Paedophiles in Society

Paedophiles in Society

Author: S. Goode

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2011-10-18

Total Pages: 243

ISBN-13: 0230306748

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Based on original research with self-identified paedophiles in the community, this book challenges assumptions and destroys the sacred cows of both radical and conservative thinking on paedophilia and sexuality. Offering a humane and inspiring vision, the book goes beyond previous thinking to develop an inclusive new approach.


Understanding and Addressing Adult Sexual Attraction to Children

Understanding and Addressing Adult Sexual Attraction to Children

Author: Sarah Goode

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2009-07-07

Total Pages: 261

ISBN-13: 1135258031

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Paedophiles exist and we must develop ways of living with this fact whilst ensuring that children are kept safe. This ground-breaking book demystifies the field of adult sexual attraction to children, countering the emotionality surrounding the topic of paedophilia in the popular media by careful presentation of research data and interview material. Addressing how we can work together to reduce sexual offending in this population, this text bridges the gulf in understanding between those who want to protect children and those who feel sexual attraction to children – and recognises that they are sometimes the same people. Sarah D. Goode provides an overview of the topic by defining the term 'paedophile' and discussing how many adults there may be in the general population who find themselves sexually attracted to children. She looks at how the Internet has acted as an enabler, with an explosion of child pornography and 'pro-paedophile' websites. Drawing on data from a sample of fifty-six self-defined paedophiles living in the community, she explores themes including self-identity, the place of fantasy and the forms of support available to paedophiles. Her research highlights the scale of debate within the 'online paedophile community' about issues such as the morality of sexual contact with children and encouragement to maintain a law-abiding lifestyle. Throughout, she draws careful distinctions between sexual attraction to children and sexual contact with children. The book concludes with a valuable discussion on how adult sexual contact harms children and examples of a range of initiatives which work to protect children and prevent offending. Suitable for all professionals who work with children or sexual offenders, this book gives clear guidance on what one needs to know and do to ensure children are kept safe. It will also be of interest to students studying child protection, paedophilia and child sexual abuse within other social science disciplines.


The Child-lovers

The Child-lovers

Author: Glenn Daniel Wilson

Publisher: London ; Boston : Peter Owen

Published: 1983-01-01

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 9780720606034

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A Long, Dark Shadow

A Long, Dark Shadow

Author: Allyn Walker

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2021-06-22

Total Pages: 237

ISBN-13: 0520973690

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Challenging widespread assumptions that persons who are preferentially attracted to minors—often referred to as "pedophiles"—are necessarily also predators and sex offenders, this book takes readers into the lives of non-offending minor-attracted persons (MAPs). There is little research into non-offending MAPs, a group whose experiences offer valuable insights into the prevention of child abuse. Navigating guilt, shame, and fear, this universally maligned group demonstrates remarkable resilience and commitment to living without offending and to supporting and educating others. Using data from interview-based research, A Long, Dark Shadow offers a crucial account of the lived experiences of this hidden population.


Predators and Child Molesters

Predators and Child Molesters

Author: Robin Sax

Publisher: Prometheus Books

Published: 2009-12-02

Total Pages: 181

ISBN-13: 1615920633

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In this straightforward, clearly written guidebook, veteran sex-crimes prosecutor and Los Angeles deputy district attorney Robin Sax answers one hundred questions that she has most often encountered in her fifteen years of experience.


Not Monsters

Not Monsters

Author: Pamela D. Schultz

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 250

ISBN-13: 9780742530584

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In the wake of recent violence our nation has experienced, and the paranoia that has ensued, we've directed our attention to potential terrorists in our midst. Yet our children face more risk from people they know than from terrorists they have never met. An estimated one in five girls and one in ten boys in the United States experience some form of sexual abuse by age eighteen. What could possibly motivate a person to molest a child? Not Monsters documents the stories of nine convicted child molesters through one-on-one interviews, listening to what offenders have to say about their crimes and exploring the roots of these behaviors from a social constructionist perspective. Their words paint a compelling and frightening portrait of how sexual abuse works in Western culture to perpetuate a political and social system of dominance and control.


