Review of Medical Reports on Pedophilia

Abstract

The present report is a review of all 554 papers published on Medline on pedophilia. The first discussion is the history of the disorder from ancient Greece to the present time, especially the influence of the liberal country of the Netherlands, the North American Man-Boy Love Association, and the sexual crisis in the Catholic Church. One important question is the relationship between homosexual pedophilia and adult homosexuality. Evidence for and against this relationship is presented. Next discussed are the characteristics of the victim and the long lasting serious effects of sexual abuse. Laboratory correlations are included, especially phallometric tests in order to objectively measure the physical responses to sexual stimuli. Electrophysiological and radiographic tests are also mentioned, including electroencephalography, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, and positron emission tomography scans. An important section is the characterization of pedophiles with emphasis on their frequent previous sexual abuse, their past, their present, and their anticipated future. The final topic is treatment of this disorder with surgery, medication, behavioral therapy and the combination of medication and behavioral therapy.

Uma discussão analítico-comportamental sobre o autor de violência sexual infantojuvenil

“…Dos estudos sobre o abuso sexual infantojuvenil, uma parcela trata de prováveis causas orgânicas do indivíduo como constructos explicativos para o comportamento sexualmente abusivo, tais como: diferença de estrutura cerebral, problemas endócrinos, problemas mentais associados, abuso de álcool e drogas associados (Leonore & Simon, 2000;Hughes, 2007;Malón, 2012;Poeppl et al, 2013).…”

Mapeando las opiniones de los franceses sobre la castración química de delincuentes sexuales que abusan de niños y adolescentes

“…Societal responses to child sex offense have been of two kinds: penal and medicalpsychological (Stone et al, 2000 Lösel and Schmucker (2005) reported that castration considerably reduced recidivism, and Hughes (2007) suggested that for behavior therapy to be effective it must be associated with chemical castration. Chemical castration therefore appears as the best available societal response to child sex abuse.…”

Ältere Pädophile: Kein Rückgang der Delinquenz

“…Schulschwierigkeiten oder frühe Suchtmittelprobleme [7,18] waren nicht regelhaft zu finden. Über zwei Drittel der Probanden hatten eine durchschnittliche schulische Ausbildung und erreichten mindestens den Hauptschulabschluss.…”