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Aetiology of paedophilia
Theories of the aetiology of paedophilia are rather limited and focus more on social and psychological factors than on biological ones. These split into long-term background factors and proximal factors that form more immediate triggers to such behaviour. Long-term risk factors Many child sex offenders report that their early parent–child relationships were disruptive and/ or […]
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Treatment of paedophilia
Treatment of paedophilia Social constraints One way in which society has dealt with issues of paedophilia has been to try to control – not treat – the actions of paedophiles. A number of laws have been instituted to facilitate this process in the UK, including: The Sex Offenders Act 1997 : lists all people convicted […]
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Modern diagnostic criteria of paedophilia
DSM-IV-TR defi ned paedophilia as ‘recurrent intense sexual urges and sexually arousing fantasies involving sexual activity with a prepubescent child or children’ and that the person has acted on these urges, or the sexual urges or fantasies cause marked distress or interpersonal diff i culty. In addition, the perpetrator has to be at least 16 […]
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paedophilia symptoms
Paedophilia Sexual relationships between adults and children are not new. Across the ancient world, there are clear examples of what would now be referred to as paedophilic relationships, particularly involving young boys. In Greece such relationships were seen as contributing to the boy’s education; in Rome, the relationship may have been more focused on the […]
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Behaviour therapy for paedophilia
Behaviour therapy for paedophilia Both aversion therapy and masturbatory reconditioning methods have been used in the treatment of paedophilia. In aversion therapy, an inappropriate sexual stimulus is paired with an aversive event such as mild electric shock or strong aversive odour. This process is thought to condition a negative emotional state to the presence of […]
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Relapse prevention for paedophilia
Relapse prevention for paedophilia Relapse prevention involves teaching the individual to do the following: identify situations in which they are at high risk of offending behaviour get out of the risky situation consider lapses as something to be learned from identify factors that led to relapse and plan how these could be avoided in the […]
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Case for paedophilia
Case for paedophilia Mr J was a 30-year-old man, admitted to hospital as a result of a period of severe depression. Prior to his depression he had been a teacher in a school in the north of England. Although there was no evidence that he had engaged in paedophile acts with any children, his name […]
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