Typologies and Psychological Profiles of Child Sexual Abusers: An Extensive Review

Child sexual abuse is a public health issue that has been associated with a variety of negative health outcomes. Child sexual abusers constitute a heterogeneous population of individuals. This review lays out an overview of the current understanding of typologies and psychological profiles of child sexual abusers. Typologies of child sexual abusers in general and online child sexual abusers are reviewed to summarise the existing knowledge. Psychological traits including personality traits, cognitive distortion, empathy, and impulsivity are examined to provide a wider perspective of the psycho-criminogenic factors of child sexual abuse. Although past research on child sexual abusers has provided insights into the organisation and classification of different types of child sexual abusers, the classification of these typologies has drawn widespread criticisms. In this review, we discuss the challenges and limitations pertaining to the existing typologies and studies related to the psychological profile of child sexual abusers.

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Child Sexual Abuse: A Public Health Issue

Criminal Justice Studies A Critical Journal of Crime Law and Society ◽

10.1080/08884310420001679386 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 17 (1) ◽

pp. 107-126 ◽

Cited By ~ 19

Author(s):

James F. Anderson ◽

Nancie J. Mangels ◽

Adam Langsam

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Sexual Abuse ◽

Child Sexual Abuse ◽

Health Issue ◽

Public Health Issue

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Adaptation of Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for cases of child sexual abuse with complex trauma: A clinical case illustration

International Journal of Child and Adolescent Resilience ◽

10.7202/1072599ar ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 7 (1) ◽

pp. 211-221

Author(s):

Martine Hébert ◽

Isabelle V. Daignault ◽

Claudia Blanchard-Dallaire

Keyword(s):

Sexual Abuse ◽

Child Sexual Abuse ◽

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy ◽

Clinical Case ◽

Complex Trauma ◽

Behavioural Therapy ◽

Public Health Issue ◽

Child Victims ◽

Cognitive Behavioural ◽

Personalized Approach

Child sexual abuse is an important public health issue given its magnitude and the multiple associated consequences. The diversity of profiles in child victims of sexual abuse calls for a more personalized approach to treatment. Indeed, recent studies suggest that children display a variety of symptoms and that a subgroup of sexually abused children may present a profile of complex trauma. This article first presents a review of the scientific literature that positions Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (TF-CBT; Cohen et al., 2017) amongst the best practices to address trauma-related symptoms following child sexual abuse; whether it is co-occurring with other forms of violence or not. Various adaptations of TF-CBT therapy are proposed by the authors (Cohen et al., 2012) to treat children facing complex trauma. These adaptations are summarized and illustrated with the presentation of a clinical case involving two siblings from the same family.

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Characteristics of Juvenile Delinquency with Special Emphasis on Juveniles as Child Sexual Abusers

SEEU Review ◽

10.2478/seeur-2021-0009 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 16 (1) ◽

pp. 80-92

Author(s):

Vedije Ratkoceri ◽

Ebru Ibis

Keyword(s):

Sexual Abuse ◽

Child Sexual Abuse ◽

Juvenile Delinquency ◽

Specific Form ◽

Social Pathology ◽

Deviant Behaviors ◽

Criminal Offenses ◽

Child Sexual Abusers ◽

The Difference ◽

Perpetrators And Victims

Abstract The paper is composed of two parts. The first part covers juvenile delinquency with all its characteristics. When analyzing the delinquency, we gave a special place to the socio-pathological phenomena which is more and more present and the rate is higher from year to year. Social pathology is a huge issue that requires special commitment, first, for its detection and then prevention. Within the delinquency, we also cover the most common crimes committed by juveniles. In the second part of this paper, the authors deal in more details with a specific form of crime which can also be committed by juveniles: child sexual abuse and pedophilia. First, the difference between child sexual abuse and pedophilia will be discussed, a difference that is of particular importance in cases where minors are abusers. Furthermore, the main characteristics of cases when both perpetrators and victims of sexual abuse are minors will be addressed. Although these criminal offenses are rarer in practice unlike the criminal offenses and deviant behaviors treated in the first part, however, knowing the main characteristics and specifics of such cases is of particular importance for the legal-criminal treatment of the perpetrators of these criminal offenses.

