The use of normalization as a strategy in the sexual exploitation of children by adult offenders
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1997
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Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality
Abstract
In Canada, sexual activity between adults and children is both illegal and socially
unacceptable. However, it is clear that such activity occurs, and that when it occurs, it
frequently continues over a period of time, undetected by others and unreported by the
child (Badgley Report, 1984; MacMillan et al., 1997). This paper addresses two questions
about the sexual exploitation of children: 1) How does it happen?; 2) How does it
continue undetected? Criminal events theory is used to answer these questions, and to
specifically focus attention on the use of routinization or normalization by offenders as a
means to facilitate their sexual exploitation of children and keep it from being detected or
reported.
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sexual abuse, child sexual abuse, victimization, exploitation, Canada, International Resources
Citation
Young, S. (1997). The use of normalization as a strategy in the sexual exploitation of children by adult offenders. Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality, 6, 285-296.