Date: Fri, 7 Oct 1994 11:47:46 -0700 From: Roy Radow JOURNAL AND RESEARCH REPORTS ON PEDOPHILIA (See our Recommended Reading List for additional references.) Baurmann, M.C. Sexuality, violence, and Psychological After- Effects: A Longitudinal Study of Cases of Sexual Assault Which Were Reported To The Police," Wiesbaden: Bundeskriminalamt, Germany, 1988. Massive Longitudinal study of all reported victims of sexual offenses against minors in the German State of Lower Saxony from 1969-1972, with six to ten year follow-up, under the direction of the German Ministry of Justice. Total sample is over 8,000, including over 800 boys up to age 14. Violence and/or coercion were present in roughly half of the offenses against girls, and were correlated with negative outcomes. None of the boys experienced force or coercion, and no negative outcomes were observed for any of the boys. This is by far the most in depth study in the field. Constantine, Larry L. "Effects of Early Sexual Experiences: A Review and Synthesis of Research," in Constantine, L. L., Martinson, F.M., (eds.) Children and Sex: New Findings, New Perspectives. Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1981. Reviews 30 studies, most of which include child-adult contacts. Breaks down experiences by their consequences for the child: positive, neutral, or negative. Examines relationships between several variables and observed outcomes. Concludes that 13 of these studies found that "for the majority of subjects , there is essentially no harm; and six [other studies] even identified some subjects for whom, by self-evaluation or other criteria, the childhood sexual encounter was a positive or possibly beneficial experience." Constantine, Larry L. "Child Sexuality: Recent Developments and Implications for Treatment, Prevention, and Social Policy," International Journal of Medicine and Law, No. 2, pp. 55-67, 1983. Reviews findings of above article. Discusses implications for treatment, prevention, and social policy. Includes proposals for legal revisions. Jones, G.P. "The Study of intergenerational Intimacy in North America: Beyond Politics and Pedophilia," Journal of Homosexuality, Vol. 20, pp. 275-295, 1990. Money, John. "Juvenile, Pedophile, Heterophile: Hermeneutics of Science, Medicine and Law in Two Outcome Studies,"International Journal of Medicine and Law, No. 2, pp. 33-54, 1983. Unusually detailed investigation of two consensual long-term "pedophiliac" relationships. Long-term, prospective case studies find relationships to be non-harmful and possibly beneficial for both partners. Money is among the most widely cited American authors on human sexology, sexuality, and gender development. Okami, Paul. "Self-reports of 'Positive' Childhood and Adolescent Sexual Contacts with Older Persons: An Exploratory Study," Archives of Sexual Behavior, Vol. 20, pp. 437-457, 1991. Examines how contacts are perceived by the younger partner in later life. Investigates relationships between "positive" self-assessment and several variables. Okami, Paul. "Sociopolitical Biases in the Contemporary Scientific Literature on Adult Human Sexual Behavior with Children and Adolescents," in Feierman, J. (ed.) Pedophilia: Biosocial Dimensions. New York: Springer Verlag, 1990. Okami, Paul. "Child Perpetrators of Sexual Abuse: The Emergence of a Problematic Deviant Category," Journal of Sex Research, Vol. 29, No. 1, pp. 109-130, Feb. 1992. Discusses the nature and origins of recent attacks against sexual expression by young people. Finds much of the literature on the subject of sexual contacts between minors to be scientifically unsound. Highly recommended reading. Okami, Paul and Goldberg, Amy. "Personality Correlates of Pedophilia: Are They Reliable Indicators?" Journal of Sex Research, Vol. 29, No. 3, pp. 297-328, Aug. 1992. Critical and extensive review of the literature. Sandfort, Theo. "Sex in Pedophiliac Relationships: An Empirical Investigation Among a Nonrepresentative Group of Boys," Journal of Sex Research, Vol. 20, No. 2, pp. 123-142, May, 1984. Investigates twenty-five ongoing consensual long-term "pedophiliac" relationships. "The sexual contacts were found to have had no negative influence upon the boys' sense of general well-being, nor did the boys perceive in these contacts a misuse of authority by the adult." (Quoted from the Abstract) Tindall, R. H., "The Male Adolescent Involved With a Pederast Becomes an Adult," Journal of Homosexuality, Vol. 3, No. 4, pp. 373-382, 1978. Longitudinal study of nine cases covering a span of over thirty years. Finds the relationships to be non-harmful, with positive benefits in some cases. Yours in Liberation, Roy -- Roy Radow Now: radow@netcom.com (was: roy@panix.com) North American Man/Boy Love Association -For membership info & brochure write to: NAMBLA, Dept. RR, PO Box 174, Midtown Station, NYC, NY 10018. Send $5 for current Bulletin with amount credited toward membership fee. Publications list available upon request.