Udział środowiska rodzinnego w procesie rozwoju pedofilii

Abstract

Pedophilia is a complicated phenomenon that refers to a sexual relation between an adult and a child. In Poland it is the crime on penalty under article 200 in the Penal Code. In the presented article the author's own theory is used as the conceptual framework of the empirical research. This theory stems from the Marshall and Barbaree's integrated theory of the etiology of sexual offending that emphasizes the role of offender's family experiences in developing sexual pathology in the future. The conducted research has verified the proposed concept describing the paths of the development of pedophilia and indicating the way early socialization experiences (attachment styles and parental attitudes) contribute to becoming a child's perpetrator. Results have partially confirmed the theoretical models and have given directions for future explorations.