Scenario Three The final scenario is a case of an admired college football assistant coach who created a charity organization to assist disadvantaged children. There were many youth assisted by this organization over the course of many years specifically young boys. The assistant coach had a tremendous support system and those that cared for him were proud his hard work helping the young people. This coach had a major issue which on the surface was not readily present, over thirty years he was molesting boys in many places both he and the boys frequented (Laureate Education, 2016). This may have been his motive for creating the charity to assist the young children, it provided him with access to the boys for him to groom for sexual encounters. …show more content…
The causes of pedophilia can be ascribed to both biological and environmental factors. Cerebral dysfunction can be a causal factor of pedophilia including issues with self-control, extreme urges, and cognitive distortions (Miller, 2012). For this reason, the self-control theory of criminal behavior can best explain this coach’s crime. The self-control theory also labeled the general theory of crime implies that lack of individual self-control is the main element of criminal behavior. As Miller (2012) explains, those individuals with “low self-control are highly impulsive, egocentric, action-orientated, thrill-seeking, frustration tolerant” … (p.71). These individuals often find themselves caught up in “maladaptive, self-defeating, aggressive, and criminal behavior” (Miller, 2012, p.71). The self-control theory of criminal behavior has identifiers that are closely related with frontal lobe impairments which can be contributed to cerebral dysfunctions as described …show more content…
For the coach, the crime was committed because it was pleasurable in itself. Crimes of passion such as sex crimes are categorized as expressive due to the emotion and irrationality of the offender (Cohn & Rotton, 2003). The decision the coach made to commence his pedophilic tendencies and continue to participate in this behavior for so many years was an irrational one as he put so much of his life at risk for the pleasure. With expressive crime, the behavior normally appears quite irrational and has no specific component of gain (Cohn & Rotton, 2003). The purpose of the crime in this scenario had no purpose to accomplish and merely answered to the sexual desires of the
... from now on I would be a little more forceful. I would no longer accept no as an answer to my requests.” (Dodd, W.A., Steinhorst, L. 1994). While in Seattle, Dodd realized children were less likely to turn him in out of embarrassment. At this time Dodd was still attending counseling sessions for his pedophilic urges. Here his attacks turned more brutal as he started to fanaticize about killing his victims. Later in his book he stated, “The more I thought about it, the more exciting the idea of murder sounded. I planned many ways to kill a boy. Then I started thinking of torture, castration, and even cannibalism.” (Dodd, W.A., Steinhorst, L. 1994). Dodd’s intelligence allowed him to manipulate the justice system and stay out of jail. He had become a killer in his mind; a sexual sadist that was stimulated by his thoughts and fantasies of murdering his next victims.
If children have not developed a good level of self-control they are susceptible to live a life of crime and partake in other socially unacceptable behavior. They are often focused on the immediate pleasure and don’t consider the risks or harm that cou...
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...
The is a saying that goes “Never judge a book by its cover,” and with cases of child molestation, hat quote couldn’t be any more true. Child molestation is a form of child abuse where adults prey on the vulnerability and innocence of children for their own sexual pleasure. In the article, “In Plain View: How child molesters get away with it,” light is shed on situations where trusted authority figures abuse their power to take advantage of kids in their community. No one expects these men to be predators, because they are so beloved and selfless in the community they infiltrate.
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A major component in Gottfredson and Hirschi 's theory is the relationship between parenting and self-control (Gottfredson & Hirschi, 2001). As previously mentioned, Tim and Lionel receive very little parental oversight and guidance. According to low self-control theory, this absence in Tim and Lionel 's life can be seen as an essential factor in their participation in sexting. Due to the lack of parenting in childhood, the youth were unable to develop the necessary self-control to resist the easy temptations offered by crime. Accompanying the lack of parenting, Tim and Lionel 's association with equally perverse individuals at school only served to further exacerbate their impulses and guide them towards delinquency. As such, Tim and Lionel
Individuals who suffer from personality disorders have conflict with authority figures, which consequently provides the explanation of their incessant involvement with criminal activity. Works Cited Wahlund, K., & Kristiansson, M. (2006). Offender Characteristics in Lethal Violence With Special Reference to Antisocial and Autistic Personality Traits. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 21(8), 1081-1091. Retrieved from EBSCOhost.com.
...f brain abnormalities on psychosocial development, criminal history and paraphilias in sexual murderers." J Forensic sci 50.5 (2005): 1204-8.
Firstly, the author discovered that sexually motivating behaviors stem from one’s personal disposition and serves as a pathway for social variables to act on. For instance, Jeffrey Dahmer found dissections in biology class to be exciting which lead the way to “obsessive thoughts of violence intermingled with sex” (Sandfort 8). The preconceptions and yearning for sex were already embedded in his brain but emerged fully when exposed to a social environment which was the classroom which soon evolved into serial killer tendencies. Later on, Dahmer’s yearning involved into killing young men he was attracted to due to his sexual motivations for them which he viewed as a weakness. This behavior was “largely motivated by his loneliness and his coalescence of violence and sex” (Sandfort 14).
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Studies concluded that an injury may impair the impulse control mechanism in the brain causing increase in aggressive behavior (King, 2012). The cerebral cortex has been the fundamental part of the brain considered when looking at violent behavior. The cerebral cortex is the external part of the brain that is partitioned into two halves comprising of four lobes. The frontal and temporal lobes manages the impulses and emotion, these regions of the brain are most contemplated when studying violence. The limitation of the brain injury is that it does not explain all occurrences of violence as everyone who exhibit violent behavior does not have a brain injury (Ali & Naylor,
Olivia Mathis November 20, 2017 Professor Maksuta General Theory of Crime General theory of crime, a developmental theory introduced by Michael Gottfredson and Travis Hirschi that links self-control and impulsivity to crime. This theory is based on that if a person lacks self-control they are more likely to commit a crime than a person with high self-control. This is because one who lacks self-control tends to be more impulsive, insensitive, adventurous, active, self-centered, and are more of the “in the moment” type. While they are usually unstable and incapable of keeping healthy relationships this gives them no sort of shame about how they act and since it’s only them they don’t really care about the consequences after. These acts
Psychological criminology has helped us understand paedophilia and child sexual abuse in a few perimeters. First we have been able to understand what is paedophilia and child sexual abuse. Paedophilia refers to the sexual attraction towards prepubescent children, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders(DSM-4), defines it as “recurrent, intense sexual arousing fantasies, sexual urges, or behaviors involving activities with a prepubescent child” and child sex abuse does not have to involve force, penetration, pain, or even touching, If an adult engages in any form of sexual behavior such as even showing or looking with a child to meet an adults sexual needs then it is considered child sexual abuse. But to be a pedophile is
One study showed that, “50% to 60% of violent repeat offenders suffer from some form of brain impairment. And 10% to 20% may have suffered their brain damage from a severe blow to the head...” (Raine,
Criminality constitutes strategic mannerisms characterized by apathy to misery inflicted on others, egocentricity and depressed self-control. Habitual criminal behaviour seeks to satisfy the offender’s desires for material prestige, power or pleasurable feelings regardless to damage inflicted to victim or society. Such behaviors extend mistrust, fuel prejudice, and largely corrupt social cohesion. Biological, psychological and environmental attributes are thought to heavily influence antisocial and criminal behaviour. Numerous studies have proven that active emulation, genetic predispositions and psychosocial labeling are all complementary to development and expressions of criminal behaviour. There has historically been a myriad of theories that attempt to explain criminal behaviour through different perspectives, all which constitute intricate paradigms that play a role in expressio...