Pedophilia

Pedophilia

Author: Jay R. Feierman

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-12-06

Total Pages: 603

ISBN-13: 1461396824

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The Reason for this Volume If we were to judge the seriousness of a psychosocial problem by the attention that the popular media give to it, we would have to conclude that the modem world is in the midst of an epidemic of pedophilic child sexual abuse. One can scarcely go more than a few weeks in any large metropolitan area without reading about one of the community's upstanding citizens discovered to have been sexually involved with children or adolescents. The attention that the popular media give this topic is paralleled by the attention that it receives in the social sciences, where literally dozens of books and more than a thousand articles have been published on it in the past few years. In fact, "child sexual abuse," along with "co-dependency" and "dysfunctional family," have become the avant-garde psychological cliches of the decade. However, most of the lay and professional literature, although voluminous, reflect a narrow anthropo-, ethno-, and chronocentrism that precludes any real understanding of the topic with anything more than the preconceptions of our times.


Predators

Predators

Author: Anna Salter

Publisher: Basic Books

Published: 2018-07-03

Total Pages: 323

ISBN-13: 1541673824

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What motivates sexual abusers? Why are so few caught? Drawing on the stories of abusers, Anna C. Salter shows that sexual predators use sophisticated deception techniques and rely on misconceptions surrounding them to evade discovery. Arguing that even the most knowledgeable among us can be fooled, Salter dispels the myths about sexual predators and gives us the tools to protect our families and ourselves.


Rockspider

Rockspider

Author: Vikki Petraitis

Publisher: Readhowyouwant

Published: 2009-07-27

Total Pages: 416

ISBN-13: 9781442993556

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The danger of paedophiles - untold stories One day, her mum isn't there ... eight-year-old Maree doesn't know what to do and she is too shy to ask anyone. One by one, the other girls disappear into waiting cars or walk away with their mothers until Maree is the last girl left ... And then the man comes from out of nowhere... 'Hello,' says the man. 'Hello,' says Maree shyly. 'Where's your mum?' he asks in a pleasant voice. 'She's not here - she's late picking me up,' Maree tells him. 'It's all right,' says the man. 'You come and sit on my lap and we'll wait together.' In a fluid movement, the man pulls Maree onto his lap before she has time to resist. Maree freezes. She knows this isn't right. But he is a grownup and Maree doesn't know how not to obey. When she is on his knee, the man puts one of his big arms around her and the other up her skirt... The stories contained in Rockspider are true - only the names have been changed to protect the innocent. Vikki Petraitis and Chris O'Connor have painstakingly pieced together the full stories behind some of our most vicious cases involving child sexual assault. the Victoria Police Child Exploitation Squad, Chris O'Connor uses the stories in Rockspider to show parents how paedophiles operate so that parents - and their children - can identify the signs before it is too late. Rockspider is an emotionally stirring book containing facts and figures which will stun many readers. Paedophiles are predatory creatures. Most work to a pattern. Learn to identify the signals and signs and ensure your child has less chance of being drawn into the web of the rockspider. 'I trusted Bob in every way. I never would have believed that he would harm our children. Because we treated him like one of the family, I thought he would treat them like a family member and look after them. But he didn't.' - mother whose two sons fell victim to a paedophile


Helpless

Helpless

Author: Barbara Gowdy

Publisher: Macmillan + ORM

Published: 2007-04-01

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 1429921579

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From the internationally acclaimed author of The White Bone and The Romantic, a haunting and suspenseful novel of abduction and obsessive love Nine-year-old Rachel Fox has the face of an angel, a heart-stopping luminosity that strikes all who meet her. Her single mother, Celia, working at a video store by day and a piano bar by night, is not always around to shield her daughter from the attention—both benign and sinister—that her beauty draws. Attention from model agencies, for example, or from Ron, a small-appliance repairman who, having seen Rachel once, is driven to see her again and again. When a summer blackout plunges the city into darkness and confusion, Rachel is taken from her home. A full-scale search begins, but days pass with no solid clues, only a phone call Celia receives from a woman whose voice she has heard before but cannot place. And as Celia fights her terror and Rachel starts to trust in her abductor's kindness, the only other person who knows where she is wavers between loyalty to the captor and saving the child. Will Rachel be found before her abductor's urge to protect and cherish turns to something altogether less innocent? Tapping into the fear that lies just below the surface of contemporary city life, Barbara Gowdy draws on her trademark empathy and precision to create a portrait of love at its most consuming and ambiguous and to uncover the volatile point at which desire gives way to the unthinkable.