L8 Child Sexual Abuse Flashcards
child sexual abuse
form of child abuse that includes sex activity with a minor (any sex conduct tht may be harmful to mental, emo and phy welfare)
-hard to maintain close, trusting and loving relationships
-fear, anger, sadness, guilt, shame, self blame and confusion
-responses to change may alter over time
child sexual offender
anyone who committed sex crime (predators; many stereotypes)
paedophile
recurrent and intense sexually arousing fantasies, sex urges and beh inclue sex activity with prepubescent child/children
signs
changes in beh, avoiding abuser, sex innap beh, phy prob, prob at school ,give clues, nightmares, sudden $/gifts
forms
-children cant give consent and it can have everlasting effects on the child
-there’s no need for phy contact
-fondling, exhibitionism/exposure (/masturbation in front of child), sex, obscene phone calls, msgs/digital interactions, producing/owning child porn, sex. traffiking
meagans law
-kidnapped sexually assaulted and killed
-law designed to provide info and notify communities and attemp to keep tract of resident sex offenders
pedos and molesters
pedos have acted out desires, feel distress and are at least 16 or 5 yers old
-engage by simply fantasing and masturbating
-about sex (sexually prefer ids)
molesters
-act it out
-hard to find those that act out via social interactions (Cant be arrested for fantasies)
-may prefer sex with adults and still fuk kids
fixated offender
-prefer children for sex partners
-identify closely with kids (developm, over adults
-single, stranger victims
regressed offender
-prefer same age partners but substitutes child for troubled adult relations
-sex mature males who return to earlier developm
-married, known victims
barbados national action plan (CA)
-collab with childcare board to advocate and provide edu (major betw 5 and 11)
0discourages abused, protects kids and penalizes offenders
child sex abuse accomodation syndrome (CSAAS)
-secrecy: no child prepared for molestation, dependant on intruder, fear outcomes and attempts truth but shuts down
-helplessn
-entrapment and accomdation
-delayed, unconvincing disclosure (most never disclose; may be accidential)
-retraction and recantation (fears threats under secrecy are true and retracts admission/accusatory statem)
grooming
-fav/special attraction
-give more choices than mother would allow
-secrets with kid
-indifference and resentment (hate your mom)
-fam routines to make opportunity to offend
theories
finkelhors precondition theory (1984)
-emo congruence (sex with kids emo satisfy)
-sex arousal
- dont have their social needs met outside of kid and disinhibited when it comes to their normal beh
quadpartile theory of child mole (1002)
-physiolog sex arousal, innacurate cog, affective dyscontrol, personality prob (4 components)
-bio theory
-attachment theory (innate to form strong bonds; poor attachm may cause offending)
-marshal and barbarees integrated theory (1990) (poor soci competency and self regulation, abuse tendencies) predisposed to antisoci beh, sex and aggression