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Evidence of familial transmittability "suggests, but does not prove that genetic factors are responsible" for the development of pedophilia.<ref>[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=6470698&dopt=AbstractPlus Is there familial transmission of pedophilia? [J Nerv Ment Dis. 1984&#93; - PubMed Result<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
Evidence of familial transmittability "suggests, but does not prove that genetic factors are responsible" for the development of pedophilia.<ref>[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=6470698&dopt=AbstractPlus Is there familial transmission of pedophilia? [J Nerv Ment Dis. 1984&#93; - PubMed Result<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>


A number of recent studies concern possible connections between pedophilic attraction and or behavior and neurobiology. Functional magnetic resonance imaging ([[fMRI]]) has shown that child molesters diagnosed with pedophilia have reduced activation of the [[hypothalamus]] as compared to non-pedophilic individuals when viewing sexually arousing pictures of adults.<ref>Walter ''et al.'' (2007). "Pedophilia Is Linked to Reduced Activation in Hypothalamus and Lateral Prefrontal Cortex During Visual Erotic Stimulation." ''Biological Psychiatry.'' '''62'''.</ref> Another study, using [[MRI]], shows that convicted child molesters have a lower volume of [[white matter]] than non-sexual criminals.<ref>{{cite journal|journal= J Psychiatr Res.|year= 2008|volume=42|issue=(3):|page=167-83|author=Cantor JM, Kabani N, Christensen BK, Zipursky RB, Barbaree HE, Dickey R, Klassen PE, Mikulis DJ, Kuban ME, Blak T, Richards BA, Hanratty MK, Blanchard R|title=Cerebral white matter deficiencies in pedophilic men|id=PMID: 18039544}}</ref><ref>Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (2007, November 29). Pedophilia May Be The Result Of Faulty Brain Wiring. ScienceDaily. Retrieved May 7, 2008, from http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/11/071128092109.htm</ref> Additionally, there is research correlating "pedophilic" and "hebephilic" sex offending with lack of height,<ref>Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (2007, October 23). Are Some Men Predisposed To Pedophilia?. ScienceDaily. Retrieved May 7, 2008, from http://www.sciencedaily.com­/releases/2007/10/071022120203.htm</ref><ref>http://lib.bioinfo.pl/pmid:17952597</ref> suggesting that there may be a biological or pre-natal cause. A 2008 neuroimaging study notes that central processing of sexual stimuli in heterosexual "paedophile forensic inpatients" may be altered by a disturbance in the prefrontal networks, which "may be associated with stimulus-controlled behaviours, such as sexual compulsive behaviours." The findings may also suggest "a dysfunction at the cognitive stage of sexual arousal processing."<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Neuroimage|date=2008|volume=41|issue=1|page=80-91|title=Functional brain correlates of heterosexual paedophilia|author= Schiffer B, Paul T, Gizewski E, Forsting M, Leygraf N, Schedlowski M, Kruger TH|id= PMID: 18358744}}</ref>
A number of recent studies concern possible connections between pedophilic attraction and or behavior and neurobiology. Pedophilic men have lower IQs than nonpedophilic men.<ref>Cantor, J. M., Blanchard, R., Robichaud, L. K., & Christensen, B. K. (2005). Quantitative reanalysis of aggregate data on IQ in sexual offenders. ''Psychological Bulletin, 131,'' 555–568.</ref> Pedophilic men have three times greater odds of being non-right-handed, suggesting that their brains had a different organization before or near birth.<ref>Cantor, J. M., Klassen, P. E., Dickey, R., Christensen, B. K., Kuban, M. E., Blak, T., Williams, N. S., & Blanchard, R. (2005). Handedness in pedophilia and hebephilia. ''Archives of Sexual Behavior, 34,'' 447–459.</ref> Additionally, there is research correlating "pedophilic" and "hebephilic" sex offending with lack of height, suggesting that there may be a biological or pre-natal cause related to physical development.<ref>Cantor, J. M., Kuban, M. E., Blak, T., Klassen, P. E., Dickey, R., & Blanchard, R. (2007). Physical height in pedophilia and hebephilia. ''Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment, 19,'' 395–407.</ref> Another study, using structural [[MRI]], shows that pedophlic men have a lower volume of [[white matter]] than non-sexual criminals.<ref>{{cite journal|journal= J Psychiatr Res.|year= 2008|volume=42|issue=(3):|page=167-83|author=Cantor JM, Kabani N, Christensen BK, Zipursky RB, Barbaree HE, Dickey R, Klassen PE, Mikulis DJ, Kuban ME, Blak T, Richards BA, Hanratty MK, Blanchard R|title=Cerebral white matter deficiencies in pedophilic men|id=PMID: 18039544}}</ref

