PSY 622 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Centre For Addiction And Mental Health, Sex Doll, James Cantor

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 622
• Professor: Alasdair Goodwill

Document Summary

Aversive stimuli - give offenders vials that stink so anytime they had a sexual thought they had to sniff that and so they paired the two together through conditioning so that they are no longer attracted to children. Pedophilia is a sexual preference so no aversive stimuli will change their preference but it may help manage it: operant conditioning - reduce deviant sexual interests, pair deviant thoughts/acts with aversive stimuli. Provide support & treatment (cid:862)(cid:449)ork (cid:449)ith offe(cid:374)der to (cid:373)ake sure it does(cid:374)"t happe(cid:374) agai(cid:374)(cid:863) Example: camh tx offenders (outpatient): motivation is decent. St. john"s newfoundland resident kenneth harrisson (51 year old electrician) bought child sex doll on internet from japan. Intercepted by customs, charged with possessing child pornography: harrisson has pleaded not guilty. "actual child pornography is evidence itself of a crime being committed. But that"s (cid:374)ot the (cid:272)ase (cid:449)ith a (cid:272)hild se(cid:454) doll,(cid:862) there"s no victim - so although it may not be right/healthy but it"s not illegal.