On Pedophilia: A Collection of Noteworthy Scholarly Articles and Books

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Foreword
JOURNALS AND PUBLISHERS
Note on organization of Contents
CONTENTS, thematic
Bibliography: Terminology
Bibliography: Effects of adult-minor sexual interaction
Effects of pedophilia - Clinical and mixed samples
Effects of pedophilia - Non-clinical samples
Bibliography: Characteristics of pedophiles
Bibliography: Behavior of male pedophiles attracted to boys
Ethical issues - Adult-minor sexual activity
Bibliography: Prevalence of pedophilia
Bibliography: Theories of Causation
Bibliography: Treatment methods
Ethical issues - Treatment methods
Ethical issues - Aversion therapy and sex-drive reducing drugs
Bibliography: Problems with research - Theoretical and methodological problems
Problems with research - Definitional problems
Problems with research - Problems of objectivity
Problems with research - Political impediments
Problems with research - Ethical issues - Scientific integrity
Bibliography: Youth issues
Bibliography: Policy implications
CONTENTS, (simple - titles & authors, ordered by [first] author's last name)
CONTENTS: Full bibliography
Article: Legal, social, and biological definitions of pedophilia
Authors: M. Ashley Ames and David A. Houston
Summary
Article: A Review of the Short-Term Effects of Child Sexual Abuse
Authors: Joseph H. Beitchman, K. Zucker, J. Hood, G. DaCosta, & D. Akman
Notes
Effects On Pre-Schoolers
Effects On School-Age Children
Effects On Adolescents
Article: A Review of the Long-Term Effects of Child Sexual Abuse
Authors: Joseph H. Beitchman, K. Zucker, J. Hood, G. DaCosta, D. Akman, & E. Cassavia
Notes
Article: Pedophilia: Psychological consequences for the child
Author: Frits Bernard
Notes
Case studies
Conclusions
Article: The heterogeneity/homogeneity of pedophilia
Authors: J.M.W. Bradford, B.A. Bloomberg, & D. Bourget
Notes
Article: The effects of early sexual experiences: A review and synthesis of research
Author: Larry L. Constantine
Notes
Article: Aversion Therapy
Author: Council on Scientific Affairs
Summary
Article: Treatment Approaches with Pedophiles
Author: David Crawford
Notes
Castration
Hormones and Drugs
Psychoanalysis
Psychotherapy
Assertiveness training
Behavior modification techniques
Social skills training
Sex education
Recommendations
Article: Introduction; A Biosocial Overview
Author: Jay Feierman
Notes
The State of Research
Terminology
Theory of Causation
Child Sexual Abuse and Effects Research
Conclusions and Recommendations
Article: Human Erotic Age Orientation: A Conclusion
Author: Jay Feierman
Summary
Book details: Childhood sexual abuse: An evidence based perspective
Authors: David M. Fergusson and Paul E. Mullen
Notes
The concept of child sexual abuse
Prevalence
Short-term effects
Long-term effects
Article: What’s wrong with sex between adults and children?
Author: David Finkelhor
Notes
Article: Paraphilias and therapy
Author: A. Fog
Abstract
Notes
Article: Toward a testable developmental model of pedophilia: The development of erotic age preference
Authors: Kurt Freund and Michael Kuban
Notes
Article: Assessment of pedophilia
Author: Kurt Freund
Notes
The plethysmograph
Pedophilia
Article: Long-term psychological correlates of childhood sexual abuse in two samples of college men
Authors: Mary Ellen Fromuth and Barry R. Burkhart
Notes
Article: The abused/abuser hypothesis of child sexual abuse: A critical review of theory and research
Authors: Randall J. Garland and Michael J. Dougher
Notes
Article: Helping people with pedophilic feelings
Author: Frans Gieles
Full text of lecture
Introduction
Three kinds of intervention
Recidivism rates
A critical view of the treatment method
The self-help method
Results
Final remarks
Article: Is pedophilia a mental disorder?
