Risk Assessment - Not The Strong Point of CEOP/NCA

Today we launched the International Child Protection Certificate in #Romania. Find out why: http://t.co/2xcQQQMCc4 pic.twitter.com/JDeseREMwL

— CEOP (@CEOPUK) July 1, 2015

@CEOPUK You do realise, that Mr Harris, your only 'Case Study', was not a 'RSO'? pic.twitter.com/U95MvnZxfe

— The OSC (@OSC__________P) July 1, 2015

@CEOPUK We believe you need to rethink who the target of your yellow stars should be !!!

— The OSC (@OSC__________P) July 1, 2015

If your organisation works with children outside UK, ask any UK nationals for their #ICPC http://t.co/1Sn5JoekQZ pic.twitter.com/SvextRaYfS

— CEOP (@CEOPUK) July 1, 2015

@OSC__________P @CEOPUK This link should make the point clear. https://t.co/Uqejy2h3cX

— British Council (@roBritish) July 1, 2015

We’re in Romania delivering #ChildProtection training. Part of our programme to support #ChildSafety around the world pic.twitter.com/XB2vjJAths

— CEOP (@CEOPUK) July 2, 2015

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https://www.acro.police.uk/icpc

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6 Jul 2015 at 14:52

Schools told to screen foreign applicants for paedophilia [sic]

"Directive sent after UK embassy warned convicted paedophile applied for teaching job in Thailand."

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general/614268/

The Malleability of Sexual Pleasure - 'Paraphilias'

F1000Prime Rep. 2013; 5: 36.; Published online 2013 September 2. doi: 10.12703/P5-36

Paraphilias: definition, diagnosis and treatment

"PMCID: PMC3769077

Abstract

"There is a great deal of controversy concerning paraphilia, and defining what is normal versus deviant or disordered, given that this is to some degree dependent on cultural views of acceptability. In this article, we outline these issues and describe recent progress in diagnosing and treating paraphilias."

"Conclusion

"Delineating what is normal versus deviant or disordered sexuality is one of the biggest challenges when using the term paraphilia. The definitions under paraphilia within the DSM have been highly debated and highly controversial [22], and, given the lack of change to definitions and diagnostic criteria in the real sense, this would seem set to continue. The malleability of sexual pleasure across time and cultures creates problems for those defining and diagnosing paraphilia and the efficacy of treatment of paraphilias synonymous with sexual offending is inconclusive. The ability to imprison and/or commit an individual based on their future “dangerousness” using a mental disorder or psychiatric criterion as justification [35,36] may potentially violate due process rights [37]. At the heart of the issues still lies the much debated question: “what justifies the classification of a source of sexual pleasure or a type of sexual activity as a mental disorder” ([22] p.195)?"

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3769077

http://f1000.com/prime/reports/m/5/36

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Paraphilias across cultures: contexts and controversies (2010)

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20358463

Sex, immorality, and mental disorders (2009)

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19690325

The paraphilias. The extent and nature of sexually deviant and criminal behavior (1992)

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1409028

A Bug's Death

Friday, Sep 13, 2013 03:40 PM +0100

Study: Sadism more common than people think

"College students told to exterminate bugs showed "acts of apparent cruelty" and "everyday sadism," said researchers

People who enjoy being cruel are scarily prevalent, new research says.

There may be more sadists lurking in our midst than we’d like to think, according to a new study from the University of British Columbia and the University of Texas at El Paso. After offering a group of college students the chance to play exterminator and kill live bugs, researchers found “acts of apparent cruelty” and evidence of “everyday sadism”-a less pathological variety of deriving pleasure from being cruel."

http://www.salon.com/2013/09/13/study_sadism_more_common_than_people_think_newscred/

‘Everyday Sadists’ Among Us

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/09/16/everyday-sadists-among-us/?_r=1

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September 2013

Specificity of Sexual Arousal for Sexual Activities in Men and Women with Conventional and Masochistic Sexual Interests

http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10508-013-0174-1

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Sunday, Oct 6, 2013 08:00 PM +0100

Sexual deviancy is normal

"Even in extreme cases, there’s “some tension” about whether sadism indicates mental illness. Not for the squeamish."

http://www.salon.com/2013/10/06/sexual_deviancy_is_normal

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Oct 12 2013 @ 9:04pm

How To Diagnose A Sex Deviant?

"To make any real moral traction, we must abandon the rhetoric of righteousness and instead turn our efforts to clarifying, using science rather than scripture, laws, or even (and especially) our own gut feelings, how a sexual act or orientation is harmful to those involved. In my book, at least, doing harm is the only thing that makes a person a pervert."

http://dish.andrewsullivan.com/2013/10/12/diagnosing-deviancy

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Oct. 7 2013 11:47 PM

What Is Truly Perverted?

