PREVENTING CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE--OFFENDERS MODUS OPERANDI

儿童性虐待被认为是一个全国性的问题，已经达到了 流行比例。它的影响可能会产生毁灭性的心理和 对受害者当前和未来功能的心理社会影响。 校本教育方案是最常见的方法 防止儿童性虐待。然而，这样的项目最近已经 因过度依赖轶事临床而受到尖锐批评 信息和假设我们已经知道哪些技能会减少 儿童受性虐待的脆弱性。获取更详细的和 关于在虐待情况下发生的事情的系统信息 施虐者使用哪些技巧来吸引和维持受害者 被认为是加强儿童性行为基础的一种手段 防止滥用的计划。这项提议提供了一种解决 以前被忽视的高危群体的这些问题：12-17岁 年迈的女性。 这一系列研究的主要目标是创建经验性数据 基本反映了儿童犯罪者的行为模式， 导致、期间和之后的性侵行为。信息 将从受害者、被监禁的罪犯和非 被监禁的罪犯关于内部和外部的运作方式- 有家族性的罪犯。 这项调查将分为两个阶段。第一阶段将 完成一套用于测量的仪器的开发 家庭内外受害者和罪犯的作案手法。阶段 2将利用多个数据收集站点(地理分布 在美国大陆各地)从内部和外部获取数据- 与犯罪者儿童性虐待有关的家庭受害者和肇事者 作案手法。结果还将提供有关程度的洞察 对此罪犯少报了他们在 犯有性侵犯罪。 调查结果将对以下方面产生影响：对现有 预防方案；制定新方案；以及 受害者/犯罪者评估和治疗。两大预防 项目还同意审查研究结果，以便整合到 在这方面，教科文组织将继续支持其课程设置，并协助传播调查结果。

Child sexual abuse is recognized as a national problem which has reached epidemic proportions. Its impact can have devastating psychological and psychosocial effects on the victim's current and future functioning. School-based educational programs represent the most common approach to the prevention of child sexual abuse. Yet, such programs have recently come under sharp criticism for their over-reliance on anecdotal clinical information and the assumption that we already know which skills reduce children's vulnerability to sexual abuse. Obtaining more detailed and systematic information regarding what happens in abusive situations and which techniques abusers use to engage and maintain their victims has been suggested as a means of enhancing the foundation of child sexual abuse prevention programs. This proposal offers a means of addressing these issues with a previously neglected, high risk group: 12-17 year old females. The primary goal of this series of studies is to create an empirical data base reflecting patterns of behavior that child perpetrators engage in, leading up to, during, and following sexually abusive acts. Information will be obtained from victims, incarcerated offenders, and non- incarcerated offenders regarding the modus operandi of intra- and extra- familial offenders. This investigation will be divided into two phases. Phase 1 will complete the development of a set of instruments intended to measure modus operandi of intra- and extra-familial victims and offenders. Phase 2 will utilize multiple data collection sites (geographically distributed around the continental U.S.) to obtain data from intra- and extra- familial victims and perpetrators regarding offenders' child sexual abuse modus operandi. Results will also offer insights regarding the extent to which offenders under-report their use of threats and coercion in the commission of their sexual offenses. Findings will have implications for: the evaluation of existing prevention programs; the development of new programs; and victim/perpetrator assessment and treatment. Two major prevention programs have also agreed to review study results for integration into their curricula and to assist in the dissemination of findings.