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| sexual activity involving those who are of different ages based on social, legal, or biological definitions of child and adult |
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| sexual activity involving those who are excluded from marriage based on kinship status and/or biological relatedness |
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| sexual activity involving lack of, or inability for, informed consent based on physical, legal, social capacities or mores |
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| normal child-adult sexual practices in many cultures |
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exposure to adult nudity
bathing together
nursing beyond age
family bed
soothing infants with genital stimulation
exposure to adult sexual activity
sexual mentors who are adults
child prostitution
child marriage |
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| cross-cultural limits to adult-child contact |
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age norms
incest taboos
coercion- prohibits violation of ethic of free participation |
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| cross cultural factors that accept intergenerational sex |
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family marriage
child marriage- men love them virgins
puberty as the definition of adulthood |
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legal:
age less than 16
age at least 4 years less than "adult"
psychological:
person of lesser psychosexual development |
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legal:
age is greater than 13
age difference greater than 4 years
psychological:
person of greater psychosexual development |
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penetration of child's vagina, anus, with penis or object
touching childs genitals or breasts
utilizing child in pornography or telling it to touch genitals |
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| psychological sexual contact |
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| sexual activities, contacts, exposure that violate body boundaries or sphere of privacy |
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| estimates of childhood sexual contact |
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25% males, 30% females acknowledge sexual contact
15% acknowledge sexual abuse
large range of estimates 2%-60%
wording of questionnaire has significant affect
33% 0-6 years old
40% 7-12 years old
27% 13-18 years old |
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girl victims: 63% are males age 18+
boy victims: 23% male age 18+
45% are females age 14-17 |
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| sexual contact in family sphere |
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93% of total cases had perpetrator known to family
5% parents/step parents
15% siblings
12% close family friends
usually within the family sphere |
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| method used to gain participation of child |
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physical force
psychological coercion
seduction
age disparity |
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70% multiple occurrences
girls more likely to do with father figure
boys more likely with males outside of home
more psychological harm
less likely to be reported |
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7% of reported cases
73% reported to authorities when child discloses at time of occurrence
commonly one time occurrences
psychological power most likely form, not physical force
better outcomes, child has less guilt |
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delayed psychosexual development
dysfunctional attachment styles
misuse of sex
higher teen pregnancy |
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feeling deviant
"damaged goods"
inference of blame
"victim role" |
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undermining trust
loss of innocence
care-giving role is perverted |
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violation of personal boundaries
chronic fear
impaired individuation
susceptible to abuse |
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| post-traumatic stress disorder |
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emotional numbing
flashbacks
phobias |
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creates an alternate world
amnesia of the event
out of body experience |
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| gender differences in symptoms |
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females: internalize, more depression
males: externalize, more abuse
girls more likely than boys to experience harm and/or severe symptoms |
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| conditions existing with abuse |
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family chaos
physical, verbal abuse
emotional neglect
isolation of child
negative attitudes about sex |
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| characteristics of the abuse event |
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importance of relationship with offender
age difference
level of coercion
type of sex act
multiple episodes
perception of danger
feeling powerless
forced to maintain contact with abuser |
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| reaction to discovery of abuse |
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experiences disbelief from others
held to be responsible
experiencing punishment
child is to blame
inappropriate handling of case by authorities
persistent denial by the offender, forced to maintain contact |
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actual sexual contact is less significant than psychological issues
reactions by parents and family may be more harmful than the event |
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30% report insignificant long term effects
sexual contact did not involve father figure
offender acknowledged guilt
not a reoccurring event
child free to talk about it
child in supportive family
child was protected from future contact |
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primary sexual attraction to prepubescen children
exclusive, persistent, necessary for sexual arousal
more common attraction to boys
no attraction to adults |
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primary sexual attraction to post-pubescent children
exclusive, persisten , necessary for arousal
may have secondary sexual attration to adults
mostly attracted to girls |
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secondary attraction to children
primary sexual attraction to adults (usually female) |
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4% of population had at least one sexual contact with child
male perpetrators are unremarkable, respectable, law abiding citizens
shy, passive
found in many walks of life
motivated by non-sexual needs
have distorted congnitinos about childhood sexuality |
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21% report some attraction to small children
9% have sexual fantasies about small children
5% masterbate to those fantasies
7% said they'd fuck a kid if they didn't get caught
higher incidence of traumatic sexual experience in childhood
higher number of same-age sex partners
more interest in pornography involving adults
more likely to say they'd rape a bitch if they didn't get caught |
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| convicted male child sex abusers |
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higher frequency of head injury during childhood
higher levels of cognitive difficulties in childhood
dysfunctional family
victims of abuse |
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| offender with same-gender preference |
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27% of abuser population
target boys- average 200 victims
more likely to target strangers
exclusive attraction to children
small subset target very young children |
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| offender with cross-gender preference |
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50% of abuser population
target girls- average 20 victims
more likely to have primary attraction to adults |
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13% re-offend in 5 years
27% in 10 years
50% in 25 years
most likely to reoffend- antisocial personality, atypical sexual interest, violence against child |
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| female sexual contact with young boys |
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mostly adolescent girls
boys are not likely to view sexual contact as abuse |
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| convicted female sex abusers |
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marginal intelligence
history of sexual and physical violence
history of poor sexual adjustment with age-mate adults
high incidence of mental illness |
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| typology of female abusers |
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teacher-lover
experimentor-exploitor
predisposed offender
male-coerced offender |
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| Finkelhor Preconditions Model of Sexual Abuse |
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emotional congruence
child as only acceptable, effective sexual stimulus
conflicted sexual relations with adult peers
alternative adult sexual outlets taboo
undoing own trauma
overcome internal and external inhibitors
gains child's compliance |
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| Situational (regressed) model |
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primarily attracted to adults
behavior emerges in adulthood
situational
perceive child as pseudo adult
incestuous father |
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| Preference (fixated) model |
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primary sexual orientation to children
interest is evident in adolescence
pre-planned opportunities
identified with child
classic pedophile |
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