Michael's Behavior Case Study

The Pathways Model is formed through a process of “theory knitting” (Ward and Siegert, 2002, pg.322) The researchers integrated the strengths of three theories that explain child sexual abuse to form a complex and multifactorial model. Unlike the other two theories, Routine Activities Theory and the Judgment Model of Cognitive Distortions, the Pathway Model acknowledges that multiple factors cause child sexual abuse. The Pathways Model outlines four clusters associated with child offenders, each cluster has its own primary causal mechanism, thus making the Pathways Model diverse. Moreover, the Pathways Model highlighted the fact that all four clusters interact with each other and for a sexual offense to take place all four need to be present.

It has been observed that sexually abused children tend to be less socially competent, more aggressive, and more socially withdrawn than non-abused children. A specific interpersonal effect of sexual abuse among children is that of increased sexual behavior. This is prominent when we were

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Circumstance: Jonathan will maintain a healthy weight as desired by the medical team. Ms. Smalls (MHP) and Mrs. Clark (MHS) discuss Jonathan’s update.

Now the original question asked was, “Why do sex offenders do the things they do?” No single factor or combination of factors can fully explain why someone offends sexually, though some factors may combine to increase people’s tendency to offend. The field of sex offender management has yet to find a clear explanation or cause for sexual offending behavior; however, despite many unanswered questions, research has produced a number of important findings about the etiology of sexual offending:

The process of sexual grooming is relatable to Routine Activities Theory as it is “the situation whereby potential offender will set up opportunities to abuse by gaining the trust of a child in order to prepare them for abuse” (Kloess, 128). There are specific traits that are preferable to offenders: children coming from single-parent families, children with school issues, poor relationships with adults, and other vulnerabilities that can be exploited (Kloess, 128). The Internet allows offenders to see juveniles easier on social media sites, where these children over share information and do not properly protect themselves. During the process, the offender will work to create trust between themselves and their victim, as well as normalizing the relationship addressing the vulnerabilities of the child (Kloess,

Many etiological theories exist attempting to explain the root causes of sexual offending. Although few provide substantial evidence and no definitive conclusions have been made, the social learning theory has been proposed to account for sex offending behaviors. Specifically, the social learning theory, or victim-to-victimizer theory, suggests sexually abused children learn these behaviors and are much more likely to perpetrate abuse when they’re older (Seto & Lalumiere, 2010). The following studies have provided substantial support for the social learning etiology. Through the use of a meta-analysis, Seto and Lalumiere (2010) concluded that sexual offending is tied to prior sexual abuse. Burton, Miller, and Shill (2002) discovered

The participants were asked to do three subtests from the MSCEIT, which consisted of 35 items. The first subtest is the perception branch, in which the subjects were to express, on a five point scale, the emotion that is being presented in different photographs such as faces, landscapes, or an abstract design. The second subtest is the assimilation branch. In this subtest, the participants were asked to associate words to a given emotion and indicate the similarities of the word and the emotions; An example is, “cold, blue, sweet.” The last subtest is the management branch. In this subtest, the subjects were asked to indicate the effectiveness of an action would be in managing their internal emotions. With this method, it is revealed that the results of the sex offenders are not that significantly different in comparison to the control group. As a way of contrast, these findings did not yield the same conclusion that Hudson et al., (1993) suggested. The results from the MSCEIT assessment did not display the deficit of emotional function of sexual offenders. Furthermore, this study helps support the suggestion that the emotional deficiency the sexual offenders have are more likely to be specific to the sexual offences they have committed (Fernandez et al.,

The person used for this study is a friend of mine who I’ll call Spencer; she goes to the University of Hartford. She is twenty years old now, but when she first went through this traumatic experience she was about ten years old. She was sleeping over her aunt’s house and in their basement her sixteen-year-old cousin molested her. She was playing with her younger cousin when he came and interrupted them and suggested another kind of game. A game that was very inappropriate for children and can even be seen as more incestuous when she stated that he played this game with his little sister as well.

