The Correlational Effect A Pedophile has on Their Victim

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It is a scary thought to know that a pedophile is moving into your neighborhood. The parents become suspicious and worried, because they would be devastated if anything were to ever happen to their child. They want to know everything about the pedophile, like past convictions. The person wonders how an individual could ever do those sexual acts to a child, knowing very well the outcome of their choice. Their immediate assumption is the pedophile is a vial human being, unworthy of acceptance and forgiveness. But what exactly is going on inside the pedophile’s brain, and why does he or she make those choices? And what exactly are the consequences for their acts to them and their victims? Pedophilia is a dangerous desire for the person and the child. What Is Pedophilia? Paraphilias and Sexual Perversion With shows live Law and Order: Special Victims Unit, we think we automatically know as much as possible about pedophiles and sexual offenders. On almost episode they discuss psychological thought processes, and personal history, and even reasoning. But it doesn’t give us a full insight into what pedophilia, and Dr. George Haung doesn’t always know all of the answers. To understand, truly, what the characteristics of a pedophile are, one must understand what the sexual desires of that person are. Alan Goldman quotes “Sexual desire is desire for contact with another person’s body and for pleasure which such contact proceeds; sexual activity is activity which tends to fulfill such desire of the agent,” (Soble, 2008). So what does Alan exactly mean by this? The wanting of some sort of pleasurable contact, not necessarily being sexual, drives our sexual desires. And then there are those desires for smelling, or touching sho... ... middle of paper ... ...ciation. Finkelhor, D. (1981). Sexually Victimized Children. New York City: Free Press. Handbook Of Social Work In Child And Adolescent Sexual Abuse (1 ed.). (2008). New York: Haworth Press. Hershkowitz, I., Lamb, M., & Horowitz, D. (2007). Victimization of children with disabilities. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 77(4), 629-635. doi:10.1037/0002-9432.77.4.629. Merriam-Webster. (2003). Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (Book Only) (11 Revised ed.). Springfield: Merriam-Webster. Soble, A. (2008). The Philosophy of Sex and Love: An Introduction (Paragon Issues in Philosophy) (2 Revised ed.). New York: Paragon House Publishers. The National Center for Victims of Crime - Library/Document Viewer. (n.d.). The National Center for Victims of Crime - Home. Retrieved April 12, 2010, from http://ncvc.org/ncvc/main.aspx?dbName=DocumentViewer&Doc

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