual predator is used to describe a “person seen as obtaining or trying to obtain sexual contact with another person in a metaphorically ‘predatory’ manner.” A pervert is defined as “a person whose sexual behavior is regarded as abnormal and unacceptable.”
“...an individual with [pedophilia] has the same ingrained attraction that a heterosexual female may feel towards a male, or a homosexual feels towards their same gender.” (Johnston, Pg. 1). Pedophilia - “the fantasy or act of sexual activity with children who are generally age 13 years or younger” (American Psychiatric Association, p.1) - a word that holds multiple negative connotations, is often seen as aberrant thought process or behavior, and is under debate as to whether or not it’s a sexual orientation. But can it be considered a sexual orientation? As a member of the LGBT community, this issue has surfaced among us and shocked the majority.
Also note that I am using the term ‘child molester’ almost exclusively. This is because there is a difference between a pedophile and a child molester. Pedophilia is a psychological disorder in which a sexually mature adult is attracted, either preferentially or exclusively, to pre-pubescent childr...
It is a common stereotype that all sex offenders have some form of psychopathy, and therefore they cannot be treated, however most sexual offenders do not have major mental illness or psychological maladjustment (Ward, Polaschek and Busch, 2006), therefore it is not impossible to treat them. Finkelhor’s (1984) precondition model was made with the assumption that the psychopathology of an individual will only take us so far in explaining sexually abusive behaviour, Finkelhor states that 4 stages of preconditions must exist before sexual abuse can take place, these are; Primary motivation to abuse a child sexually, overcoming of internal and external inhibitions and dealing with a child’s resistance to sexual abuse, for each subsequent precondition to occur the previous one must be achieved. Finkelhor argues th...
Rehabilitate, and develop, both of the utmost substance when observing the ways in which a sex offender registry are and
It is also noteworthy that this is not limited to child sex offenders. Many adults that are arrested as sex offenders were involved with people they knew or had seduced; instead of the stereotypical brute that forces his or herself on their victim. No matter the methods employed in committing the crimes that they do, there is still the question, what drives a sex
Being molested can really take a toll on a person and can also bring out the worst in a person. Different ages go through different outcomes. Age 9 and up experience so much and much more than younger kids do. Outcomes are depression, nightmare, sleep disturbance , poor school performance, promiscuity, substance abuse ,aggression, running away from home , fear of attack recurring, eating disturbance, early pregnancy, early marriage, suicidal gestures, anger about being forced into a situation beyond one’s control, psuedo (not genuine) mature behaviors stress,Unwillingness to submit to physical examination, withdrawal and mistrust of adults, difficulty relating to others except in sexual or seductive ways,unusual interest in or avoidance of all things sexual or physical,refusal to go to the doctor, neurotic reactions (obsessions, compulsiveness, phobias), unusual sexual knowledge or behavior, prostitution,Forcing sexual acts on other children,extreme fear of being touched, and early trauma changes to the brain. Those outcomes could be life threatening to a person. Molestation can extend far beyond childhood. “sexual Abuse” creates a loss of trust feeling of guilt self abusive behavior, it can lead to antisocial behavior identity confusion where questions will pop up in your head like am i gay does this mean i like boys/girls now since this has happen to? sexual confusion doesn 't always happen but it can happen to a
Pedophilia is a medical diagnosis, which is defined as a psychiatric disorder in adults or older adolescents, ranging from ages 16 and older. Pedophilia is characterized by a primary or exclusive sexual interest in prepubescent children, unusually ages 13 and under. The victim of a pedophile is usually at least five years younger in the case of adolescent pedophiles. The word pedophilia derives from the Greek word: παῖς (paîs), meaning "child," and φιλία (philla) meaning "friendly love" or "friendship. This literal meaning has been altered toward sexual attraction in modern times, under the titles "child love" or "child lover," by pedophiles who uses symbols and codes to identify their preferences.
Thousands of sex abuse cases with children are disclosed in the U.S. every year. The actual amount of young people that are raped and molested is even higher. But as laws change frequently, it’s still a mystery on how to treat sex offenders to prevent such crimes. “Sex offender programs/strategies represent various approaches used to prevent convicted sex offenders from committing future sex offenses. These approaches include different types of therapy, community notification, and standardized assessments (CSOM).” Most programs are held in prison and/or in the community to manage sex offenders (Olver). Approaches that can help prevent these crimes are, the cognitive-behavioral approach, which focuses on changing the thinking patterns related to sexual assaulting and also altering evil ways of sexual behavior. The psycho-educational approach is another approach, which focuses on increasing offenders' empathy for the victim while also teaching them to take responsibility for their sexual offenses. Standardized assessment tools are also highly effective, ultimately used to increase the likelihood of treatment efficacy and/or to identify individuals at high risk of reoffending. With these approaches, “it is important to include all partners who may be involved in the management of sex offenders such as law enforcement, corrections, victims’ organizations, treatment programs, courts, prosecutors and other stakeholders. These partners can provide valuable information in assessing the effectiveness and efficacy of sex offender programs and strategies (O’Donnell).”
There is no “standard” sexual offender. Child molesters and rapists come from a multitude of backgrounds and are most often seen as law abiding individuals. In most cases, offenders are male; however, there have been cases of females committing sexual offences reported in the past (Schaffer, Jeglic, Moster & Wnuk, 2010). This treatment manual will focus on the male sexual offender population; they may vary in age, from youth to senior citizens. In fact, more than half of the adult male sexual offender population began offending in their teens (Terry, 2004). This program will feature a ‘rolling group’, this allows individuals to be at different stages in the program which will allow for patients to ease into the program at their own pace.
Child abuse, while having many different forms and levels of severity, can be basically defined as the maltreatment of a child by a parent or other adult. When one thinks of child abuse, usually the first thing that comes to mind is physical harm, but the issue is actually much more complex. The abuse of a child can also be manifested in verbal and emotional forms, as well as in sexual molestation. All forms of child abuse generally result in similar emotional disorders and behavioral issues, but the major consequences of sexual abuse, such as mental or emotional scarring, promiscuity, and the tendency of former victims to become sexual abusers, cause it to be the most severely damaging form of child abuse.
When someone is young they are unaware of some of their decisions and are unaware of the things that will scar them for the rest of their lives. In the article by Margo Kaplan, she discusses what pedophilia actually is, the laws that are currently in place, and how a child’s wellbeing is at risk. This article is highly credible considering that the author is a well-known researcher in the field of criminal law with a concentration in sexual crimes. Pedophilia’s recursive nature is to perform harmful acts to children; while pedophiles can put a child in the physical harm they are also prone to psychological harm (Kaplan 43). Kids are the main victims of these heinous acts, but there is no precaution to those that cause the harm resulting in them hurting more children than necessary in the process. While the following article is not that credible seeing that there is no clear citing from where they acquired their research, they were able to assemble a valid point about pedophiles going against a kid’s desire (Duke 5). According to the author, Judith Levine, in the same article, parents have the proper say about whether a child is being molested or not. While this relates to the previous article by Kaplan, it does so in the nature that puts the
... In some cases, recurrent maltreatment occurs when the child is reunified with the biological parents or original caregivers. Children who are abused can display behavioral problems, which can impact many areas of their life. They tend to act out at school and have low academic performance (Webb, 2007). They may also internalize their behavior by becoming depressed and showing symptoms of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.