Functional magnetic resonance imaging ([[fMRI]]) has shown that child molesters diagnosed with pedophilia have reduced activation of the [[hypothalamus]] as compared to non-pedophilic individuals when viewing sexually arousing pictures of adults.<ref>Walter ''et al.'' (2007). "Pedophilia Is Linked to Reduced Activation in Hypothalamus and Lateral Prefrontal Cortex During Visual Erotic Stimulation." ''Biological Psychiatry.'' '''62'''.</ref> A 2008 functional neuroimaging study notes that central processing of sexual stimuli in heterosexual "paedophile forensic inpatients" may be altered by a disturbance in the prefrontal networks, which "may be associated with stimulus-controlled behaviours, such as sexual compulsive behaviours." The findings may also suggest "a dysfunction at the cognitive stage of sexual arousal processing."<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Neuroimage|date=2008|volume=41|issue=1|page=80-91|title=Functional brain correlates of heterosexual paedophilia|author= Schiffer B, Paul T, Gizewski E, Forsting M, Leygraf N, Schedlowski M, Kruger TH|id= PMID: 18358744}}</ref>


While not causes of pedophilia itself, comorbid psychiatric illness--such as personality disorders and substance abuse--are risk factors for acting on pedophilic urges.<ref name=faganJAMA/>
While not causes of pedophilia itself, comorbid psychiatric illness--such as personality disorders and substance abuse--are risk factors for acting on pedophilic urges.<ref name=faganJAMA/>
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Cognitive distortion theories have been criticised by a small number of authors, generally on the basis of an "ideological bias" where the therapist is always right. For example, Agner Fog Ph.D writes that "The rationale behind cognitive therapy is that the world view of the therapist is believed to be right and when the world view of the patient is different he is said to suffer from cognitive distortion".<ref>Gieles, F., (2005). "What has got into those people?", ''Human Being'', on line, http://www.humanbeing.demon.nl/humanbeingsweb/Library/what/what_2.htm#denken</ref><ref>Fog, A., “Paraphilias and Therapy,” Nordisk Sexologi, vol. 10, no. 4, pp. 236-242, 1992.</ref><ref>Gieles, F, (2006). "There must be a scapegoat", Presentation in Prague, June 2006 at the Congress of the European Federation of Sexologists</ref><ref>Howitt, D., (1995). "Paedophiles and Sexual Offences against Children", John Wiley and Sons, Quoted: "There are dangers, of course, in promoting the view that all child abusers lie and distort. The obvious one is the problem of how to deal with an honest offender."</ref>
Cognitive distortion theories have been criticised by a small number of authors, generally on the basis of an "ideological bias" where the therapist is always right. For example, Agner Fog Ph.D writes that "The rationale behind cognitive therapy is that the world view of the therapist is believed to be right and when the world view of the patient is different he is said to suffer from cognitive distortion".<ref>Gieles, F., (2005). "What has got into those people?", ''Human Being'', on line, http://www.humanbeing.demon.nl/humanbeingsweb/Library/what/what_2.htm#denken</ref><ref>Fog, A., “Paraphilias and Therapy,” Nordisk Sexologi, vol. 10, no. 4, pp. 236-242, 1992.</ref><ref>Gieles, F, (2006). "There must be a scapegoat", Presentation in Prague, June 2006 at the Congress of the European Federation of Sexologists</ref><ref>Howitt, D., (1995). "Paedophiles and Sexual Offences against Children", John Wiley and Sons, Quoted: "There are dangers, of course, in promoting the view that all child abusers lie and distort. The obvious one is the problem of how to deal with an honest offender."</ref>

