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Re: your thoughts?
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<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2>Debra, and Dwight,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000000 size=2></FONT><FONT size=2>An instrument to assess risk
for sexual abuse perptration would need several variables, as trauma is probably
not the only risk. Many children are sexually abused but do not go on to
abuse others. I don't know enough science about the S/A perp profile, but
I asume that these would be key issues: (1) perps were isolated as children and
as adults (so that other socialization did not develop), (2) they were sexually
abused, but this needs to be clarified: was their 'participation' active or
passive, one-time or multiple, (3) had they developed non-pedophile sexual
interests prior to their sexualization by a pedophile, (4) did they receive tx
and was it effective (how is it that we always ignore this in our
instruments!). I put the isolation first, because that seems to me to be
the really strong issue in a child recovering from abuse (physical or
sexual). What I mean by it, is if the child has some real, caring, mutual
contact with an adult (the way Rogers might describe it), the chances of being
abused is reduced somewhat, but the risk of being completely damaged by abuse is
significantly reduced. I think a lot of kids have well-meaning, but not
really mutual contact with their parents.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>So, this will be a tough instrument to write! (and I'm not
sure perps (or non-perps) will be able to be fully revealing on
it.)</FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>I hope this helps.</FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>Cathie M. Currie, Ph.D.</FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>CUNY Medical School</FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>NY, NY</FONT> </DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><B>-----Original Message-----</B><BR><B>From:
</B>Debra L. Sobey <<A
href="mailto:dsobey@ncfcomm.com";>dsobey@ncfcomm.com</A>><BR><B>To:
</B>Child Maltreatment Researchers <<A
href="mailto:CHILD-MALTREATMENT-RESEARCH-L@cornell.edu";>CHILD-MALTREATMENT-RESEARCH-L@cornell.edu</A>><BR><B>Date:
</B>Friday, May 14, 1999 8:53 AM<BR><B>Subject: </B>your
thoughts?<BR><BR></DIV></FONT>
<DIV>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: R. Dwight Noble <<A
href="mailto:rdnoble@indiana.edu";>rdnoble@indiana.edu</A>><BR>To: Child
Maltreatment Researchers<BR><<A
href="mailto:CHILD-MALTREATMENT-RESEARCH-L@cornell.edu";>CHILD-MALTREATMENT-RESEARCH-L@cornell.edu</A>><BR>Date:
Friday, May 07, 1999 11:36 AM<BR>Subject: Re: degree of trauma and
pedophile<BR><BR><BR>>Hello group,<BR>><BR>>Need some help for a
student of mine. He's constructing a instrument that<BR>>might
assess the risk for perpetrators of sexual abuse.<BR>><BR>>A basic
assumption he has made is that as the degree of truama
increases<BR>>during childhood the propensity to become a perpetrator
increases<BR>>(contributory impact). Makes sense on some level, but
I'm not convinced<BR>>that there is research to back up this
assumption.<BR>><BR>>Help. If any of you can point us towards
such research, that would be<BR>>greatly
appreciated.<BR>><BR>><BR>><BR>>Dwight Noble, Ed.D.,
LMFT<BR>>Indiana University<BR>>Department of Criminal
Justice<BR>>Bloomington, Indiana<BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>
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