Social Dominance Theory

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

However, it is too difficult for parents to identify who is child molester or a pedophile. This is because most child molesters or pedophiles are initially trusted by the children they abuse. So, it is important for parents to learn which behaviors and traits are red flags, what situations to avoid, and how to deter child molesters from targeting the children. The US Department of Justice has developed characteristics and behavioral indicators of a pedophile.

The children educated on sexual abuse often only imagine molesters as creepy strangers, while the majority of molesters are already known and trusted by the adult community. Therefore, even with sexual abuse education, children often don’t know what to do when they are put into situations in which their molester is trusted by their community and/or threatens them not to tell others. When they do tell adults about their abuse, moreover, their

Emotional congruence implies that the offenders emotional and needs correspond to the characteristics of a child. That is, sex with children is emotionally satisfying for the offender. Here, Finkelhor (1984) suggests that men are socialized to behave in a dominant and powerful manner in sexual relationships, and implies that characteristics of children (small, young, week) act as a cue for the availability of them as sexual partners (Ward, Polascheck & Beech, 2006). In support of that notion, Howells (1994) pointed out that it is not uncommon in clinical practice for child molesters to report an affinity for children. A study by Howells (1979) indicates that child sex offenders are more preoccupied with dominance in their constructions of relationships than controls, and view children as non-domineering and hence attractive (see

Some children are left to be watched by another family member or a friend of the family and get sexually abused by them. Sometimes children are forced to have sexual activities going on with an adult without the parents knowledge. That leaves the child to think that their parents really do not care for them. Children get scared when sexual abuse happens. Some will not tell, because they think they will get in trouble. Sexual abuse can hurt the child's as they get older in life.

(1)Social Dominance Orientation is a trait that can determine how people view themselves or their in-group in comparison to other groups. People who are high in Social Dominance Orientation believe that their in-group is somehow superior to other groups. They are hierarchical in the sense that they believe that groups belong in a class system, where one group is above the rest, and the others are somehow at a lesser level than their group. Men also tend to test higher in Social Dominance Orientation than women do, as well as take on careers where they will have some sort of power over the public, such as police officers.

A child molester is someone who touches or performs a sexual act on a child that is the age of thirteen or younger (“Child Molestation Research”). Child molestation does not only happen to female children, it also happens to male children as well. I the current year, more than three million kids are victims of child molestation (“Child Molestation Research”). I believe that once you become a child molester, you can’t just simply break out of it, no matter how long you stay in jail. As frightening as it may be, most offenders do not get could and if they do it isn’t until months or even years

Many etiological theories exist attempting to explain the root causes of sexual offending. Although few provide substantial evidence and no definitive conclusions have been made, the social learning theory has been proposed to account for sex offending behaviors. Specifically, the social learning theory, or victim-to-victimizer theory, suggests sexually abused children learn these behaviors and are much more likely to perpetrate abuse when they’re older (Seto & Lalumiere, 2010). The following studies have provided substantial support for the social learning etiology. Through the use of a meta-analysis, Seto and Lalumiere (2010) concluded that sexual offending is tied to prior sexual abuse. Burton, Miller, and Shill (2002) discovered

When one thinks of a young child one thinks of joy, innocence, and being carefree. Too often than not though that innocence is taken from a young child through sexual abuse. Studies have shown over and over again that a child who has been sexually abused carries those scars with them into adulthood, many times affecting adult relationships.                           When a person thinks of a child molester they see in their minds the dirty old man image. This is not the case in most abuse cases. Usually the child knows the person that is going to harm them. The offender is usually someone that the child and his or

Child molestation is the most horrible crime an adult can commit. I believe this type of crime does more psychological damage to its victims than any other type of crime. Who are child sex offenders? Do they look like monsters? The fact is a child sex offender can be anyone. A child molester is often a person the victim's parents or the victims think they can trust. The devastation these people cause their victims is tragic. Their victims are certain to suffer a lifetime of emotional trauma. Child sex offenders should not get a second chance. They should get life in prison for their first offense.

. Crawford analyzes that social class dominance can be observed by having the people with power or money do anything to survive, and leave the poor to their death.

Sexual abuse is a heinous act that causes extreme suffering for a victim while providing pleasure for a perpetrator. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, approximately 1 in 6 boys and 1 in 4 girls are abused sexually before the age of 18 (n.d.). The question of why an individual would commit such a heinous act has various answers, almost all of which depend on the background of the individual. A common speculation is that abusers themselves were once abused by someone else. This idea branches off of the Positivist Theory of crime. The theory basically states that prior influences or experiences in life will ultimately decide how people will act in the future (C. Bartol & A. Bartol, 2017). Their history of abuse influenced them to become abusers. While this may be one viable explanation to this behavior, there are many other answers that are just as feasible in explaining this behavior. This includes the topic of serious mental illnesses and other behavioral disorders. Regardless of background influences, the true intent of the abusive individuals may be almost impossible to draw out, especially since most guilty individuals want to escape from the consequences associated with the crime that they commit (Inbau, Reid, Buckley, & Jayne, 2013). Unless a perpetrator admits to committing the crime, piecing the story together and understanding the influences that played a role in the actions committed by them is more feasible in terms of learning the truth. Whatever the

The real question is why did those people or children focus someone or a child in a sexual without content? Studies and different theories have proven that experience from poor parenting, inconsistent, hard discipline and also physical sexual abuse contributes to the person to becoming a sex offender for instance if a young boy got physically and sexually abused as a child,

With the development of this theory by Ressler et al. (1988), it highlights numerous elements that form a serial sexual killer. Similarly, to Hickey’s trauma control model, Ressler et al (1988) acknowledges that an ineffective social environment exacerbates the child’s future. This is aimed at parents who do not provide appropriate emotional support or display little to no form of discipline. In addition to normative events such as illness, a child may be subject to non-normative crises such as child abuse; subsequently the child retreats into “Aggressive fantasies, aimed at achieving dominance and control” (p.71). A strength of the motivational model therefore, shows that even children who engage in ‘not-uncommon’ social processes. However, the weakness to this model is that it collapses when trying to explain serial killers who have had normal upbringings and a secure name in society. Both these theories highlight characteristics of a lust murderer, Peter Dupas is one of many killers who match this

Children advance through a series of life changing events while growing up. Plenty of them are cheerful milestones that are celebrated for instance a birthday or an accomplishment, and then there are those children who are neglected and abused by another family member. When a child is abused or neglected, it not only affects them when they are children, but also affects them when they become functioning adults in society. A sociological social psychology perspective that can be applied to explain why child abuse happens which is the social structure and personality perspective. This perspective can also find a way to solve child abuse in the home. Child abuse is a social problem that has been happening for plenty of decades in our society and with the social structure and personality perspective, one is able to help explain why it happens and how the problem can be solved.