CHILD OBSESSIVE DISORDER

Treatment of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder in Children

Child Obsessive Disorder

Abel, G., Becker, J, Cunningham-Rathner, J., Kaplan, M., & Reich, 3. (1984). The treatment of child molesters (SBC-TM, 722 West 168th Street, Box 17, New York, NY 10032).

Abel, G. G., Gore, D. K., Holland, C. L., Camp, N., Becker, J. V., & Rathner, J. (1989). The measurement of the cognitive distortions of child molesters. Annals of Sex Research, 2, 135-153.

Describes the Abel and Becker Cognitions Scale. It is a 29-item questionnaire designed to assess the cognitive distortions held by adults who sexually abuse children. 

Barbaree, H. (1991, November). Denial and minimization among sexual offenders: Assessment and treatment methodologies and outcome. Paper presented to a Plenary Session at the ATSA Research and Treatment Conference on the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, Fort Worth, TX.

Barbaree develops a typology of the denial and minimization observed in sex offenders. He believes that denial and minimization represent different degrees of the same self-serving cognitive process; whereas denial is extreme and categorical, minimization is graded. Denial usually concerns the facts in the case or whether the offender has a "problem" for which he needs treatment, whereas minimization concerns the extent of the man's responsibility, the extent of his past offending, and the degree of harm his victims(s) have suffered. Between 50% and 60% of the offenders they evaluated deny they are sex offenders. The vast majority of the remainder minimize their offending in some way. 

Bradshaw, T. L., & Marks, A. E. (1990). Beyond a reasonable doubt: Factors the influence the legal disposition of sexual abuse cases. Crime & Delinquency, 36(2), 276-285.

This was an archival study. The authors note that cases are most likely to be prosecuted when the victims are between ages 7 and 12. Although many offenders suggest that the child was the aggressor in the act, and others deny sexual intent, most perpetrators admit to touching the child. There was a high conviction rate in cases that go to trial. Of their 350 cases, 35% plead guilty or were convicted at trial and 65% were dismissed, no billed, or acquitted. 

Bumby, K. M. (1996). Assessing the cognitive distortions of child molesters and rapists: Development and validation of the MOLEST and RAPE scales. Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment, 8(1), 37-54.

Bumby developed the scales using 69 sexual offenders in a cognitive-behavioral sexual offender treatment program. There were 25 offenders convicted of rape and 44 convicted of sexual contact with a child. All of the members of the child molester group were intrafamilial offenders. The control group was 20 males incarcerated for nonsexual offenses. He reports acceptable internal consistency and reliability for both scales and satisfactory validity and believes these scales are promising clinical and research measures. 

Davidson, 3. (1994, March). Child molesters. Self pp.162-165, 180, 182, 187.

Written by a journalist who attended a NAMBLA conference. He notes that the pedophile has become our society's monster and observes that several pedophile organizations exist in the United States, including Rene Guyon society, The Childhood Sensuality Circle, and ...