FIRST LECTURE ON SEXUAL ABUSE OF CHILDREN



FIRST LECTURE ON SEXUAL ABUSE OF CHILDREN

GENERAL DEFINITION: USE OF CHILD FOR SEXUAL PURPOSES

LEGAL DEFINITIONS

TEXAS: SEXUAL ASSAULT (RAPE, PENETRATION)

INDECENCY WITH A MINOR:

(A) CONTACT / EXPOSURE

BREAST, GENITALS, OR ANUS

(B) WITH CHILD

(C) FOR SEXUAL GRATIFICATION

OF ANY PERSON

RESEARCH DEFINITIONS

"SERIOUS SEXUAL ABUSE"

A. PENETRATION OR FONDLING OF

UNCLOTHED GENITALS

B. VICTIM LESS THAN 15 YEARS OLD

C. PERPETRATOR AT LEAST FOUR YEARS

OLDER THAN VICTIM

PREVALENCE OF SERIOUS SEXUAL ABUSE

15-20% OF FEMALES

5-10% OF MALES

METHODS OF ESTIMATING PREVALENCE

SURVEYS

RETROSPECTIVE REPORTS

ACCURATE?

INCEST: SEXUAL RELATIONS WITH A RELATIVE

FATHER/STEP-FATHER INCEST: PROBABLY ABOUT 1%

CLAIMS THAT 50% OF WOMEN

ARE "INCEST VICTIMS"

BROAD DEFINITION OF "FAMILY MEMBER"

SEXUAL CONTACT NOT REQUIRED

PERPETRATORS OF SEXUAL ABUSE

USUALLY MALE

AGE OF ONSET USUALLY LATE TEENS OR EARLY 20'S

CATEGORIZING PEDOPHILES

FIXATED VS. REGRESSED (??)

"INCEST PERPETRATORS" VS. "PEDOPHILES" (??)

EXCLUSIVE VS. NON-EXCLUSIVE

PREFERENTIAL VS. SITUATIONAL

TREATMENT OF PEDOPHILIA

HOW TO MEASURE SUCCESS ?

PENILE PLETHYSMOGRAPH

SELF-REPORT

SUBSEQUENT ARRESTS

LENGTH OF FOLLOW-UP

CONTROL GROUPS

EMPATHY TRAINING

SATIATION

AVERSION

HORMONE TREATMENT: DEPO PROVERA

("CHEMICAL CASTRATION"

THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AND PEDOPHILIA

SCANDAL IN 1990'S

FATHER PORTER,

DIOCESE OF SANTA FE

CELIBACY CAUSES PEDOPHILIA ?

EARLY DETECTION OF PEDOPHILIC PRIESTS ?

SEXUAL ABUSE ALLEGATIONS

DURING DIVORCE/CUSTODY DISPUTES

EPIDEMIC OF FALSE ALLEGATIONS?

WOODY ALLEN / MIA FARROW

FATHERS' ATTORNEYS

RESEARCH:

ALLEGATIONS IN ABOUT 2%

OF CONTESTED CUSTODY CASES

50% INVOLVE ALLEGATIONS

BY MOTHER AGAINST FATHER.

25% INVOLVE ALLEGATIONS

BY FATHER AGAINST MOTHER

OR HER BOYFRIEND/HUSBAND

ALLEGATIONS IN DIVORCE/CUSTODY:

50% PROBABLY TRUE (?)

30% MISTAKEN (?)

20% DELIBERATE FALSIFICATION (?)

DURING DIVORCE/CUSTODY DISPUTES

BOTH TRUE AND FALSE ALLEGATIONS

BECOME MORE LIKELY

"REPRESSED MEMORIES" "RECOVERED MEMORIES"

SERIOUS, REPEATED ABUSE REMEMBERED

AFTER LONG PERIOD OF NOT REMEMBERING

MOST TRAUMATIC EVENTS

VIVIDLY RECALLED BY VICTIMS

(EXCEPTIONS: BRAIN INJURY,

CHEMICAL INFLUENCES)

SEXUAL TRAUMA AN EXCEPTION?

