1. Review Paper-PowerPoint Presentation
Rebecca DellEra
PSY 492 UD: Advanced General Psychology
Argosy University
February 25, 2011
2. Abstract
In life there are times when you hear or watch the news and are
utterly shocked and dismayed by what you hear or see. I sometimes
struggle to understand how and why a person would cause
irreversible damage to someone else by violating them by sexually
abusing them. It is even more difficult for me to grasp how the
person can be a pedophile and say that they loved the person(s)
they abused. What I want to research and write about is whether or
not a pedophile can be successfully rehabilitated.
I have read that there are cases in which rehabilitation has been
successful. However, I have not put a great deal of research into
this subject thus far so this paper will give me that opportunity.
I am interested in educating myself about whether or not they can
be rehabilitated. Perhaps I will learn to have sympathy toward a
pedophile and be able to assist in rehabilitating them.
3. Literature Findings
By diagnostic criteria of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of
Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, a pedophile is an individual who
fantasizes about, is sexually aroused by, or experiences sexual
urges toward prepubescent children (generally
