tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361358365193630538.post97959281634064171..comments2024-03-20T19:17:02.285-07:00Comments on IN THE NEWS: Sexual violence prevention: Recommended journal issueKaren Franklin, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/01032855743077403199noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361358365193630538.post-42942159294431712842011-06-30T02:56:31.990-07:002011-06-30T02:56:31.990-07:00Dr. Franklin, I would be interested to hear your o...Dr. Franklin, I would be interested to hear your opinion on the term itself, Sexually Violent Predator and your understanding of its meaning. If actual violence as most understand the term is not required to meet this widely accepted diagnosis/ legal definition, how is it that it continues in widespread use unchallenged and, seemingly, without any general awareness of its particular meaning, outside of forensic or legal circles. Thank you!Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14542025184951817050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361358365193630538.post-80870933797625364472011-06-29T12:05:11.127-07:002011-06-29T12:05:11.127-07:00Okay. Thank you for explaining that for me. Readin...Okay. Thank you for explaining that for me. Reading the articles again a bit closer, I noticed the distinction.<br /><br />Where does hebephilia stand now with regards to science in general? The World Health Organization deems this a viable disorder while many in independent yet related fields (such as you, First , Wakefield and Frances) contest that assessment.<br /><br />Also, I would be curious as to where and when the World Health Organization took on the stance that hebephilia is a valid pathology. The construct was obscure until only a few years ago, so the stance must be a relatively recently acquired one. The rationale behind it, however, would be easy to surmise.<br /><br />In any case, That gives me a new point of reference to research further.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361358365193630538.post-14471642453695722762011-06-29T08:39:12.901-07:002011-06-29T08:39:12.901-07:00The ICD is published by the World Health Organizat...The ICD is published by the World Health Organization. The European vote that I have reported on here was at a conference of the International Association for the Treatment of Sexual Offenders (IATSO); the U.S. vote was at the annual meeting of forensic psychiatrists. So it would be an overstatement to say that "the psychiatric community in two continents" has dismissed hebephilia as a valid diagnosis, as these were just straw votes by members of two independent organizations.Karen Franklin, Ph.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01032855743077403199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361358365193630538.post-5416042910991905172011-06-28T13:52:22.182-07:002011-06-28T13:52:22.182-07:00>>and that the ICD [the World Health Organiz...>>and that the ICD [the World Health Organization’s diagnostic system] allows sexual preference for early pubescence as a disorder<<<br /><br />Karen, I am a bit confused about something:<br /><br />If the psychiatric community in two continents (of which I am aware) unanimously dismissed the notion of attraction to pubertal development as a mental disorder, why does the ICD promote it as such? According to your article dated 26 October, 2010, the European council, in effect, has cast it to the junk heap:<br /><br />http://forensicpsychologist.blogspot.com/2010/10/europeans-first-to-shoot-down.html<br /><br />This sounds like a contradiction of some sorts. Doesn't the APA and the AMA, along with their foreign affiliates, represent ICD?<br /><br />Am I missing something?<br /><br />R1Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com