Pedophiles are the most stigmatized population in society (Jahnke, Imhoff, & Hoyer, 2015; Sanghara & Wilson, 2006). Social worker’s responsibility is to maintain standards and treat individuals with dignity and respect (NASW, 2017). It is important to explore bias against pedophiles because studies have shown bias is linked to offender recidivism rates (Jahnke, Schmidt, Geradt, & Hoyer, 2015). Social workers may unintentionally inhibit pedophiles from seeking treatment if they hold strong biases against them which could potentially negatively impact child abuse rates. The purpose of this study was to identify bias reduction techniques so that they could possibly be implemented in the social work field. Experienced social workers and social work students were interviewed so that the origins of and methods to combat bias could be explored. Themes among interviewee responses were identified and the importance of Opening a Dialogue eclipsed the need to utilize bias reduction techniques.

Made available in DSpace on 2015-03-05T19:36:36Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 23 / Nenhuma / A pedofilia é considerada um desvio sexual caracterizado por comportamentos de intensa sexualidade, que envolve humilhação e sofrimento em crianças e adolescentes. Pacientes com este diagnóstico que estão cumprindo medidas socioeducativas em manicômio judiciário têm a possibilidade, no Rio Grande do Sul, de passarem pelo processo da Alta Progressiva (AP). A AP é um beneficio concedido pelo Poder Judiciário a pacientes que cumprem medida de segurança em manicômio judiciário. Trata-se de uma prática de desinternação gradual, que visa à reinserção social dos indivíduos considerados inimputáveis e que cometeram delitos. Esta dissertação aborda questões sobre a família, a reeducação e a visão da AP relacionadas aos pacientes que cometeram violência sexual contra crianças e/ou adolescentes, diagnosticados como pedófilos, que passaram ou estão passando pelo processo de Alta Progressiva durante o cumprimento de suas medidas de segurança. Este estudo compreende quatro seções, sendo uma seção teórica, uma empírica, um / The pedophilia is considered a sexual deviation characterized by intense sexuality behaviors involving humiliation and suffering to children and adolescents. Patients with this diagnosis submitted to legal procedures, in judiciary asylum, have the possibility, in Rio Grande do Sul, to be part of a process called of Progressive Discharge (PD). The PD is a benefit granted by the Judiciary to patients who are complying security measure in judiciary asylums. This practice is a gradual discharge that aims the social reintegration of individuals considered exempt from punishment and who committed crimes. This dissertation addresses questions about the family, education and one perception of PD related to patients, who have committed sexual violence against children and / or adolescents, and who were diagnosed as pedophiles, that were or are going through the process of progressive discharge and are fulfilling their security measures. This study includes four sections, one theoretical, one empirical, a investigation

This study used the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-III to examine the relationship of psychopathology and victim selection of young adult pedophiles convicted of Penal Code 288 (a). The sample consisted of 64 felons, aged 18 to 24, incarcerated at the California Youth Authority. Significant differences were not discovered between the group means of male or female victims or between familial and non-familial victims. Individual scale elevations above the Base Rate of 75 were significant between the groups. Depressive traits were reported for pedophiles who had both male and female victims and Dependent traits for only male victims. Incest offenders reported both Self-Defeating traits and problems associated with Drug Dependence. Non-familial offenders reported Paranoid personality traits. The results suggest that pedophilic interest is characterized by an independent, active, and defensive personality and also by a passive, dependent, drug dependent personality style, all contributing to molest potential. This group of pedophiles can be considered heterogeneous and cannot be characterized by any one diagnostic category.

Les statistiques policières québécoises révèlent que près de la moitié des victimes d’agressions sexuelles sont âgées de moins de 18 ans et que près du tiers de celles-ci sont à l’âge de la puberté. Certains chercheurs estiment que les auteurs de ces infractions sont un groupe homogène d’agresseurs sexuels de mineurs, alors que d’autres différencient les agresseurs sexuels d’enfants de ceux d’adolescents. Considérant les variations physiques entre une personne prépubère, une personne en pleine puberté et une personne post-pubère, nous nous sommes intéressés à ce qui distingue les agresseurs sexuels d’adolescents (ASA), des agresseurs sexuels d’enfants (ASE) et des agresseurs sexuels de femmes adultes (ASF). Pour ce faire, à l’aide d’analyses bivariées (chi-deux), nous avons comparé un échantillon composé de 40 ASE (victimes âgées de 0 à 10 ans), 57 ASA (victimes âgées de 11 à 15 ans) et 156 ASF (victimes âgées de 16 ans et plus), totalisant 253 participants. Les analyses révèlent que ces trois types de délinquants sexuels se distinguent sur plusieurs plans notamment pour les psychopathologies (les troubles de la personnalité), les antécédents criminels, les fantaisies sexuelles, les caractéristiques des victimes (relation avec la victime) et le modus operandi (coercition, complicité, affect). Des relations linéaires en fonction de l’âge des victimes sont observées ainsi que des similarités entre les catégories. Donc, les résultats susmentionnés permettent de brosser des portraits différents selon le type de délinquants sexuels. / Quebec police statistics reveal that nearly half of the sexual abuse victims are below 18 years old, and a third of these are at puberty age. Researchers believe that the perpetrators of those infractions are one homogenous group of sexual offenders vs. minors, while other researchers differentiate sexual aggressors of children and teenagers. By taking into account the physical variation among prepubescent individuals, individuals within their puberty, and post-puberty individuals, this research observes what distinguishes adolescent sexual offenders (ASA), child sexual offenders (ASE), and sexual offenders toward adult women (ASF). Bivariate analysis (chi-square) were conducted to compare a sample of 253 participants which includes 40 ASE (victims aged between 0 to 10 years old), 57 ASA (victims aged betwwen 11 to 15 years old), and 156 ASF (victims of 16 years old and more). The results display differentiations among the three types of sexual offenders, especially for psychopathological disorders (personality disorders), criminal records, sexual fantasies, victimology (degree of intimacy), and the modus operandi (coercion, complicity, affect). This paper exhibits linear relations related to the victims’ age, along with similarities within the categories of sexual offenders. Thus, previously mentioned results recognize different categorizations of sexual offenders.

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