"Over the 18 long months in which it was in production, Perv therefore evolved from being a light scientific treatment of weird sex to a book with an actual moral message. And that message turned out to be embarrassingly obvious, really. As a society, we’ve been dawdling over the irrelevant questions of what’s “normal” and “natural” for far too long."

http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2013/10/perv_how_a_book_on_sexual_deviancy_got_a_moral_message.html

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October 9, 2013

We’re All Perverts

"Deviant sex, almost by definition, is bound to gross out more people than normal sex—but disgust doesn’t justify hatred.

The following is an excerpt from PERV: The Sexual Deviant in All of Us by Jesse Bering, published October 8, 2013.

You are a sexual deviant. A pervert, through and through."

http://www.alternet.org/books/were-all-perverts 

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October 17, 2013

You’re Doing It Right 

http://themidnightdiner.wordpress.com/2013/10/17/youre-doing-it-right

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10/24/2013 @ 7:28PM

Getting In Touch With Your Inner Sexual Deviant

http://www.forbes.com/sites/daviddisalvo/2013/10/24/getting-in-touch-with-your-inner-sexual-deviant/

Human Sexual Orientations - Pathologising The Natural

Published: 02 Sep 2013

Paraphilias: definition, diagnosis and treatment

"Michelle A. McManus1, Paul Hargreaves1 and Laurence J. Alison2

1. School of Forensic and Investigative Sciences, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, Lancashire, PR1 2HE, UK,

2. Centre for Critical and Major Incident Psychology, Institute of Psychology, Health and Society, University of Liverpool, Eleanor Rathbone Building, Bedford Street South, Liverpool, Merseyside, L69 7ZA Corresponding author

F1000Prime Rep2013, 5:36 (doi: 10.12703/P5-36)

The electronic version of this article is the complete one and can be found at: http://f1000.com/prime/reports/m/5/36

Abstract

There is a great deal of controversy concerning paraphilia, and defining what is normal versus deviant or disordered, given that this is to some degree dependent on cultural views of acceptability. In this article, we outline these issues and describe recent progress in diagnosing and treating paraphilias."

http://f1000.com/prime/reports/m/5/36

http://f1000.com/prime/reports/m/5/36/pdf

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Laurence Alison, Prof

http://www.liv.ac.uk/psychology-health-and-society/staff/laurence-alison

Michelle Mcmanus

http://www.researchgate.net/profile/Michelle_Mcmanus2/publications

http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/michelle-mcmanus/25/611/438

http://www.uclan.ac.uk/staff_profiles/dr_michelle_mcmanus.php

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2006

American Psychiatric Association holds symposium on removal of paraphilias from DSM

"At its annual convention in May, the American Psychiatric Association (APA) held a symposium to discuss removing gender identity disorder and the paraphilias from the APA's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM). Paraphilias are defined as recurrent and intense sexual feelings or behavior which involve nonhumans, children, or nonconsenting adults, or the suffering or humiliation of oneself or one's partner.1 They include pedophilia, exhibitionism, fetishism, transvestism, voyeurism, and sadomasochism.

The convention was held May 19 in San Francisco. At the symposium, psychiatrist Charles Moser of the Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Sexuality and Peggy Kleinplatz of the University of Ottawa presented a paper entitled "DSM-IV-TR and the Paraphilias: An Argument for Removal.""

http://www.mhamic.org/newsapasymp.htm

http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1300/J056v17n03_05#.Umv86lM4lCM

http://www.sexarchive.info/GESUND/ARCHIV/MoserKleinplatz.htm

http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1300/J056v17n03_05#preview

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Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Exploring the landscape of DSM-5 and the Paraphilias: Background 

"There has long been a certain amount of discontent with this group of diagnoses--most therapists simply ignore them, they're mostly used by groups who focus on the treatment of sex offenders, and many involved in the treatment of sex offenders ignore these diagnoses finding them useless."

http://asexystuff.blogspot.co.uk/2010/06/exploring-landscape-of-dsm-5-and.html

Would That Be 'Normal', James?

Tuesday 4 June 2013 6:24PM

The biology of paedophilia, or why there might not be one

"James Cantor says there is not much research to support the abused/abuser theory, where a victim also becomes an abuser in adulthood.

For many of us, sexual attraction to children is difficult to understand—let alone the disregard child-sex offenders have for the physical and emotional harm they can cause [sic] Lynne Malcolm examines the emotional psychology of paedophilia and explores if the brains of paedophiles make them a biologically different class of person."

