Differentiating between developmentally disabled child molesters and perpetrators of adult sexual molestation using penile plethysmography

Event Locations in Extra-Familial Child Sexual Molestation Cases: The Istanbul Example

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology ◽

10.1177/0306624x16673373 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 62 (5) ◽

pp. 1164-1178 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Burak M. Gönültaş ◽

Bahadir Sahin

Keyword(s):

Child Molesters ◽

Environmental Criminology ◽

Situational Variables ◽

Sexual Molestation ◽

Crime Scenes

A great deal of attention has been devoted to sexual molestation cases, both in theory and in practice. Child molesters are versatile and are not easily identified. Various theories and tactics, the most contemporary of which is environmental criminology, have been developed to find those criminals. Locations of victims, crime scenes, and distances among them as well as other situational variables are used to predict possible future offences in environmental criminology. This study applies the theory to sexual molestation crimes in Istanbul. Dependent distance variables are found to be correlated with several situational variables in a selected sample of 127 extra-familial child sexual molestation cases.

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The Psychological Life of Paedophiles: A Phenomenological Study

South African Journal of Psychology ◽

10.1177/008124639802800103 ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 28 (1) ◽

pp. 15-20 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Gavin Ivey ◽

Peta Simpson

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Study ◽

Quantitative Research ◽

Phenomenological Study ◽

Child Molesters ◽

Sexual Motives ◽

Emotional Responsiveness ◽

Parental Affection ◽

Sexual Molestation ◽

Physical Intimacy ◽

Phenomenological Methodology

Quantitative research on paedophiles does not capture the psychological meaning of child sexual molestation for the perpetrators. This qualitative study attempted to address this aspect by exploring the subjective meaning of paedophilic experience for identified child molesters. Data derived from transcribed open-ended interviews with six identified paedophiles were analysed using an empirical phenomenological methodology. The results challenge traditional stereotypes of child molesters, and show this sample of paedophilic behaviour to originate from a range of non-sexual motives primarily related to unmet childhood needs for parental affection and affirmation. In this group, pervasive feelings of inadequacy and rejection, stemming from motionally neglectful or abusive parenting, results in the paedophile-to-be renouncing the dangerous world of adult sexuality, and turning to children as substitute sources of emotional and physical intimacy. The paedophile misinterprets children's emotional responsiveness as erotic interest, and takes great risks in his compulsive sexual pursuit of children. The child's gender is unimportant as the paedophile is driven primarily by the need for affirmation and affection. Although he avoids physically hurting his victims, the paedophile is unable to acknowledge that they might be psychologically harmed by his actions.

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Alkoholeinfluss bei Sexualdelikten unter differential-diagnostischer Perspektive

SUCHT - Zeitschrift für Wissenschaft und Praxis / Journal of Addiction Research and Practice ◽

10.1024/suc.2000.46.2.137 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 46 (2) ◽

pp. 137-141 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Heike Kunst ◽

Jürgen Hoyer ◽

Bernd Borchard

Keyword(s):

Child Molesters ◽

Störung Der Impulskontrolle

In der vorliegenden Studie wurde geprüft, ob Alkoholeinfluss bei Sexualdelikten mit der Art der psychopathologischen Störung des Täters zusammenhängt. Bei vorliegender Störung der Impulskontrolle wurde erwartet, dass Alkoholeinfluss abweichendes Verhalten begünstigt und dass Delikte von Impulskontrollgestörten deshalb häufiger unter Alkoholeinfluss begangen werden. Dies sollte nicht für Delikte von paraphilen Sexualstraftätern gelten, da ein theoretisch begründbarer Zusammenhang zwischen Alkoholisierung und paraphiler Betätigung fehlt. Es wurden die Gerichtsurteile von N=72 impulskontrollgestörten und paraphilen Sexualstraftätern daraufhin untersucht, ob Alkohol im Tathergang vorkam. Dies war bei Impulskontrollgestörten dreimal häufiger der Fall als bei Paraphilen (p <.05). Die Ergebnisse legen nahe, die Alkoholisierung des Täters bei Sexualdelikten vor dem Hintergrund psychopathologischer Störungen differenziell zu betrachten. </P><P> Außerdem wurde gezeigt, dass die Variable »Alkoholeinfluss zur Tatzeit« besser diskriminiert, wenn die oben genannte diagnostische Einteilung der Sexualstraftäter-Gesamtgruppe herangezogen wird und nicht die kriminologische zwischen »child molesters« und »rapists«.

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