Child sexual abuse Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Typology=== Early research in the 1970s and 1980s began to classify offenders based on their motivations and traits. Groth and Birnbaum (1978) categorized child sexual offenders into two groups, "fixated" and "regressed".<ref name="Groth">{{cite journal |doi=10.1007/BF01542377 |title=Adult sexual orientation and attraction to underage persons |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_archives-of-sexual-behavior_1978-05_7_3/page/175 |year=1978 |last1=Groth |first1=A. Nicholas |last2=Birnbaum |first2=H. Jean |journal=Archives of Sexual Behavior |volume=7 |issue=3 |pages=175β81 |pmid=666571|s2cid=11477434 }}</ref> Fixated were described as having a primary attraction to children, whereas regressed had largely maintained relationships with other adults, and were even married. This study also showed that adult [[sexual orientation]] was not related to the sex of the victim targeted, e.g. men who molested boys often had adult relationships with women.<ref name="Groth"/> Later work (Holmes and Holmes, 2002) expanded on the types of offenders and their psychological profiles. They are divided as follows:<ref name="holmes">{{Cite book| last = Holmes | first = Ronald M. |author2=Holmes, Stephen T. | title =Profiling Violent Crimes: An Investigative Tool | url = https://archive.org/details/profilingviolent0000holm_y4s6 | publisher = Sage Publications, Inc | location = Thousand Oaks, CA | date = 2002-03-12 | page = 158-171 | isbn = 978-0-7619-2593-4}}</ref> *Situational β does not prefer children, but offend under certain conditions. **''Regressed'' β Typically has relationships with adults, but a stressor causes them to seek children as a substitute. **''Morally Indiscriminate'' β All-around sexual deviant, who may commit other sexual offenses unrelated to children. **''Naive/Inadequate'' β Often mentally disabled in some way, finds children less threatening. *Preferential β has true sexual interest in children. **''Mysoped'' β Sadistic and violent, target strangers more often than acquaintances. **''Fixated'' β Little or no activity with own age, described as an "overgrown child". Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page