==Prevalence==
==Prevalence==
In 1989 Briere and Runtz conducted a study on 193 male [[undergraduate]] students concerning pedophilia. Of the sample, 21 percent acknowledged sexual attraction to some small children; nine percent reported sexual fantasies involving children; five percent admitted [[masturbation|masturbating]] to these fantasies; and seven percent conceded some probability of actually having sex with a child if they could avoid detection and punishment. The authors also noted that "given the probable social undesirability of such admissions, [one could] hypothesize that the actual rates ... were even higher."<ref name="Briere, J. and Runtz, M. (1989)">[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=2706562&dopt=Abstract University males' sexual interest in children: predicting potential indices of "pedophilia" in a nonforensic sample."] ''Child Abuse & Neglect'', 13 ('''1'''), 65-67.]</ref>
In 1989 Briere and Runtz conducted a study on 193 male [[undergraduate]] students concerning pedophilia. Of the sample, 21 percent acknowledged sexual attraction to some small children; nine percent reported sexual fantasies involving children; five percent admitted [[masturbation|masturbating]] to these fantasies; and seven percent conceded some probability of actually having sex with a child if they could avoid detection and punishment. The authors also noted that "given the probable social undesirability of such admissions, [one could] hypothesize that the actual rates ... were even higher."<ref name="Briere, J. and Runtz, M. (1989)">[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=2706562&dopt=Abstract University males' sexual interest in children: predicting potential indices of "pedophilia" in a nonforensic sample."] ''Child Abuse & Neglect'', 13 ('''1'''), 65-67.]</ref>

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Not to be confused with Ephebophilia or Podophilia.

Pedophilia or paedophilia is the sexual preference of an adult for prepubescent children,[1][2][3][4] or, according to the DSM, a form of paraphilia in which a person either has acted on intense sexual urges towards children, or has sexual urges towards and fantasies about children that cause distress or interpersonal difficulty.[5] A person with this attraction is called a pedophile or paedophile.[6]

In some individuals, pedophilia may remain limited to sexual fantasies or urges only; in others, those urges may be expressed as child sexual abuse,[7] which is sometimes termed "pedophilic behavior." [8][9] Often, the impetus behind such "pedophilic behavior" is the belief (seen by some professionals as a delusion) held by the adult that their behavior is helpful and pleasurable to the child. However, they do often tell the children to keep the act secret from parents and authorities alike.[10]

The term "pedophile" is also used to describe those accused or convicted of child sexual abuse under sociolegal definitions of child (including adolescents younger than the local age of consent in addition to prepubescent children).[11] Some researchers have described this usage as improper and suggested it can confound two separate types of offenders, child molestors and rapists, thereby obscuring results of ongoing research.[2][11]

History of the term

The word comes from the Greek paidophilia (παιδοφιλία): pais (παις, "child") and philia (φιλία, "love, friendship"). Paidophilia was coined by Greek poets either as a substitute for "paiderastia" (pederasty),[12] or vice versa.[13]

The classic Latinized spelling is with ae or æ, to avoid confusion with pedophilia, which etymologically means attraction to the ground (πέδον). The term should also not be confused with podophilia either, which is attraction to feet (πούς > octopus / ποδός / πηδόν > pedal).

Today the American (among others) pronunciation has changed into the more germanic English form using the "ped" as in "pediatrician," not as in "pedestrian" despite the fact the original Greek spelling contained an ai, which is pronounced as in "eye".[14] English has not fully developed the sounds of the vowels in the original form due to the phonetics of the vastly different languages. The correct terminology of the modern word Paedophile uses the ae or æ, which is the Latinized form of the Greek original, this happened a lot in the adoption of more of the classical languages into modern English and other European languages as detailed below.

The term paedophilia erotica was coined in 1886 by the Viennese psychiatrist Richard von Krafft-Ebing in his writing Psychopathia Sexualis.[15] He gave the following characteristics:

  • The sexual interest is toward pre-pubescent youths only. This interest does not extend to the first signs of pubic hair.
  • The sexual interest is toward pre-pubescent youths only and does not include teenagers.
  • The sexual interest remains over time.

As people who have this interest would include many adolescents and pre-pubescents, some experts who theorize that attraction to minors is more common among youth, specify that the interest must be toward pre-pubescent youths at least five years younger than the subject.

