Pedophilia PEDOPHILIA ATTRACTION TO SAME AGE CHILDREN CHAP

Research has provided evidence that pedophilia remains prevalent. Pedophilia includes the chronophilic stigma that the partner is disparate in age to be eligible, which is legally classified as criminal. Pedophilia became an issue in psychiatry due to the forbidden age of the partner (Money, 1988). Musk, Swetz, and Vernon (1997) reported that in the mid-1990Æs over 43,522 child molesters were incarcerated in state prisons and 80 percent of those convicted for child molestation did not serve prison time. Bradford (2000) reported further that by 1940, 24 percent of females reported sexual abuse by a male five years or more older, prior to the age of fourteen years; this included fondling or mild petting in 31 percent of cases and sexual intercourse in 93 percent of the cases. The cost of incarceration for these individuals was in excess of $2 billion in 1992.

The danger to the children abused by the pedophile has also been reported. Around six percent of pedophiles are labeled as sadists and presumed to be extremely dangerous to children. Of those incarcerated for one molestation it has been estimated that 30 more have taken place. Musk, Swetz, and Vernon (1997) reported that the average non-incarcerated pedophile molests 117 victims. Pam and Rivera (1995) further report on the dangers inherent in pedophilia. In a Thematic Apperception Test protocol of a 17-year-old male patient, a disturbin

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und & Watson, 1991). Freund and Blanchard (1989) reported on the Phallometric diagnosis of pedophilia. The authors stated that pedophilia is defined as the erotic preference for prepubescent children and hebophilia includes the preference for pubescent children. Both may include either a heterosexual or homosexual preference. Diagnosis of this disorder may not be accurately made from a patient's history. Self-report is unreliable, since pedophiles tend to deny their preferences. In addition it may be difficult to determine if an individual has an inadequate sexual approach which may be treated with counseling, behavior therapy, or psychotherapy, or if the individual truly prefers the immature physique, which would indicate the diagnosis of pedophilia and the need for a treatment with a sex-drive-reducing medication. Thus an alternative assessment is required to determine erotic age preferences. The phallometric method has been used as if it is reliable and valid in all cases, when it may not be. This method may also be influenced by a denial of tendencies. To test the sensitivity and specificity of a phallometric test for pedophilia, Freund and Blanchard used this test to assess a sample of 47 men who had been acc
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