Summary
This guide provides a plain-language introduction to the behavioural dynamics of child abuse by acquaintances, with an emphasis on material useful to the identification and investigative process. It examines the different types of child abuse and child abusers, discusses the definitions, typologies and psychological issues faced by investigators, victims, and perpetrators, as well as providing brief but useful overviews of the role of pornography and the difficulties of interviewing adult and child witnesses.
Contents
1. Introduction. – 2. Definitions. – 3. Law-enforcement typology. – 3.1. Child molester versus pedophile. – 3.2. Needs of law enforcement. – 3.3. Old typology. – 3.4. New typology: situational-type child molesters, preferential type child molesters. – 4. Problem areas. – 4.1. Combination offenders. – 4.2. Nuisance sex offenders. – 4.3. Multiple offenders. – 4.4. Incest cases. – 4.5. Female offenders – 4.6. Adolescent offenders. – 5. Identifying preferential sex offenders. – 6. Acquaintance-exploitation cases (formerly titled “child sex rings”). – 7. Collection of child pornography and erotica. – 8. Use of computers by sex offenders. – 9. Investigating acquaintance sexual exploitation. – 10. After identification. – 11. Investigative difficulties.