Lecture 3 Flashcards
The flag system for (un)acceptable behaviour
Sexual behaviour is acceptable when there is:
1. Mutual consent
2. Voluntary engagement
3. Equality
4. Appropriate age / developmental stage.
5. Appropriate for context
6. Self-respect
CSE (comprehensive sexual education)
Combines 4 approaches:
1. The developmental approach
2. The rights based approach
3. The behaviour change approach
4. The healthy promotion approach
Punishment for sex offenders
The social punishment often work well enough. There is no connection between how severe the punishment is and the change of recidivism. Positive reinforcement of wanted behaviour is almost always more effective.
Learning through punishment is the most consistent when
- The punishment is consistent.
- The punishment occurs right after the behaviour.
- The punishment is related to the event.
Low risk offenders
Don’t need to be treated, because it can make the behaviour even more likely to occur.
2 kinds of patient-responsivity
- Changeable factors: need to be changed before you can enable treatment for the risk factors.
- Structural handicaps: things you can never change in the treatment –> then you need to adjust the treatment.
sexual motivation cycle
Stimulus –> liking, wanting –> can lead to:
1. Inhibition –> stop /avoidance
2. Disinhibition –> approach / action –> more liking, wanting –> gratification –> experience with the stimulus –> more liking, wanting
Offending against normal and abnormal stimuli
The treatment emphasis is inhibition of the behaviour in both cases.
State disinhibition
Disinhibition because of intoxication (alcohol).
Trait disinhibition
Disinhibition because of impusliveness.
Choice disinhibition
Disinhibition because of antisocial traits, not caring about people or the consequences of your actions.
EMDR
Discards a stimulus of its emotion load, negative or positive. Like with something that you find arousing.
