A Profile of Pedophilia: Definition, Characteristics of Offenders, Recidivism, Treatment Outcomes, and Forensic Issues

Understanding service users’ and therapists’ experiences of pharmacological treatment for sexual preoccupation and/or hypersexuality in incarcerated sex offenders

“…The increased effectiveness of combining psychological work and pharmacology in the treatment of sexual offenders is widely accepted (Guay, 2009;Hall & Hall, 2007;Krauss et al, 2006;Mann & Marshall, 2009). Gordon and Grubin (2004) assert that there are high dropout rates with pharmacological treatment, and therefore medication should almost always be combined with psychological interventions.…”

Pedophilic disorder and incest: a case report

“…Majority of actions are previously planned. It was also indicated by many scientific studies that majority of pedophilia cases knew previously the children they abused, and they used this familiarity to get close to the victim as well as to prepare a scene to abuse (12). Our case preferred to stay at home when his relatives or neighbors visited them, and he was getting close to children by playing with them.…”

Exploring high-level features for detecting cyberpedophilia

“…Moreover, 60%-80% of them suffer from other psychiatric illnesses (Hall and Hall, 2007). In general, pedophiles are less emotionally stable than mentally healthy people.…”

“…In general, pedophiles are less emotionally stable than mentally healthy people. Hall and Hall (2007) noticed that five main types of computer-based sexual offenders can be distinguished: (1) the stalkers, who approach children in chat rooms in order to get physical access to them; (2) the cruisers, who are interested in online sexual molestation and not willing to meet children offline; (3) the masturbators, who watch child pornography; (4) the networkers or swappers, who trade information, pornography, and children; and (5) a combination of the four types. In this study we are interested in detecting stalkers (type (1)) and cruisers (type (2)).…”