Adults sexually attracted to pre-pubescent youths were placed into three categories by Krafft-Ebing:

  • a.) pedophile
  • b.) surrogate (that is, the pre-pubescent youths are regarded as a substitute object for a preferred, non-available adult object)
  • c.) sadistic

Other researchers used their own terms for the Krafft-Ebing categories:

  • a.) preferential/structured/fixed (i. e. pedophile) type,
  • b.) situational/opportunistic/regressed/incest (i. e. surrogate) type
  • c.) sadistic (no change)

This three-type model as well as the fundamental mental and behavioural differences of the three types were empirically evidenced, among others, by Kinsey; Howells 1981;[16] Abel, Mittleman & Becker 1985;[17] Knight et al. 1985;[18] McConaghy 1993;[19] Ward et al. 1995;[20] Hoffmann 1996;[21] Seikowski 1999.[22]

Diagnosis

The International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (F65.4) defines pedophilia as "a sexual preference for children, boys or girls or both, usually of prepubertal or early pubertal age."[1]

The APA's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders 4th edition, Text Revision gives the following as its "Diagnostic criteria for 302.2 Pedophilia":[23][24]

  • A. Over a period of at least 6 months, recurrent, intense sexually arousing fantasies, sexual urges, or behaviors involving sexual activity with a prepubescent child or children (generally age 13 years or younger);
  • B. The person has acted on these sexual urges, or the sexual urges or fantasies cause marked distress or interpersonal difficulty;
  • C. The person is at least age 16 years and at least 5 years older than the child or children in Criterion A.

Neither the ICD or the APA diagnostic criteria require actual sexual activity with a pre-pubescent youths. The diagnosis can therefore be made based on the presence of fantasies or sexual urges alone, provided the subject meets the remaining criteria. "For individuals in late adolescence with pedophilia, no precise age difference is specified, and clinical judgment must be used" (p. 527 DSM).[24]

Nepiophilia, also called infantophilia, is a sub-diagnosis of pedophilia currently under consideration but not yet formalized, intended to define a sexual preference for toddlers and infants (usually ages 0–3).[25]

Causes

The cause or causes of pedophilia are not known. The experience of sexual abuse as a child was previously thought to be a strong risk factor, but research does not show a causal relationship, as the vast majority of sexually abused children do not grow up to be adult offenders, nor do the majority of adult offenders report childhood sexual abuse. The US Government Accountability Office concluded, "the existence of a cycle of sexual abuse was not established." Prior to 1996, there was greater belief in the theory of a "cycle of violence," because most of the research done was retrospective--abusers were asked if they had experienced past abuse. Even the majority of studies found that most adult sex offenders said they had not been sexually abused during childhood, but studies varied in terms of their estimates of the percentage of such offenders who had been abused, from 0 to 79 percent. More recent prospective longitudinal research--studying children with documented cases of sexual abuse over time to determine what percentage become adult offenders-- has demonstrated that the cycle of violence theory is not an adequate explanation for why people molest children.[26]

Evidence of familial transmittability "suggests, but does not prove that genetic factors are responsible" for the development of pedophilia.[27]

A number of recent studies concern possible connections between pedophilic attraction and or behavior and neurobiology. Pedophilic men have lower IQs than nonpedophilic men.[28] Pedophilic men have three times greater odds of being non-right-handed, suggesting that their brains had a different organization before or near birth.[29] Additionally, there is research correlating "pedophilic" and "hebephilic" sex offending with lack of height, suggesting that there may be a biological or pre-natal cause related to physical development.[30] Another study, using structural MRI, shows that pedophlic men have a lower volume of white matter than non-sexual criminals.Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page). A 2008 functional neuroimaging study notes that central processing of sexual stimuli in heterosexual "paedophile forensic inpatients" may be altered by a disturbance in the prefrontal networks, which "may be associated with stimulus-controlled behaviours, such as sexual compulsive behaviours." The findings may also suggest "a dysfunction at the cognitive stage of sexual arousal processing."[31]

While not causes of pedophilia itself, comorbid psychiatric illness--such as personality disorders and substance abuse--are risk factors for acting on pedophilic urges.[9]