Author: Richard Green
Notes
Book details: Theory-based assessment, treatment, and prevention of sexual aggression
Author: Gordon C. Nagayama Hall
Notes
Theories of sexual aggression
Treatment approaches
Recommendations
Editorial: The ethics of anti-androgen therapy
Author: Seymour L. Halleck
Summary
Article: Sexual Arousal and Arousability to Pedophilic Stimuli in a Community Sample of Normal Men
Authors: Gordon C. Nagayama Hall, Richard Hirschman, and Lori L. Oliver
Abstract
Summary
Article: Methodological issues in child sexual abuse research
Authors: Jeffrey J. Haugaard and Robert E. Emery
Notes
Article: The challenge of defining child sexual abuse
Author: Jeffrey J. Haugaard
Notes
Article: Adult sexual interest in children: Considerations relevant to theories of aetiology
Author: Kevin Howells
Notes
Psychoanalytic theories
Social learning theories
Characteristics of pedophiles
Sexual preference
Aggressiveness
Heterosexual vs. homosexual preference
Biases in the literature
Article: Participating victims: A study of sexual offenses with boys
Author: Michael Ingram
Notes
Article: The Study of Intergenerational Intimacy in North America: Beyond Politics and Pedophilia
Author: Gerald Jones
Abstract
Summary
Article: Childhood Sexual Experiences: Problems and Issues in Studying Long-Range Effects
Author: Allie Kilpatrick
Abstract
Notes
Definition of terms
Sampling Problems
Measures of Consequences
Studies Finding Primarily Harmful Long-Term Effects
Studies Finding Primarily Neutral Long-Term Effects
A Study Finding Primarily Beneficial Long-Term Effects
Conclusions and Recommendations
Book details: Sexual strands: Understanding and treating sexual anomalies in men
Author: Ron Langevin
Notes
Chapter 3 – Treatment methods
Criticisms of behavioral methods
Other methods
Effectiveness of treatment
Chapter 4 – Homosexuality
Chapter 8 – Heterosexual and homosexual pedophilia
Treatment of pedophilia
Article: Aversion therapy: Punishment as treatment and treatment as cruel and unusual punishment
Author: S.N. Leinwand
Excerpts
Article: Adult sexual experiences with children
Author: Chin-Keung Li
Notes
Prevalence
Effects of adult-child sexual interaction
Models for understanding adult-child sexual interaction
The issue of consent
Legal implications
Article: Some Case Studies of Adult Sexual Experiences with Children
Author: Chin-Keung Li
Abstract
Notes
Book details: Treating the sexual offender
Author: Barry M. Maletzky
Notes
Aversive conditioning
Covert techniques
Overt techniques
Arousal reconditioning
Book details: Punishment and its alternatives
Authors: J.L. Matson and T.M. DiLorenzo
Notes
Ethical Issues
Article: Unresolved issues in scientific sexology
Author: Nathaniel McConaghy
Notes
Validity of phallometric assessment
Lack of evidence that phallometrically assessed sexual preference can be altered
Failure to confront evidence of lack of effectiveness of relapse prevention
Article: The relation between early abuse and adult sexuality
Authors: Cindy M. Meston, Julia R. Heiman, University of Washington, and Paul D. Trapnell
Notes
Method
Results
Discussion
Article: The worst combinations of child abuse and neglect
Authors: P. Ney, T. Fung, and A.R. Wickett
Notes
Method
Results
Discussion
Article: Personality Correlates of Pedophilia: Are They Reliable Indicators?
