Four Categories Of Paedophiles

Throughout the ages, media and society have been concerned over children. Instead of youth as folk devils, children nowadays serve as the victims of folk devils (Critcher, 2002, p.532). With these trigger events popping up, stereotypes are gradually formed. In recent British history, Paedophile had become one of the most terrifying folk-devils (Jenkins, 1992, p.99). Paedophile behaviour is a moral panic one legal case and the panic is generally fuelled by the sensationalism of media in

I tried to think about pedophiles possibly getting stuck in their development and not progressing as they age. I relate this concept to myself. I realize the obvious that as I have gotten older my attraction to men continues to remains to men my age. I do see the beauty in younger men but I do not find younger guys sexually attractive at all. Honestly, I see my son’s friends who are in their early 20’ as young punks. They actually get on my nerves more than anything so to think that a person wants to have sex with kids’ just blows my

Many experts agree that pedophiles develop a sexual interest over a long period of time. Most commonly pedophiles are subject to some form of sexual abuse or trauma at a young age. Other common reasons are abuse or some other related problem during sexual development, as a result they develop an interest in children as sexual objects. According to some of the pedophiles arrested they stated that they developed an interest in children as sexual objects as a result of seeing such images over the internet

With the Pandora’s Box opened, we may find ourselves forced to rediscover morality due to our natural tendencies. This does not mean accepting adult-child relationships. Figure 3 indicates if we are serious about protecting children, then that ultimately requires some level of understanding, which is a problem for most because that is dangerously close to compassion. On the contrary, the risk they pose is the very reason why we need to support pedophiles who do not want to become sex offenders. We all want the same thing. We do not want them to offend nor their potential victims to offend. In 2008, Michael Seto, a forensic psychologist, published a book stating that the onset of pedophilia is right around the stages of puberty, as with any other sexual orientation. I believe we can prevent a greater number of victims if we put more energy into early detection and providing support before the first offense occurs, rather than solely relying on punishment after the fact. We need to be thinking about the children that pedophiles once were and catch them at their vulnerable stages, which are during puberty. There we can find a sense of compassion and support to want to help. In 2014, Margo Kaplan, an associate professor at Rutgers School of Law, wrote an op-ed in New York Times stating that pedophilia is neurologically rooted, supporting Cantor’s research.

Pedophilia is a psychological disorder in which a person is primarily or exclusively attracted to children who have not undergone puberty. A pedophile, the term for a person with this condition, is not necessarily one who engages in sexual activities with children. However, they have strong urges and sexually arousing fantasies about having sex with a child. Generally, pedophiles are attracted to children under the age of thirteen years. In our society the term pedophile is more broadly used for anyone who is attracted to a minor or someone that's under the age of consent. However, there are different terms used for different types of paraphilias involving minors. A paraphilia is a

The crime thriller Hard Candy by, Brian Nelson showcase the sociology and criminal of pedophile. A pedophile according to Webster dictionary, is a person with an intense sexual arousal fantasy, sexual urges or behaviors that involves children, nonhuman subjects or non-consenting adults. The movie is about a young teenager 14 years old age who lures a 32 year old man who she believes is a pedophile. The encounter will lead to punishment, abuse, enlightenment and death.

This later on, revolved around the idea of a fundamental classification scheme created by the researchers Groth, Hobson, and Gary. (Terry, 2014, pg.105). This idea was known as the fixated-regressed typologies, which focused on the abuser and their basis of psychological needs. In this classification scheme, fixated referred to the offender exhibiting persistent and continual attraction of children. These offenders tend to show emotional and psychological characteristics of children. Those offenders who are labeled are regressed, have a primary attraction to agemates. This means that it is a temporary departure from their attractions to

Characteristics of a pedophile’s typical victim consist of usually one sex, male or female; and typically under the age of puberty. “Females were [sic] the most commonly abused . . .” sexes (Hall, 2007, p. 461). There are more reports of female victims than male victims with the typical offenses. Males, however, are at a higher risk with “forced sodomy” (Hall, 2007, p. 461). At young, impressionable, and instable ages these youth are set with inappropriate views of what love is and what their bodies were made for. Younger victims are much easier to manipulate than adults. “The gender of the child also plays an integral part in the selection” female youth, in particular, are very impressionable and for an older male figure to take notice

If these characteristics are known, it’ll be easier to identify an actual sex offender than one who may look like one. According to Understanding Sex Offenders the most identified character in sex offenders are “Cognitive distortions, intimacy deficits, and history of maltreatment. Cognitive distortions are when offenders tell themselves that what they’re doing is okay and that the victim either wanted it to happen or had asked for it. They don’t see the behavior they’re doing isn’t harmful nor is it serious.

Most people consider pedophiles to be anyone who has committed a sex offense against a child and that all pedophiles will commit this offense. In both cases that is, at best, a half truth. The DSM-5, which is a tool that outlines the diagnostic criteria for a given disorder, defines pedophilic disorder as, “a paraphilia involving intense and recurrent sexual urges towards and fantasies about prepubescent children that have either been acted upon or which cause the person with the attraction distress or interpersonal difficulty.” With the latter half of this definition, we begin to open up to the idea that there are those who have sexual interests in children who have had no form of inappropriate contact with a child, but rather just have their daily life affected by the feelings that they are having toward

     Cohen, Seghorn, and Calmas (1969) described three types of child molesters derived from their clinical studies. One type had a history of relatively normal functioning and the incident of molestation appears to reflect a reaction to a severe threat to their sense of sexual adequacy. Another type had a history of poor social-sexual functioning and is regarded as primitive and immature in terms of social-sexual skills. The last type they found in their study had offenses involving cruel and vicious assaults on children and the act of molestation is regarded as more aggressive then sexual. (Mc Creary, 1975)

The unbelievable reality is that a person who sexually abuses children may seem very average and ordinary to the world. He/she may be a leader in the church, in the community or in business, a sports coach, scout leader, or celebrity. Sex offenders do not fit a classic stereotype and are not necessarily uneducated, unemployed, impoverished or an alcoholic.

There are many things people can say and use to describe the actions of a sex offender. Some are true and some are just random descriptions that only pertain to just one person who committed a sexual offense. There are certain common characteristic that do stand out as a whole that researchers have noticed among sex offenders who and have been incarcerated. The most common characteristic is the offender having deviant sexual arousal, interest, or preferences. This means that the individual is engaging in sexual contact with children or others against their will. Not only that, but they enjoy inflicting pain or humiliating others. With this particular characteristic it would include them exposing oneself n a public setting and secretly watching

1.) Sexual predators enter into the family system through gaining trust from this family. Sexual predators get to be alone with the child, making it more difficult for children to talk about it, moreover, the adults (parent or caregiver) might not believe the child. Child abuse usually occurs in preoperational stage and concrete operational stage (children believe anything they’re told), which allows a sexual predator to manipulate the child, so the sexual abuse is not detected. The sexual predator develops a so-called “relationship” with the child, gradually increasing physical contact between him (predator) and victim (child).

The American Psychiatric Association has declared that pedophilia is no longer thought of as a mental disorder. In early studies, (DSM-III-R), pedophilia was characterized as a disorder if "the person acted out on the urges, or was markedly distressed by them" (Medinger 2). Nowadays, the diagnostic description is that pedophilia is a disorder if the offender is mentally impaired, agitated, or experiencing guilt as a result of what he is doing. In other words, a pedophile can "play" all he wants until he becomes irrational about it. Outwardly, the pedophile may, in today's society, seem to be a perfectly normal human being. Pedophilia, like homosexuality and transvestitism, is just a sexual preference (APA).