Psychopathology and cognitive distortions

Pedophiles have impaired interpersonal functioning and elevated passive-aggressiveness, as well as impaired self-concept. Regarding disinhibitory traits, pedophiles demonstrate elevated sociopathy and propensity for cognitive distortions. Pathologic personality traits in pedophiles and lend support to a hypothesis that such pathology is related to both motivation for and failure to inhibit pedophilic behavior.[32] A review of qualitative research studies published between 1982 and 2001 revealed that pedophiles use cognitive distortions to meet personal needs. They justify abuse by making excuses, redefining their actions as love and mutuality, and exploiting the power imbalance inherent in all adult-child relationships.[33] Other cognitive distortions include the idea of "children as sexual beings," "uncontrollability of sexuality," and "sexual entitlement-bias."[34]

Cognitive distortion theories have been criticised by a small number of authors, generally on the basis of an "ideological bias" where the therapist is always right. For example, Agner Fog Ph.D writes that "The rationale behind cognitive therapy is that the world view of the therapist is believed to be right and when the world view of the patient is different he is said to suffer from cognitive distortion".[35][36][37][38]

Prevalence

In 1989 Briere and Runtz conducted a study on 193 male undergraduate students concerning pedophilia. Of the sample, 21 percent acknowledged sexual attraction to some small children; nine percent reported sexual fantasies involving children; five percent admitted masturbating to these fantasies; and seven percent conceded some probability of actually having sex with a child if they could avoid detection and punishment. The authors also noted that "given the probable social undesirability of such admissions, [one could] hypothesize that the actual rates ... were even higher."[39]

A study by Hall et al. of Kent State University found that, of their sample of 80 adult male volunteers, 20 percent reported some attraction to prepubescent girls and 32.5 percent exhibited sexual arousal to heterosexual pedophilic stimuli that equaled or exceeded their arousal to the adult stimuli.[40]

An NHK investigation in Japan surveyed 3600 subjects aged 16 to 69 about having sex with a partner under 13. Among males that answered "I would like to" were 6% of respondents under 20, 5% of respondents in their 20s, 4% of respondents in their 30s, 1% of respondents in their 40s, 8% of respondents in their 50s, and 0% of respondents in their 60s. For females the rate was near 0% in all demographics, except the under 20 group, in which 2% answered positively.[41]

Comparatively little research is available regarding pedophilia's occurrence in females.[42] In a 1996 study of a university sample, 2.6 percent of surveyed females self-reported at least some sexual interest in children.[43]

Some studies have concluded that at least a quarter of all adult men may have some feelings of sexual arousal in connection with pre-pubescent youths.[44]

Prevalence among child sex offenders

According to the Mayo Clinic, approximately 95% of child sexual abuse incidents are committed by the 88% of child molestation offenders who meet the diagnostic criteria for pedophilia;[45] and pedophilic child molestors commit ten times more sexual acts against children than non-pedophilic child molestors.[45]

The term pedophile is commonly used to describe all child sexual offenders, including those who do not meet the clinical diagnosis standards. This use is seen as problematic by some people.[46][47] Some researchers, such as Howard E. Barbaree,[48] have endorsed the use of actions as a sole criterion for the diagnosis of pedophilia as a means of taxonomic simplification, rebuking the American Psychiatric Association's standards as "unsatisfactory". Child sexual abuse, whether perpetrated by a clinically diagnosed pedophile or not, is illegal. According to the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers,

"Although virtually all pedophiles are child molesters, not all child molesters are pedophiles. Pedophiles are men with a clear sexual preference for children rather than adults. Child molesters are described as individuals who have committed a sexual offense against a child victim. There are, however, no 'pure' types, and offenders are best conceptualized as closer to one end of the continuum or the other."

[49]

A perpetrator of child sexual abuse is commonly assumed to be and referred to as a pedophile; however, there may be other motivations for the crime[48] (such as stress, marital problems, or the unavailability of an adult partner),[50] Child sexual abuse may or may not be an indicator that its perpetrator is a pedophile; or a subtype of pedophile. Many terms have been used to disntiguish "true pedophiles" from nonpedophilic offenders, or to distinguish among types of pedophiles on a continuum according to strength and exclusivity of pedophilic interest. Some of the terms used to describe incest offenders are regressed, situational, and intrafamilial.

