This blog was created to document our research for our sociology class. We will be looking at the perpetrators of childhood sexual abuse.

Monday, March 7, 2011

Examples of Perpetrators

  • The mother's conjoint, who was a father figure for the child. Used to play Nintendo with child and help with homework.
  • Adult boarder at the child's family home. Used to help out in return for room and board. Had an excellent relationship with the family's children and used to play with them.It never crossed the mother's mind that he would be capable of abusing her daughters.
  • Maternal uncle who had suffered cranial trauma and as a consequence had been left with impulsivity problems.
  • Teenage neighbour living in the same apartment block. Was friends with and babysat victim. Had an excellent relationship with both the victim and the victim's mother.
  • Father of friends of the victim. He was considered to be an ideal father, organizing his life to make himself available to his daughters as well as to the victim.
  • 14-year-old boarder at the house of the victim's grandmother.Used play to get victim to sexually stimulate him. Had a mild intellectual disability and had been sexually abused in the past.
  • Adult babysitter with a small visual impairment. Did a lot of voluteer work for the CLSC.
http://www.cecw-ceph.ca/sites/default/files/publications/fr/TurnerIRDS_f.pdf

Rose Marie

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