Psychology 2032A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Aversion Therapy, Rape Fantasy, Pedophilia

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2032A/B
• Professor: John Campbell

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Classification sexual offenders: voyeurs, exhibitionists, rapists, pedophiles: ha(cid:448)e(cid:374)"t a(cid:272)tually (cid:373)olested yet, they have sexual thoughts about children but do not act upon the urges, child molesters, intra-familial (incest, extra-familial. 2: more likely to report feelings of remorse after, subdivided based on coercion, sex-pressure, sex-force: exploitative type and sadistic type. Adolescent sex offenders: commit 20% rapes, commit 30-50% child sexual abuse, history of sexual abuse common, victim tend to be young (less than 9) Female sex offenders: only 2-5% incarcerated sex offenders are female, underestimated, four types, teacher/lover, male-coerced, male-accompanied, predisposed. Theories of sexual aggression: preconditions, motivated, lack of internal inhibitions, overcome external inhibitions, o(cid:448)er(cid:272)o(cid:373)e (cid:272)hild"s resista(cid:374)(cid:272)e (cid:894)physi(cid:272)ally or (cid:271)y (cid:271)ri(cid:271)i(cid:374)g or flattery(cid:895) Video: a place for paedophiles: coalinga state hospital treat sex offenders, all served prison time for rape and child molestation, then diagnosed with a sexual disorder and sent here against their will.