thread: risk or risk factor?

thread: risk or risk factor?

15 July 2020    
from twitter and bluesky threads

bly 

 

Does the distinction matter? Yes, so much that it could be the difference between child abuse and no crime.

 


People think of pedophiles as being "at risk of committing sexual crimes against children".

But pedophilia is just a risk *factor* for sexual crime (just as heterosexuality is also a risk factor for committing other kinds of sexual crimes).

Not only that but we also know >


> that [...] many [...] of those who commit sexual crimes against children are *not* pedophiles (surprising but true).

To me this means that sexual abuse prevention programmes shpuld be targeted at pedophiles *with multiple risk factors* AS WELL AS others at risk of offending. >


> This is separate from support efforts for those disclosing pedophile attraction only.

Those programmes are not predicated on crime prevention but on supporting people impacted by unfair stigma around presumed criminal intent. If policymakers could see >


> how these things are, and need to be different then there can be hope of a comprehensive and humane solution for situations like the current Menlo Church scandal and others like it. #MAPsAgainstAbuse




This thread has been edited to remove a factual claim (that more sexual offenders against children are non-pedophilic than are pedophilic). This claim, which has some support in the evidence base, nonetheless depends on a specific taxonomy of non-pedophiles and pedophiles. Other valid taxonomies could show a different picture.

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

thread: how does a pedophile not become an abuser?

 

thread: what doesn't harm kids?

 

i needed to be caught: interview with jay

   

bly

Pedophiles have different starting points and end with differing beliefs and behaviours. What do we know about why?

 

bly

It's important to understand what really harms children so we aim to prevent the right things.

 

global prevention project

I needed to be caught. It was the jolt I needed in my life to sort it out. It's cost me almost everything, but my life is in such a good, positive direction now.

 
 
 
thread: how does a pedophile not become an abuser?
bly

Pedophiles have different starting points and end with differing beliefs and behaviours. What do we know about why?

 
 
 
thread: what doesn't harm kids?
bly

It's important to understand what really harms children so we aim to prevent the right things.

 
 
 
i needed to be caught: interview with jay
global prevention project

I needed to be caught. It was the jolt I needed in my life to sort it out. It's cost me almost everything, but my life is in such a good, positive direction now.