A review article in the British Journal of Psychiatry notes the overlap between extrafamilial and intrafamilial offenders:

Incest and paedophilia: Originally, the legal definition of incest applied to vaginal intercourse between a male and female whom the offender knew to be his daughter, granddaughter, sister or mother — and did not include stepfathers or adoptive fathers or actions other than vaginal intercourse (Smith & Bentovim, 1994). In clinical practice, the definition has been modified by including sexual contact which occurred within the nuclear family, giving rise to the dichotomy of intrafamilial abuse (incest) and extrafamilial abuse (paedophilia). Consequently, there was confusion about sexual abuse by stepparents and adoptive parent abusers. Paedophilia has been defined as a "perversion in which an adult has a sexual interest in children with paedophiliacs having certain fundamental features in common" (Glasser, 1990). However, just as incest does not imply homogeneity neither does paedophilia, and ambiguity in this term can lead to differences in usage. Another long-held belief is that incest and paedophile offenders are distinct (Cooper & Cormier, 1990; Glasser, 1990), together with an associated tendency to support community-based treatment for the incest offender but to view the paedophile as more dangerous. Conte (1991) contests this belief on the basis that about half of fathers and stepfathers, referred for treatment at clinics for having abused children outside the home, had at the same time been abusing their own children (Abel et al, 1988).

[51]

As noted by Abel, Mittleman, and Becker[52] (1985) and Ward et al. (1995), there are generally large distinctions between the two types of offenders' characteristics. Situational offenders tend to offend at times of stress; have a later onset of offending; have fewer, often familial victims; and have a general preference for adult partners. Pedophilic offenders, however, often start offending at an early age; often have a large number of victims who are frequently extrafamilial; are more inwardly driven to offend; and have values or beliefs that strongly support an offense lifestyle. Research suggests that incest offenders recidivate at approximately half the rate of extrafamilial child molesters, and one study estimated that by the time of entry to treatment, nonincestuous pedophiles who molest boys had committed an average of 282 offenses against 150 victims.[53]

Treatment

Although pedophilia is a chronic condition that has no cure at this time, various treatments are available that can help to reduce or prevent the expression of pedophilic behavior, thereby reducing the prevalence of child sexual abuse.[54][55] Treatment of pedophilia is considered a form of primary prevention and often requires collaboration between law enforcement and health care professionals.[55][9]

A number of proposed treatment techniques for pedophilia have been developed. In 1981, writer David Crawford reported that the success rate of these therapies was very low.[56] Dr. Fred Berlin, founder of the Johns Hopkins Sexual Disorders Clinic, believed pedophilia could "indeed be successfully treated," if only the medical community would give it more attention.[57]

Some psychologists,[58] such as Dr. Fred S. Berlin, assert sexual attraction to pre-pubescent youths to be a sexual orientation in itself, but Berlin also states "The psychiatric profession still correctly considers pedophilia to be a mental disorder." [59][57][59] In one article, Berlin writes "it is likely that no one would choose voluntarily to develop a pedophilic sexual orientation. Those with such an orientation have no more decided to have it than have any of us decided as children to be either heterosexual or homosexual."[60] Berlin also defends the classification of pedophilia as a mental disorder, however, stating "In our society, to have a pedophilic sexual orientation can create both psychological burdens and impairments."[60]

Medical therapies

Behavior modification programs have been shown to reduce recidivism in contact sex offenders.[61] Often such programs use principles of applied behavior analysis such as the use of reward and punishment to train new behavior such as problem solving.[62] Many of the programs use covert sensitization[63] and odor aversion, which are both forms of aversion therapy. While such programs are effective in lowering recidivism by 15-18 percent, they do not represent a cure.

Anti-androgenic medications such as Depo Provera may be used to lower testosterone levels in offending pedophiles. These treatments, commonly referred to as "chemical castration", are often used in conjunction with the non-medical approaches noted above. Gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogues, which last longer and have less side effects, are also effective in reducing libido and may be used.[64]

A study by the Council on Scientific Affairs found that the success rate of aversion therapy was parallel to that of homosexual reparative therapy; that is to say, extremely low.[65] This method is rarely used on pedophiles who have not offended.

