"Just dreaming of them": The Berlin Project for Primary Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse by Juveniles (PPJ)

Child Abuse & Neglect
K M BeierTobias Hellenschmidt

Abstract

The Berlin Project for Primary Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse by Juveniles (PPJ) offers diagnostic and therapeutic help to 12-to-18-year-old juveniles with a sexual preference for the prepubescent and/or early pubescent body of children and who apply for treatment on a voluntary basis. The project goal is to prevent primary or recurrent child sexual abuse as well as primary or recurrent use of child abuse images. Treatment aims to enable affected juveniles to obtain control over their conflictual sexual behaviors. In the present article, the origin of the PPJ; its main approach, including the conception of a media campaign; as well as results from the first year of a three-year study are presented. Further, initial characterizations of juveniles taking part in the project for the first 12 months are provided. The results confirmed that the group of 12-to-18-year-old juveniles with a sexual preference for prepubescent and/or early pubescent minors exists as a target group for primary preventive measures and that they can be assessed for their sexual preferences.

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Jul 10, 2016·Archives of Sexual Behavior·Diederik F Janssen
Jul 30, 2016·Journal of Child Sexual Abuse·María Mercedes Márquez-FloresGenoveva Granados-Gámez
Apr 17, 2018·Behavioral Sciences & the Law·Thanh LyJ Paul Fedoroff
Sep 6, 2018·Sexual Abuse : a Journal of Research and Treatment·Jill S Levenson, Melissa D Grady
Apr 19, 2018·Archives of Sexual Behavior·Sandy K WurteleLeah J Parker
Nov 25, 2020·European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry·Lara SpeerDaniel Senkowski
Feb 23, 2020·Child Abuse & Neglect·Ryan T ShieldsElizabeth J Letourneau

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