This book examines the modern pandemic of online child sexual exploitation (OCSE). It explores the prevalence, perpetration, impact, and victimization of as well as therapy for child sexual exploitation and its interaction with child sexual abuse. Chapters discuss OCSE from neuropsychological, epidemiological, neurological, behavioral, psychological, clinical, neurobiological and epigenetic perspectives. The volume also addresses the physical and mental impact of early exposure to pornography. The book serves as a resource on an issue that is proving exponentially complex as technology ceaselessly evolves at a faster rate than its consequences can be understood and addressed.
Key areas of coverage include:- Neuropsychological changes and dysfunctional coping mechanisms resulting from both online and offline child sexual abuse.
- The psychological, emotional, and physical impacts (e.g., depression, anxiety, PTSD, and self-harm) of child sexual abuse.
- Prevention and early intervention strategies, including scalable technological responses.
- Developing a public health approach to preventing and addressing online child abuse and exploitation.
- Porn culture and its impact on children, adolescents, and emerging adults.
- The neurobiology and epigenetic impact of trauma.
This book is a must-have resource for researchers, clinicians, and graduate students in child and school psychology, public health, social work as well as interrelated disciplines, including neuropsychology, neurobiology, sociology, anthropology, and educational policy and politics.
Author(s): Ernesto Caffo
Publisher: Springer
Year: 2021
Language: English
Pages: 122
City: Cham
Preface
Contents
About the Contributors
Introduction
Child Abuse and Exploitation: What We Know About the Problem and New Perspectives
Introduction and Overview of Child Abuse and Exploitation and Sexual Offending Against Children
Child Exploitation Online
Paedophilia
Prevention and Intervention Programmes
Overall Goals, Key Messages and Future Directions
References
What Do We Know About Online Sexual Offending?
Introduction
Perpetrator Characteristics
Recidivism Rates
Risk Assessment
Prevention and Early Intervention
Conclusion
References
Affordances, Social Media and the Criminogenic Nature of the Internet: Technology-Mediated Child Sexual Abuse
Introduction
Cybercrime
Cybercrime Migration?
Affordances
Technological Affordances and CSAM
Criminogenic Qualities of the Internet
Practice Implications
Conclusion
References
Pornography and the Developing Brain: Protecting the Children
Pornified: Pornography’s Connection to Long-Term Damage and Violence
Pornography as Teacher
Miseducation About Sexuality
Miseducation About Self-Esteem
Porn: Flexible and Fast
Entitlement, Narcissism, and Relative Deprivation
Permission-Giving Beliefs
Moving from Beliefs to Behaviors
If You Can Buy It, You Can Steal It: The Seamless Continuum
Research Findings on the Impact of Pornography
Pornography’s Effect on Male Thinking
Pornography’s Effect on Male Behavior
Pornography’s Effect on Females
Pornography’s Effect on Children
Sexual Exploitation Industry Performers
Summary
References
Therapeutic Approaches to Abuse and Intellectual Disability: The Invisible Victims
Introduction: Child Dignity at Risk for Disabled Children
Intellectual Disability: Prevalence and Incidence and Definition
The Basic Statistics of Abuse
The Discourse About Sexuality and Risk
Institutional Abuse and Institutional Care
Relationship and Sex Education/Staff Training and Barefoot Help
Education and Inclusion
How to Recognise Abuse and How to Listen to Disabled People Who Have Become Victims of Abuse
Mental Illness and Behavioural Changes Following Abuse
Case Study
Responding Effectively and Some of the Barriers to an Effective Response
Psychotherapy and Counselling
Individual and Group Therapy
Additional Challenges Observed During the Course of Therapy
Public Education
Professional Consultation to a Barefoot Group
How Can the Church Meet the Spiritual Needs of Disabled Children and Adults?
Conclusions
Additional Reading
References
Evidence-Based Treatment for Victims of Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation
Introduction
Common Elements in EBTs for Childhood Trauma Including Sexual Abuse
EBTs for Childhood Trauma
Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT)
TF-CBT Research Related to Child Sexual Abuse
References
Annex
The Declaration of Rome
Address of His Holiness Pope Francis to the Participants in the Congress on “Child Dignity in the Digital World”
