42 Citations
A content analysis of a “boy love” support forum: Revisiting Durkin and Bryant
- Psychology
- 2010
Abstract In 1999, Durkin and Bryant analysed an online “boy love” support forum and categorized justifications given by self-identified paedophiles for their sexual interest in children. The present…
"She was willing to send me there": Intrafamilial child sexual abuse, exploitation and trafficking of boys.
- PsychologyChild abuse & neglect
- 2022
Rationalization is a suboptimal defense mechanism associated with clinical and forensic problems
- PsychologyBehavioral and Brain Sciences
- 2020
It is shown that there is reasonable empirical clinical and forensic psychological evidence to support viewing rationalization as a quite suboptimal defense mechanism.
Denying the Darkness: Exploring the Discourses of Neutralization of Bundy, Gacy, and Dahmer
- SociologySocieties
- 2019
This exploratory study analyzed how three serial killers (i.e., Bundy, Gacy, and Dahmer) potentially rationalized and justified their murders by applying techniques of neutralization. This paper…
Of Monsters and Men: Exploring Serial Murderers’ Discourses of Neutralization
- Sociology
- 2018
ABSTRACT Techniques of neutralization are used by petty and serious criminals to verbally account for their behavior, mitigate responsibility, and socially construct identity. Since serial killers…
Safety, Generous Doctors, and Enabling Parents: A Perfect Recipe of Justifications for College Students’ Nonmedical Use of Prescription Painkillers
- Psychology
- 2017
National data indicate that prescription painkillers are the second most commonly misused prescription drug on college campuses. Although much research has focused on the motivations given for the…
Study of the psychological and physiological characteristics of a community sample of pedophiles
- Chemistry
- 2017
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Adults with Pedophilic Interests in the United States: Current Practices and Suggestions for Future Policy and Research
- PsychologyArchives of sexual behavior
- 2017
This article contrasts the sex offender response and prevention efforts typically employed in the U.S. with treatment programs aimed at preventing child sexual abuse in Germany, Belgium, and Canada.
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Previous studies of deviant and semi-deviant occupations have reported that workers in these occupations frequently use justifications to explain or defend their occupational behaviors. The present…