Holy Crimes: Sexual Abuse by an Imposter Priest

The Impact of Priest Sexual Abuse: Female Survivors’ Narratives

This article explores the effect of priests’ sexual abuse on victimized girls and young women. The data were obtained from in-depth interviews with women who were seeking help years after the violation. The results revealed the following themes: the loss of innocence, a period of self-blame, the loss of religious faith, immense pressure to maintain silence, recognition of the imbalance of power...

Subtle Stereotyping: The Media, Homosexuality, and the Priest Sexual Abuse Scandal

Explanations for the Decline in Child Sexual Abuse Cases (Crimes Against Children Bulletin)

The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) is committed to improving the justice system’s response to crimes against children. OJJDP recognizes that children are at increased risk for crime victimization. Not only are children the victims of many of the same crimes that victimize adults, they are subject to other crimes, like child abuse and neglect, that are specific to ...

Detecting an imposter in telephone speech

Johan Schalkwyk, Etienne Barnard, Ronald A. Coleyand Je rey R. Sachsz yCenter for Spoken Language Understanding, Oregon Graduate Institute zDaniel H. Wagner Associates, Sunnyvale, California ABSTRACT This paper presents initial results on imposter detection in telephone speech. The imposter detector problem is de ned in terms of a real-world security problem. Perceptual studies are then present...

The Neuropsychological Determinants of Sexual Crimes

When the mechanisms that lead to sexual crimes are examined, the biological basis of human sexuality should be taken into consideration. So far, however, the neuropsychological mechanisms of sexual perversion are not fully understood, nor has the neuropsychological profile of a sexual abuser been determined. Structural and functional brain anomalies are thought to play a crucial role in sexual ...