VIEWPOINT 1

UNCHAINED MEMORIES LENORE TERR

REPRESSION IS REAL

EILEEN FRANKLIN

GEORGE FRANKLIN

SUSAN NASON

MULTIPLE TRAUMA MORE LIKELY

TO BE "REPRESSED" THAN SINGLE TRAUMA

CLINICAL ANECDOTES

LACK OF RESEARCH SUPPORT

VIEWPOINT 2

THE MYTH OF REPRESSED MEMORY ELIZABETH LOFTUS

REPRESSION DOES NOT EXIST. BUT SOME SEXUAL ABUSE INCIDENTS MAY BE FORGOTTEN DUE TO ORDINARY FORGETTING PROCESSES.

A. AGE OF VICTIM

"INFANTILE AMNESIA"

VICTIMS 4 AND YOUNGER

ROSANNA BARR

B. SOCIAL NARRATIVE REHEARSAL

C. DELIBERATE SELF-DISTRACTION

VIEWPOINT 3

SUGGESTIONS OF ABUSE MICHAEL YAPKO

MAKING MONSTERS RICHARD OFSHE AND ETHAN WATTERS

SOME THERAPISTS ARE ACCIDENTALLY

CREATING FALSE MEMORIES OF ABUSE

IN CLIENTS' MINDS.

QUESTIONABLE BELIEFS OF SOME THERAPISTS

A. SEXUAL ABUSE COMMON CAUSE

OF ADULT PSYCHOPATHOLOGY

B. REPRESSION/DISSOCIATION COMMON

AMONG TRAUMA VICTIMS

QUESTIONABLE PRACTICES OF SOME THERAPISTS

C. DIAGNOSIS OF "REPRESSED" ABUSE ON BASIS OF AMBIGUOUS SYMPTOMS

D. "UNCOVERING" OF MEMORIES WITH DREAMS, HYPNOSIS, GUIDED IMAGERY, DRUGS

1995 SURVEY:

ABOUT 25% OF PH.D. PSYCHOLOGISTS

ACCEPT 3 OR MORE OF THE QUESTIONABLE

BELIEFS/PRACTICES

INFLUENTIAL BOOKS PROMOTE

QUESTIONABLE BELIEFS AND PRACTICES

THE COURAGE TO HEAL

BOOKS ON "SURVIVORS," MULTIPLE PERSONALITY

RESEARCH EVIDENCE:

HYPNOSIS, SUGGESTION AND DRUGS

CAN LEAD TO TENACIOUSLY HELD

FALSE MEMORIES

"A THUD IN THE NIGHT"

"PUNCHBOWL STUDY"

VIEWPOINT 4

PSYCHOLOGY IN PERSPECTIVE CAROL TAVRIS

FALSE MEMORIES OF ABUSE ARE COMMON

DUE TO THERAPIST PRACTICES.

NEVERTHELESS, AT LEAST SOME CASES

OF "RECOVERED" MEMORIES ARE PROBABLY TRUE.

MOST CAUSE FOR DOUBT:

(A) NO MEMORY OF ABUSE

BEFORE THERAPY

(B) QUESTIONABLE PRACTICES USED

TO "RECOVER" MEMORIES

(C) MEMORIES BECOME MORE BIZARRE

OVER TIME

(D) LACK OF CORROBORATING EVIDENCE

EXAMPLE OF "BIZARRE" MEMORIES:

"SATANIC RITUAL ABUSE"

1. PRE-SCHOOL CASES

(MCMARTIN PRESCHOOL,

KELLY MICHAELS)

2. ADULT "SURVIVORS"

MICHELLE REMEMBERS

PROBLEMS WITH PRESCHOOL CASES:

CHILDREN'S STATEMENTS INCONSISTENT

AND IMPROBABLE

PHYSICAL EVIDENCE ABSENT OR CONTRADICTORY

CHILDREN'S STATEMENTS OBTAINED BY

IMPROPER INTERVIEWING TECHNIQUES

ADULT SURVIVORS WITH RECOVERED MEMORIES

OF RITUAL ABUSE

LACK OF INDEPENDENT CORROBORATION

CONTRADICTORY EVIDENCE

MICHELLE REMEMBERS

RAMPARTS

MEMORIES RECOVERED

USING QUESTIONABLE TECHNIQUES

NO EVIDENCE OF MULTIGENERATIONAL SATANIC CULTS

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