Re: degree of trauma and pedophile

["Debra L. Sobey" <dsobey@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dwight,

Just a few questions.  Will intervention or lack of be considered an
indicator?  If so, will the method, level, duration and quality of
intervention be considered in the development of such a tool?  If not, how
will you assess such variables.

I have great interest in the development of such a tool and actually have a
lot of questions.  Perhaps we could dialouge.  Do you have ICQ?

I am a liaison between the criminal justice system and families experiencing
violence.  I have spent 12 years in the field, 5 of which I also spent
researching the sadistic abuse of children under 11, as well as the
long-term effects of such abuse.

sincerely,

Debra



-----Original Message-----
From: R. Dwight Noble <rdnoble@indiana.edu>
To: Child Maltreatment Researchers
<CHILD-MALTREATMENT-RESEARCH-L@cornell.edu>
Date: Friday, May 07, 1999 11:36 AM
Subject: Re: degree of trauma and pedophile


>Hello group,
>
>Need some help for a student of mine.  He's constructing a instrument that
>might assess the risk for perpetrators of sexual abuse.
>
>A basic assumption he has made is that as the degree of truama increases
>during childhood the propensity to become a perpetrator increases
>(contributory impact).  Makes sense on some level, but I'm not convinced
>that there is research to back up this assumption.
>
>Help.  If any of you can point us towards such research, that would be
>greatly appreciated.
>
>
>
>Dwight Noble, Ed.D., LMFT
>Indiana University
>Department of Criminal Justice
>Bloomington, Indiana
>
>