“Just dreaming of them”: The Berlin Project for Primary Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse by Juveniles (PPJ)

Beier, Klaus M.; Oezdemir, Umut C.; Schlinzig, Eliza; Groll, Anna; Hupp, Elena; Hellenschmidt, Tobias

doi:10.1016/j.chiabu.2015.12.009

Cited by 46 publications

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“…Sexual crime has been identified as a "silent-violent epidemic" for more than two decades (American Medical Association, 1995), with major organizations advocating for interventions before a crime has been committed via primary and secondary prevention initiatives (e.g., Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, 2011). Schemes that encourage men who are have (and are concerned about) inappropriate sexual thoughts about children to come forward for anonymous treatment and counseling, such as Project Prevention Dunkelfeld (Beier et al, 2009;Beier et al, 2016), have been found to be successful in preventing cases of sexual abuse (Beier et al, 2015).…”

Section: Sexual Crime As a Public Health Issuementioning

confidence: 99%

Attitudes towards sexual offenders: What do we know, and why are they important?

Harper

Hogue

Bartels

2017

Aggression and Violent Behavior

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Over the past two decades, a large body of research on attitudes towards sexual offenders has been conducted across a number of different contexts. However, there has been less discussion of their implications. Clinically, attitudes may be related to therapeutic climates and treatment outcomes and risk judgments, while in the social context, the views of the public about sexual offenders may play a key role in the reintegration of these offenders, and the political responses associated with sexual offending. Sexual crime is advocated as a public health issue, with attitudes towards the perpetrators of such offenses being of critical importance when trying to create a social environment within which to successfully reduce rates of sexual offending. In this article, the research evidence currently available in this area is reviewed. An analysis of the conceptualization and measurement of attitudes towards sexual offenders is provided, before the existing literature on the factors underlying such attitudes is explored. Following this, the malleability of attitudes towards sexual offenders is examined. The review concludes with some suggestions for future theoretical, empirical, and practical advancements in this important area.

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Section: Sexual Crime As a Public Health Issuementioning

confidence: 99%

Attitudes towards sexual offenders: What do we know, and why are they important?

Harper

Hogue

Bartels

2017

Aggression and Violent Behavior

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“…For example, the German Project Prevention Dunkelfeld (from here, 'the Dunkelfeld Project'; Beier et al, 2009Beier et al, , 2016 offers anonymous therapy to people who self-identify as having pedophilic sexual interests. The Dunkelfeld Project aims to offer early intervention (via psychological and psychiatric treatment) in an attempt to prevent child sexual abuse before it occurs.…”

Section: Progressive Responses To Sexual Offendingmentioning

confidence: 99%

Applying moral foundations theory to understanding public views of sexual offending

Harper

Harris

2016

Journal of Sexual Aggression

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Much research has examined the views held by citizens about sexual offenders and related policy responses. Although studies have extensively examined demographic correlates of such views, little attention has been paid to psychological mechanisms that underpin them. Gaining a deeper understanding of such mechanisms may ultimately prove useful for informing communication strategies around the problem of sexual violence. We propose the application of moral foundations theory as a means of exploring the roots of the current punitive consensus around sexual crime policy at the macro level, as well as individual variability in attitudes about sexual violence. Following an overview of the sexual offender policy landscape, and a description of MFT principles, we outline how this framework can help to explain both convergence and divergence in responses to sexual offending among members of the public. We also provide a series of testable hypotheses to stimulate further research in this area

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“…However, self‐esteem deficits and sexualized coping did not significantly improve over the treatment period. The PPD has also created a special program for child sexual abuse offenses committed by juveniles (aged 12–18) and for juveniles with sexual interests in children (Beier et al, ). The program for juveniles uses an adapted version of the BEDIT.…”

Section: Treatment Of Consumers And/or Distributors Of Child Pornographymentioning

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Characteristics and treatment of internet child pornography offenders

Dwyer

Fedoroff

2018

Behavioral Sci & The Law

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In the realm of sexual offenses, there has been a decrease in hands-on offenses, but an increase in online offenses against children. The current issue is whether online and offline sexual offenders are alike or differ. This literature review investigates the differences among individuals who have committed child pornography offenses, individuals who have committed contact offenses against children, and individuals who have committed both. This review discusses the various typologies that have been proposed of those who have committed online offenses against children, the diagnostic implications of having committed child pornography offenses, and the current state of treatment and prevention of individuals who have committed online sex offenses against children. The studies examined were found from psychology databases, listserv links, and references of those collected articles. Only articles in English were included in the review. Overall, Internet child pornography offenders (ICPOs) tend to score significantly differently from contact offenders on various psychological measures. These findings may imply that ICPOs have different treatment needs than contact offenders.

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“Just dreaming of them”: The Berlin Project for Primary Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse by Juveniles (PPJ)

Cited by 46 publications

References 22 publications

Attitudes towards sexual offenders: What do we know, and why are they important?

Attitudes towards sexual offenders: What do we know, and why are they important?

Applying moral foundations theory to understanding public views of sexual offending

Characteristics and treatment of internet child pornography offenders

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