Authors: Paul Okami and Amy Goldberg
Abstract
Notes
Definitional problems in most research
Social inadequacy
Low Intelligence
Affective pathology—anxiety and depression
Religious and sexual conservatism
Narcissism
Psychosocial development and gender pathology
Psychosexual immaturity and phobic responses to females
Aggression
Summary and Conclusions
Article: Sociopolitical Biases in the Contemporary Scientific Literature on Adult Human Sexual Behavior with Children and Adolescents
Author: Paul Okami
Notes
The origins and tenets of victimological research
Failures of methodological integrity
Failures of integrity in discourse
Utilization of legal, moral, and political criteria, rather than empirically based criteria, in establishing operational definitions
Iatrogenic results of victimological research
Article: A Meta-Analytic Review of Findings from National Samples on Psychological Correlates of Child Sexual Abuse
Authors: Bruce Rind and Philip Tromovitch
Abstract
Notes
Previous Reviews of the Literature on CSA
The Meta-Analysis
Self-Reported Effects
Measures of Psychological and Sexual Adjustment
Conclusions
Article: A meta-analytic examination of assumed properties of child sexual abuse using college samples
Authors: Bruce Rind, Philip Tromovitch and Robert Bauserman
Abstract
Notes
Previous Literature Reviews
Current Review
Method
Results
Prevalence
Comparison of CSA experiences with those in population samples
Relationship between CSA and adjustment
Mediators
Relationship between CSA and self-reports
Family environment
Controlling for family environment
Discussion
Gender
Causality
Pervasiveness and intensity of harm
Moderators
Child sexual abuse as a construct reconsidered
Summary and Conclusions
Book details: Boys on their contacts with men: A study of sexually expressed friendships
Author: Theodorus Sandfort
Notes
Definitions
Characteristics of pedophiles and pedophile relationships
The study
Relationships
Sexual activity
Feelings about sexual activity
Power difference
Effects of the opinions of others
Importance of the boys’ perspective
Implications for policy
Book details: And Then I Became Gay: Young Men's Stories
Author: Ritch C. Savin-Williams
Notes
Chapter 4: First Gay Sex
First gay sex during early adolescence
First gay sex during middle adolescence
Chapter 8 - First Gay Romance
Age-discrepant relationships
Article: The Dilemma of the Male Pedophile
Author: Gunter Schmidt
Notes
Article: Self-reported sexual interest in children: Sex differences and psychosocial correlates in a university sample
Authors: Kathy Smiljanich and John Briere
Notes
Article: The Male Adolescent Involved With a Pederast Becomes an Adult
Author: Ralph Tindall
Abstract
Notes
Ronald
Denver
Eugene
August
James
Carl
Boyd
Burt
Jeff
Discussion
Article: Policing "perversion"
Author: Daniel C. Tsang
Summary
Article: Man-Boy Lovers: Assessment, Counseling, and Psychotherapy
Author: Alex Van Naerssen
Abstract
Notes
Article: A Model for Group Counseling with Male Pedophiles
Author: Gertjan van Zessen
Abstract
Summary
Article: The child as participating victim
Author: Matti Virkkunen
Notes
Article: Sexual encounters between boys and adults
Authors: Donald J. West and T.P. Woodhouse
Notes
Background
The student survey
Follow-up interviews
The electoral register survey
The study of gay men
Conclusions
Article: Boys and Sexual Abuse: An English Opinion
Author: Donald J. West
Notes
Introduction
Prevalence estimates
Reactions to sexual activity with adults
The age factor
Potential for harm
Policy implications
Conclusion
Book details: The Child-Lovers: A Study of Paedophiles in Society
Authors: Glenn D. Wilson and David N. Cox
Notes
Feelings of attraction
Development
Mental Health and Personality
Attitudes and Behavior
Rex
Adam
William
Eric
John
Neil
Peter
Garry
Harry
Derek
Moral Issues
Myths and Facts about male homosexual attraction to minors
Myth 1: All pedophiles and ephebophiles are child molesters.
Myth 2: Pedophiles and ephebophiles are violent and want power over their sexual partners.
Myth 3: Pedophiles and ephebophiles were sexually abused as children.
Myth 4: Pedophiles are always adults.
Myth 5: Pedophiles and ephebophiles are psychosexually immature or fear relationships with adults.
Myth 6: Pedophiles and ephebophiles are socially inadequate or unassertive, or have low intelligence.
Myth 7: Pedophiles and ephebophiles are psychopathic or neurotic.
Myth 8: Child sexual abuse is a recognizable syndrome that can be diagnosed by the presence of certain symptoms.
Myth 9: Boys are always severely harmed by sexual activity with adults.
