Beliefs used to justify child sexual abuse among child sexual abusers

• Main Authors: Chua, Jessamine T., Garcia, Rhea Lourdes, Vilela, Ma. Veronica C.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 1998
• Subjects: Child molesting; Child abuse; Rapists; Rape victims; Sex offenders; Belief and doubt; Evidence; Psychology
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_honors/112
• Institution: De La Salle University

Child sexual offenders are known to hold beliefs that justify, minimize, deny, excuse or rationalize the act of child sexual abuse. This study aims to identify these beliefs. Eight inmates from the New Bilibid Prison in Muntinlupa and one probationer from the Parole and Probation Office in Quezon Ci...