Sexual Offending Behaviour: Child Molestation Flashcards
Pedophilic Disorder?
- does this make you an offender?
DSM-5 :
- A mental disorder in which a person is sexually attracted to prepubescent children or acted on such urges.
- reoccurring for at least 6 months (fantasies and urges)
- THIS DOES NOT MAKE YOU AN OFFENDER AUTOMATICALLY.
Broader Category of Child molestation:
- What are the three things covered under this to help give a description of a child molester?
- may or may not be sexually motivated
- Do they target males, females - both?, Incest? (basically orientation scale)
- Hebophilia? targeting of adolescents - more driven by sexual interest.
Relative to Adult-focused sexual offenders and non-sexual offenders, molesters are more likely to have? (4)
- low IQ and be left handed - indicating possible neurodevelopmental variations
- lower IQ= higher number of victims and sexual arousal
- needs more research
- Jails may over represent this!
Sexual related problems with child molesters may emerge in ____ for some offenders but the trajectories show a ___ distribution.
- adolescence
- bimodal
-There is usually a peak in sexual offending in ___ and another in mid to late __’s. (bimodal)
- adolescence
- 30’s(not necessarily the same people, they could just be separate onsets…)
What is a bimodal distribution?
- two periods of spikes
Most non-familial child molesters don’t commit their first offence until __-__ years of age.
30-40
Abrupt sexual assault by a stranger occurs but it is ___ common in child molesters. Explain:
L> % that knew their offender
- Grooming?
- less
- 83% of victims knew their abuser for at least a month
- Grooming: establish a relationship with the child before sexual offence. ( gain trust, access etc but can include threats- less common however)
How many victims in percent new their offender for a year or more prior to the offence?
- 50%
Finkelhor’s Theory for the preconditions for Child Molestation! What are the four preconditions?
- Motivated to sexual abuse via?
- Internal inhibitions are reduced
- Must overcome external inhibitors
- Must overcome the child’s resistance
Finkelhor’s Theory for the preconditions for Child Molestation: Explain!
- Motivated to sexual abuse via? (3)
- Internal inhibitions are reduced
- Must overcome external inhibitors
- Must overcome the child’s resistance
- Desire for child to satisfy one’s emotional needs
- sexual attraction to the child
- blockage of other outlets for meeting one’s needs. - substance abuse, impulse control issues, aka anything that lowers inhibition to commit the crime.
- Create situations they will see the child for the offence to happen
- Grooming: incentives, attention, threats etc can include watching porn as well! The more the child is okay with the offender, the more the offender will escalate.
Groth’s Child Molester Typology can be broken down into what two groups?
A. Fixated Child Molesters
B. Regressed Child molesters
Groth’s Child Molester Typology (explain):
A. Fixated Child Molesters
B. Regressed Child molesters
A. Sexual attraction to children, little to none with adults. Onset= teens and is persistent. Tend to offend against boys(mostly via male offenders). They are driven by sexual behaviours…they are planned well.
B. Sexual attracted to adults but have offended against children. These offenders are more likely to offend against females. This group is triggered via stressors (loss of job etc) and alcohol and substance abuse.
Groth’s Child Molester Typology is broken down even further from the Fixated and Regressed child molesters to what two categories?
- Sex-pressured child molesters
2. Sex- force child molesters
Groth`s Child Molester typology, Explain the subtypes:
- Sex-pressured child molesters
- Sex-force child molesters
- coercion via gifts, treats, special activities
- coercion via physical force of the exploitative type or of the rare sadistic type.
A.Sadistic Type: Gratification from harming children, physically- not common
B. Exploitative Type: threats not actually causing harm