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Factors Influencing Non-Disclosure of Child Sexual Abuse Amongst Bapedi Tribe in Polokwane, Limpopo Province, South Africa

Global Journal of Health Science ◽

10.5539/gjhs.v11n12p175 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 11 (12) ◽

pp. 175

Author(s):

Rapholo Selelo Frank

Keyword(s):

Sexual Abuse ◽

Child Sexual Abuse ◽

Cultural Beliefs ◽

Influential Factors ◽

Limpopo Province ◽

Public Health Issue ◽

Global Public Health ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Sexual Offences ◽

The Family

Child sexual abuse is a global public health issue calling the attention of practitioners, scholars and policy makers to address it. This study argues that children are being sexually abused both by family and non-family members, and such incidents are not always reported and/or disclosed due to various influential factors. This study was aimed at exploring and describing possible influential factors for the non-disclosure of child sexual abuse amongst Bapedi tribe. A qualitative approach with a descriptive phenomenological design was followed. Fifteen caregivers of children were purposively selected in order to pursue the aim of this study.  Data was collected through semi-structured interviews and analysed thematically through the help of Nvivo Software. The findings indicate that due to factors such as fear of the perpetrator, the practice of the spirit of ubuntu, socio-economic status of the family and relationship with the perpetrator, protecting the dignity of the family, fear of victimisation, fear of witchcraft, and cultural beliefs, child sexual abuse in the Bapedi tribe is an issue to be dealt with by families affected and if need be, traditional courts intervene in case the families disagree. It can therefore be concluded that there is a lack of information on the nastiness of child sexual offences against children amongst Bapedi tribe. Therefore, the Bapedi tribe must be empowered to disclose and/or report child sexual abuse and the implications of not doing so.

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Child Sexual Abuse as a Public Health Issue: Recommendations of an Expert Panel

Sexual Abuse ◽

10.1177/107906329901100402 ◽

1999 ◽

Vol 11 (4) ◽

pp. 257-266 ◽

Cited By ~ 33

Author(s):

Pamela M. McMahon ◽

Robin C. Puettl

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Sexual Abuse ◽

Child Sexual Abuse ◽

Expert Panel ◽

Health Issue ◽

Public Health Issue

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Malpractice & Negligence: State Supreme Courts Limit Therapists’ Duties to Third Parties

The Journal of Law Medicine & Ethics ◽

10.1017/s1073110500012985 ◽

1999 ◽

Vol 27 (2) ◽

pp. 204-205

Author(s):

Megan Cleary

Keyword(s):

Sexual Abuse ◽

Child Sexual Abuse ◽

Supreme Court ◽

New Hampshire ◽

Third Parties ◽

State Supreme Courts ◽

Recovered Memories ◽

Supreme Courts ◽

Repressed Memory ◽

University Of Colorado

In recent years, the law in the area of recovered memories in child sexual abuse cases has developed rapidly. See J.K. Murray, “Repression, Memory & Suggestibility: A Call for Limitations on the Admissibility of Repressed Memory Testimony in Abuse Trials,” University of Colorado Law Review, 66 (1995): 477-522, at 479. Three cases have defined the scope of liability to third parties. The cases, decided within six months of each other, all involved lawsuits by third parties against therapists, based on treatment in which the patients recovered memories of sexual abuse. The New Hampshire Supreme Court, in Hungerford v. Jones, 722 A.2d 478 (N.H. 1998), allowed such a claim to survive, while the supreme courts in Iowa, in J.A.H. v. Wadle & Associates, 589 N.W.2d 256 (Iowa 1999), and California, in Eear v. Sills, 82 Cal. Rptr. 281 (1991), rejected lawsuits brought by nonpatients for professional liability.

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