Myth 10: It is known that a large proportion of children are severely sexually abused in childhood.
Male Homosexual Attraction to Minors Information Center
For quick information:
Introduction to MHAM - an overview of the material here
Myths and Facts - research addressing popular beliefs about MHAM
Problems - problems with research - crucial for understanding this site
Terminology - definitions of terms - crucial for understanding this site
Characteristics - personality traits of men attracted to boys
Prevalence - how many men are attracted to boys
Causes - theories regarding the cause of minor-attraction
Behavior - behavior of men who are attracted to boys
Effects - effects of adult-minor sexual interaction
Treatment - methods for treating minor-attracted men
Youth - boys attracted to younger boys or in relationships with men
Policy - policy implications of research findings
Ethics - related to sexual behavior, treatment, and research
Introduction to male homosexual attraction to minors
1. What is male homosexual attraction to minors?
2. Is it the same as pedophilia?
3. MHAM and child molestation
4. Power and aggression
5. Violence
6. Obsession and addiction
7. How many men are attracted to underage boys?
8. Causes of attraction to minors
9. When does attraction to minors begin?
10. Methods of treatment
11. Effects on boys of sexual interaction with adults
12. The state of research
Introduction
Summary
Annotated bibliography: Theoretical and methodological problems
Annotated bibliography: Definitional problems
Annotated bibliography: Problems of objectivity
Annotated bibliography: Political impediments
Criteria for inclusion of research
Terminology
Male homosexual attraction to minors
Attraction to adolescent boys
Attraction to prepubescent children
Important distinctions
Ephebophilia vs. pedophilia
Feelings vs. behavior
Scientific vs. legal definitions
Child sexual abuse
Annotated bibliography
Characteristics of minor-attracted men
Introduction
State of research
Personality studies
Feelings of attraction
Annotated bibliography
Prevalence of MHAM
Non-preferential attraction
Preferential attraction
Annotated bibliography
Theories for the cause of minor-attraction
Introduction
The abused-abuser hypothesis
Psychoanalytic theories[6]
Biological theories[7]
Cognitive theories[8]
Developmental theories[12]
Behavioral theories[13]
Isolated minority syndrome
General criticisms of most theories
Annotated bibliography
Behavior of men attracted to boys
Celibacy
Sexual behavior
Unwanted or aggressive sexual behavior
Annotated Bibliography
Effects of adult-minor sexual interaction
Types of research
Findings of research
Annotated bibliography: Clinical and mixed samples
Annotated bibliography: Non-clinical samples
Methods of treatment Important note
Therapy in general
* off-site article
Types of treatment
Sexual recovery programs
Sex offender treatment
Phallometric assessment
Castration[9]
Sex-drive reducing drugs
Antiandrogen Drugs
Cyproterone Acetate (CPA)
Medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA, Depo Provera)
* off-site article
Opinions regarding safety and informed consent
Behavioral methods
Aversion therapy
Other behavioral methods[36]
Masturbatory satiation
Orgasmic reconditioning
Systematic desensitization
Cognitive methods[37]
Psychotherapy for sex offenders[38]
Individual psychotherapy
Group psychotherapy
Use of sex offender treatment on youth[39]
Effectiveness of sex offender treatment
Recommendations for sex offender treatment
A combination approach[49]
Castration, sex-drive reducing drugs, and aversion therapy[50]
Other methods
Counseling
Youth issues
Attraction to younger boys
Treatment for boys attracted to younger boys
Sexual relationships with men
Annotated bibliography
Policy implications of research
Child maltreatment statistics - 1999[1]
Source
Annotated bibliography
Ethical issues
Annotated bibliography: Adult-minor sexual activity
Annotated bibliography: Treatment
Annotated bibliography: Aversion therapy and sex-drive reducing drugs
Annotated bibliography: Scientific integrity
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Appendices
Everything you wanted to know about The Rind Controversy
What happened
Rind, Tromovitch, and Bauserman: Politically incorrect—scientifically correct
Debunking the false allegation of “statistical abuse”
Websites of Interest