Sexual Offenses Against Children as the Abusive Exploitation of Conventional Adult-Child Relationships

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ID2931645
AutoresCraig Bennell (0000-0002-7676-5232, University of Liverpool), Laurence J Alison (University of Liverpool), Laurence Alison (0000-0003-2459-0976, University of Liverpool), Kristin L Stein (University of Liverpool), Emily K Alison (University of Liverpool), David V Canter (University of Liverpool), David Canter (0000-0003-0899-8250, University of Liverpool)
Ano2001
Volume18
Fascículo2
Páginas155-171
Data de publicação2001-04-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Social and Personal Relationships (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0265-4075 • E-ISSN: 1460-3608
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0265407501182001
OpenAlexW2141857861
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas10
Referências citadas19

A study was conducted to determine whether the relationship processes underlying offender-child interactions in child sexual abuse could be considered as abusive and manipulative variants of more conventional relationship processes that exist between adults and children. To explore this possibility, it was proposed that a circular order of behaviors (i.e., a circumplex) would exist in offender-child interactions that relates to circular models found in more conventional adult-child interactions. Furthermore, just as biases are found in conventional adult-child interactions towards particular relationship patterns, it was proposed that a bias would exist in offender-child interactions reflecting the predominant way in which child sex offenses are carried out. Using a multivariate statistical analysis that geometrically represents the co-occurrence of individual actions, the behaviors from 97 British child sex offenses were analyzed. The results provide preliminary support for the idea that the coercive nature of offender-child interactions in child sexual abuse relies on the offender gaining and abusing the trust of the victim by exploiting a range of conventional adult-child relationship patterns

Child sexual abuse · Developmental psychology · Medical emergency · Poison control · Sexual abuse · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Child Abuse and Trauma · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Psychology · Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending · Social Psychology