One of the most common factors with child sex offenders is the act of “grooming”. Grooming is looked at as a process by which the offender commits acts, physical and verbal, to obtain trust and secrecy with the child to prepare for sexual abuse to occur (Williams et al., 2013, p. 135). These initial acts are intended to eventually build a relationship with the child that leads to sexual abuse., The offender will then maintain control of the victim through threats or intimidation to maintain secrecy of the relationship (Black et. Al., 2014, p.141). The offender uses grooming techniques for sexual desensitization (Bennett & O’Donohue, 2014, p. 957), such as hugs, kisses to the cheek, letting a hand linger on a leg, or statements of affection.

Behavior Progress: Since the last court review, Mynor has continued to participate in all aspects of the program with minimal concerns. Mynor did acquire one sanction this period for profanity, but did not receive any room restrictions. Staff reports that Mynor has continued to make improvements in managing his behavior and interacts positively with his peers. Mynor has expressed that his desire to not repeat his past mistakes of disrespecting his family and the desire to have a successful life, as motivating factors in the program. Mynor applied and was promoted to Level II of the program on March 18, 2017.

Michael is an adolescent male aged approximately in his mid-teens, currently completing year 10 at School. Michael’s mother made this initial appointment because she was worried about Michael’s sudden rapid decline in school grades in conjunction with increased amount of time spent in solitary. Michael says that the reason he is attending the interview is because he has been experiencing low mood, has become increasingly socially withdrawn, with reoccurring feelings of anxiety and paranoia. A Behavioural observation and mental status examination yielded the following insights: While Michael’s appearance and physical behaviour was unable to be analysed due to the audio format of the interview, Michael’s behaviour was calm and polite for the duration of the interview.

When people hear stories about sex offenders on the news, they often ponder what drives a person to sexually offend another human being. In this paper, I will discuss the topic of child molesters and what drives them to become the person they become. A child molester is a person—male or female—who touches or has sex with a child under the age of 18 (Lanning.1992). Many label child molesters with the picture of a messy old man, crinkly parka coat, sitting around the school play area with a sack of treat waiting to trap innocent little children. For a few, the kid molester is as more bizarre to his casualty and not a father having intercourse with his little girl. For others, the tyke molester is one who opens himself to or strokes youngsters

Besides the three classifications mentioned in Blasko’s research, Simons added another classification in his paper—internet offenders. Simons, like Blasko, views sexual violence as a serious social problem with “devastating consequences.” Sharing similar comprehension about the three major groups of sex offending—adult male rapists, adult child molesters, and female sexual offenders, Simons also emphasized the growing occurrence in internet offending, due to the widespread availability of pornography in the internet (Delmonico &Griffin, 2008) Internet becomes a vehicle for child abuse to view, and share pornographic images of children, and luring child victims online. In terms of demographics, the majority of internet offenders are male, younger than other sexual offenders (Webb, Craissati, &Keen, 2007). Internet offenders tend to suffer more from psychological difficulties in adulthood, yet more likely to succeed in community (4 percent in failure) and less likely to engage in sexually risky behaviors (14 percent) than child molesters (29 percent and 26 percent in regards). Because internet offending is a relatively new subject in sex offending, there are not sufficient studies examined the personality

The last of the characteristics of childhood trauma are changed attitudes about life, people, and future possibilities (Terr, 1999). The traumatized child may lose hope of a fruitful future, may despise a particular gender due to abuse, or may even desire close contact with the same gender of the perpetrator. A last example demonstrating a traumatic characteristic is through a 16-year-old female client. A male family member sexually and physically abused this client as a child. Although most sexual assault victims may avoid persons of the same gender of the perpetrator, as described above, there are also victims that try to gain the attention of persons with the same gender of the perpetrator. This client demonstrates just that. The client is exceedingly flirtatious with male peers and staff of her residential facility. She has been caught several times attempting to perform sexual acts with her male peers and at times becomes very angry when she is not given the attention she desires from a male peer.