Child molestation Flashcards

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Info about child molestation

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Girls are more likely to be molested

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Profile of child molester

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Molesters are usually men
Usually 35 year old man (rapist under 20)
Acquaintances than strangers
Tend to be unmarried and rarely date
have personality disordered characterized as “ relative lack of human attachments and social relations”

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Reason for becoming child molesters instead of rapist

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Molested as a child
Less likely to get along with adults of opposite sex
Commit offence against the same child (rapist attack different women)
Admit their guilty (rapist refuse to do so)

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Gender effect difference of being molester as child

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Men molester as boys are likely to act angry and become rapist or child molesters
Women molester as girls more likely to internalize and become victims of additional abuse, such as rape victims, wife-abuse victims, drug addicts or prostitutes

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Statistics

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1 in 14 have been sexually assaulted worldwide by someone other than their intimate partner
Turkey India and Bangladesh have lowest rates while US and Canada have 13%

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