Convicted sex offenders, including many pedophiles, have been treated by the psychosurgical procedure commonly known as lobotomization. [citation needed]Psychosurgery has long been controversial. Lobotomies are generally no longer practiced and are prohibited in a number of countries.

Thalamotomy is an alternative surgical treatment of sex offenders in practice since the problems with leucotomy have been commonly known (see Greist 1990;[66] Diering & Bell 1991;[67] Hay & Sachdev 1992;[68] Rappaport 1992;[69] de la Porte 1993;[70] Poynton 1993;[71] Bridges et al. 1994;[72] Cummings et al. 1995)[73] and is increasingly advertised as an "effective therapy" for sex offenders (as well as for some children suffering from symptoms of child sexual abuse, since the 1980s (see for instance Andy 1970;[74] Bradford 1988a;[75] Wyre & Swift 1991;[76] Abel et al. 1992;[77] Bridges et al. 1994;[72] Cummings et al. 1995).[73] As Levey and Curfman have noted, however, given the availability of psychopharmacological treatment options, psychosurgical interventions are not likely to be employed given their extreme side effects and irreversible nature. See the same article for an in depth review of treatment options and diagnostic criteria.

Additionally, Reid writes that neurosurgery for sex offenders is "essentially unavailable" in the United States and that data on its use is sparse.[78]

Many proponents of therapy for "pedophiles" cite the research of Klaus M. Beier of the Institute of Sexology and Sexual Medicine at Charité, a large university hospital in Berlin, Germany, which reported success in a preliminary study using role-play therapy and medicine. According to researchers, contact child sex offenders were better able to control their urges once they understood the pre-pubescent youth's view.[79][80] Although these results are relevant to the prevention of re-offending in contact child sex offenders, there is no empirical suggestion that such therapy is a cure for pedophilia.

Pro-pedophile activism

Main article: Pro-pedophile activism

Some pro-pedophile activists aim to change legal, medical and social views of pedophilia. The highly controversial Rind et al. study has been quoted by numerous pedophile advocacy organizations.[81][82][83]

Anti-pedophile activism

Main article: Anti-pedophile activism

Anti-pedophile activism encompasses opposition to pedophiles, pro-pedophile activism, and other phenomena that are seen as related to pedophilia, such as child pornography and child sexual abuse.[84] Whilst much of the direct action classified as anti-pedophile involves demonstrations against sex offenders[85], groups advocating legalization of sexual activity between adults and children,[86] and internet users who solicit sex from teens, there are some organizations, such as Absolute Zero,[87] that explicitly target pedophiles.

See also

Notes and references

Notes

  1. ^ a b World Health Organization, International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems: ICD-10 Section F65.4: Paedophilia (online access via ICD-10 site map table of contents)
  2. ^ a b Okami, P. & Goldberg, A. (1992) "Personality correlates of pedophilia: Are they reliable indicators?," Journal of Sex Research, 29, 297-328.
  3. ^ Freund, K. (1981). Assessment of pedophilia. In M. Cook & K. Howells (Eds.), Adult sexual interest in children (pp. 139–179). London: Academic.
  4. ^ Blanchard, Ray; Kolla, Nathan J.; Cantor, James M.; Klassen, Philip E.; Dickey, Robert; Kuban, Michael E.; and Blak, Thomas (2007). "IQ, Handedness, and Pedophilia in Adult Male Patients Stratified by Referral Source," Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment, 19(3), 285-309.
  5. ^ medem.com
  6. ^ ""pedophile" (n.d.)". The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. May 06, 2008. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  7. ^ ""pedophilia" (n.d.)". The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary. May 06, 2008. The act or fantasy on the part of an adult of engaging in sexual activity with a child or children. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  8. ^ Burgess, Ann Wolbert (1978). Sexual Assault of Children and Adolescents By Ann Wolbert Burgess. Lexington Books. pp. p6, 9–10, 26–27, 40. ISBN 0669018929. {{cite book}}: |pages= has extra text (help); Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help)
  9. ^ a b c Fagan, P.J.; et al. "Pedophilia". Journal of the American Medical Association. 2002 Nov 20, 288(19):2458-65. {{cite journal}}: Explicit use of et al. in: |last= (help)
  10. ^ Psychology Today "Pedophilia"Psychology Today Website Accessed May 18, 2008
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