Pedophilia

Marty Baron pushes his team, telling his reporters and editors that proving single cases of molestation is not enough; he wants to know if pedophilia within the church is a systematic problem, if there is a cover-up, and who should be held…

During the previous years, civil commitment pertaining to high-risk sex offenders has been a question of concern. Following the Supreme Court’s ruling on Kansas v. Hendricks (1997), the civil commitment (correspondingly referred to as civil management) of dangerous sex offenders after their criminal punishment developed into all-purpose implemented proposal in the United States. The current study within the article, Predictors of the sex offender civil commitment trial outcomes in New York,…

If deviant behaviors are learned, it is possible that early on in life, Ausley was exposed to the normalization of child sexual abuse to the specific typology of young boys, especially if he was victimized. With pedophilia itself, a psychiatric disorder, a form of paraphilia (Psychology Today, 2017), the sexually violent offense of kidnapping, rape, sodomy, and abuse, harassment and confinement is the 'acting out' of the paraphilia - the…

Certain concepts have proven too controversial to be put in literature and exposed to the world. Pedophilia and statutory rape are among those ideas, both of which are found in Vladimir Nabokov’s “Lolita”. On first glances it may seem like low class smut, however upon a closer look “Lolita” exposes a sophisticated love story between two complex, moral less characters. Humbert Humbert, a pedophile addicted to the beauty of nymphets, and Dolares. While Humbert may seem like an great european…

A disturbing and thought-provoking mystery novel by Alice Sebold about the death and afterlife of a fourteen year old girl, and how her family conquered an unpleasant circumstance. The opening chapters of the book are devastating, hard- hitting, and might bring the readers into a black mood, especially that the book is told from the perception of the main character. Susie Salmon at the age of 14 years old was murdered on the 6th of December 1973. Wherein it was mentioned in the second line…

The 1960’s witnessed a sprawling reformation in American society through its treatment of minorities. In the book One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey, the author illuminates societies unfair treatment of the mentally ill. Through the perspective of a long time patient, Chief Bromden, the reader becomes a witness to the cruel treatment from the wards controller, Nurse Ratched. Chief Bromden’s meticulous description of each day illustrates the degrading and mechanical power of the ward’s…

the same family engage in relationships. Carl raped Precious and since he was her father, it classified as an incest relationship. Another issue mentioned in the textbook that ties into Push is pedophilia. Carl began raping Precious when she was seven and got her pregnant at the age of twelve. Pedophilia is defined as a sexual fixation on young children that can translate into sexual acts with the child. Carl had interest in Precious as a young child and proceeded to rape her for almost nine…

Discrimination in the workplace has become less common up-to-date, yet still occurs almost daily for the working LGBT body. Homosexuality and LGBT used to be widely seen as a disorder, which caused a horrendous amount of discrimination, especially for those in a workplace environment. Schools, government agencies and companies, as well as the military, continuously refused to employ individuals believed to be homosexual. In Social Problems, John J. Macionis dedicates a chapter to sexual…

Closeness to God is heavily emphasized in the Catholic Church. In John Patrick Shanley’s play Doubt, this relationship is mentioned in Sister Aloysius’ comment to Sister James: “In the pursuit of wrongdoing, one steps away from God. Of course, there’s a price” (58). Often when one strives to prevent misbehavior, they undermine their own morality in the process, leading to deep repercussions. Still, the question remains, is it worth it? All of the characters step away from God as they march…

“Don't Ask Don't Tell” was a policy enacted on the military in 1993, this policy allowed for a US soldier no matter what rank, gender, race, or religious affiliation, who was gay or lesbian to be kicked out of service if their sexual orientation became known. In 2010 congress had repealed this discriminatory policy. In the summer of 2012, the Supreme Court struck down Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act, or DOMA, which had forced the federal government to deny more than 1,000 federal…