"Assoc Professor Cantor agrees that the majority of paedophiles [sic] are ‘regular everyday people.’"

"Human societies up until recently have regarded the onset of puberty and not the end of puberty as the signal for sexual maturity. 150 years ago the age of consent in England was 10, so as a society our concern about protecting children from sexual exploitation is a relatively new thing" - Professor Stephen Smallbone

http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/allinthemind/4732810

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Essay: The Vagaries and Changes of Perception

http://newgon.com/wiki/Essay:The_Vagaries_and_Changes_of_Perception

Of Course You Would, Nick, That Is Why Many Millions Do So (Although, We Far From Recommend It)

8:56PM BST 02 Jun 2013

I'd probably watch child porn, admits former Crimwwatch presenter Nick Ross

"The former Crimewatch presenter Nick Ross admitted today that he would “probably” watch child pornography.

Speaking at The Telegraph Hay Festival, Ross, who provoked censure last week with his views on rape, claimed that all humans were essentially curious.

“We’re all inquisitive,” he said. “I had never seen, until I started working on Crimewatch, child pornography.

“I think if someone came to me and said: 'Would you like to see what all the fuss is about?’, I’m sorry, I probably would say yes.”

Ross referred to a study in which internet users clicked on links to extreme pornography even if they had not searched for it.

He said: “Does this tell us that we’re all awful? I think not.”"

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/hay-festival/10094749/Id-probably-watch-child-porn-admits-former-Crimwwatch-presenter-Nick-Ross.html

2 Jun 2013 18:32

Nick Ross claims controversial Crime book 'strengthens the arguments' of rape victims

"The book, Crime, challenges the social theories about all kinds of crime and even how it is far more the product of wealth than poverty.

Ross, who admitted that he had been caught shoplifting chocolate at his local branch of Woolworth when he was a boy, said everyone was at risk of temptation when it came to breaking the law, stating: "We are no angels."

He spoke about one case in which people were invited to visit a website to download free software but links to pornography sites, including those showing indecent images of children, showed up alongside the link they needed to click on.

"If someone said, 'would you like to see what the fuss is about?' I would probably say 'yes'. We create massive temptations.""

http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/nick-ross-claims-controversial-crime-4040543

Nick Ross: I'd consider watching child porn, says former Crimewatch star

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/nick-ross-id-consider-watching-child-porn-says-former-crimewatch-star-8641718.html

Crimewatch presenter Nick Ross courts further controversy after rape row by airing his views on race-related crime and child porn

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/crimewatch-presenter-nick-ross-courts-further-controversy-after-rape-row-by-airing-his-views-on-racerelated-crime-and-child-porn-8641953.html

CRIMEWATCH PRESENTER NICK ROSS: I WOULD PROBABLY WATCH CHILD PORN OUT OF CURIOSITY

http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/view/318198/Crimewatch-presenter-Nick-Ross-I-would-probably-watch-child-porn-out-of-curiosity/

Now Nick Ross says he'd 'probably' watch child porn to 'see what all the fuss is about'

http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/404644/Now-Nick-Ross-says-he-d-probably-watch-child-porn-to-see-what-all-the-fuss-is-about

Nick Ross, Former Crimewatch Presenter, Admits 'I'd Probably Watch Child Porn'

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/06/03/nick-ross-former-crimewatch-presenter-probably-watch-child-porn_n_3376978.html

Addendum (3/6/13; 14:28)

Apoplectic...

https://twitter.com/ShyKeenan

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Monday, 3 June 2013 

"I'd probably watch child abuse films/pics, admits former Crimewatch presenter Nick Ross"

"A question for Mr Ross. What exactly do you think "child pornography" is? Do you think this is some 16 year old in a slightly risqué pose? Some old 1980's Sam Fox page 3 spread? No Nick Ross, this is child abuse and child rape [sometimes], captured on screen [sic] for the "enjoyment" of paedophiles [sic]. These are films of babies being sexually abused, of young children being gang-raped [X] - a life of misery and suffering for children [sic] exploited by disgusting, vile people [sic] who fornicate [?] to this wretchedness that has been shared online. "

http://jerseyric.blogspot.co.uk/2013/06/id-probably-watch-child-abuse-filmspics.html 

Comment:

Richard, it would have been a fair point [although, not discounting what Mr Ross, actually said], if you had placed "very rarely, or apparently" at (X). 

Richard, you are not a stupid man, and worthy of debate, please just keep things in perspective and scale.

The OSC

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Tracy Edwards 

https://twitter.com/TracyEdwardsMBE