The Factors That Can Lead To Pedophilia

The Factors that can Lead to Pedophilia Jessica Rangel

Table of Context
Defining Pedophilia
Etiology of Pedophilia
Research Done Today
Conclusion

Defining Pedophilia
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders:
Someone who fantasizes, is sexually aroused or experiences sexual urges towards prepubescent children.

Defining Pedophilia
Desires can begin as early as teenage years
Pedophiles can be of any sexual orientation and either gender.

Defining Pedophilia Types:
Situational Pedophiles
Regressed
Indiscriminate
Immature
Preferential Pedophiles
Seductive
Sadistic

Defining Pedophilia Situational Pedophiles
Sexually attracted to children but will abuse any group that is defenseless.
Immature Pedophiles:
Do not know how to manipulate or seduce children.
More likely to abuse children of different ages
Indiscriminate Pedophiles:
Create bonds with their potential victims
More likely to sexually experiment with their victims
Regressed Pedophiles:
Able to create a stable life
Well organized seduction plan
Prefer female victims

Defining Pedophilia Preferential Pedophile
Prefer children of a specific age and rarely if ever seek out children of different ages.
Seductive:
Create a bond with their victims
Most often men who prefer male victims
Sadistic:
Seek out the “perfect” victim
Will severely abuse them
Emotionally
Physically
Sexually

Defining Pedophilia Increase in Awareness
1972 Survey
14% of 982 male participants were involved in incest
9% of 1044 female participants were involved in incest
Follow-up questionnaire
25% of the boys and 13% of the girls did not find a parent having sex with a child abnormal

Defining Pedophilia Increased Awareness
1974
Only 60,000 cases reported
1989
2.4 million cases reported
1988-1990
48% increase in pedophilic population
Today
43,522 registered pedophiles in state prisons

Possible Etiologies
Definitive causes are unknown.
Two leading theories:
Neurodevelopment Factors
Experiencing Child Abuse

Possible Etiologies Neurodevelopmental Factors
Experiment Conducted by Schiffner
Performed MRI’s on both pedophilia inmates and other inmates
Grey matter volume
Disruption of neurophysiologic attributes
Chemical imbalance of the brain

Possible Etiologies Neurodevelopmental Factors
Chemical imbalances of Serotonin
Lower levels of serotonin being processed resulted in behaviors much like those suffering from Obsession Compulsive Disorder (OCD).

Possible Etiologies Experiencing Child Abuse
28-93% of Pedophiles claim being abused as children
Can be emotional, physical or sexual
Victim to abuser cycle or abused to abuser phenomena
View themselves as the aggressor
Transference of emotions

Case Study: Alexey
Pedophile who created an imaginary victim to transfer his emotions
Past:
Physically abused by his drunk father
Gang raped by a group of boys
Forced to perform oral and anal sex
Teenage years:
Accepted his homosexuality
Admits having sex with children between the ages of 6 and 7

Case Study: Alexey, cont.
Adulthood:
Turned actions into realistic thoughts
Imaginary Victim:
Helpless/ Defenseless
Vulnerable to Alexey’s will
Desires to humiliate him
Transference

Research Done Today
Research today tends to be fair and unbiased
Provides definitions and potential causes of pedophilia

Conclusion
Few treatment options available
Therapy (Group or personal)
Cognitive behavioral therapy
Role-play therapy
Behavioral interventions
Medications
Deop-Provera
Adrocur
Lupron

Conclusion
Treatment options are not guaranteed to work on all patients and there is no permanent solution to pedophilia.

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