Institute of Sexology and Sexual Medicine, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, 10117 Berlin, Germany.
Institute for Media and Communication Studies, Freie Universität Berlin, 14195 Berlin, Germany.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Aug 8;17(16):5739. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17165739.
The fierce stigma associated with pedophilia may interfere with attempts to prevent sexual offending. Prior research on the effects of media reports about pedophilia mostly focused on their role in perpetuating stigma in the general population. In order to better understand potential benefits and risks of the media coverage on people with pedophilia and specialized prevention and treatment efforts, we conducted semi-structured qualitative interviews with 11 healthcare practitioners of the German Prevention Network "Don't offend". Healthcare practitioners described positive (e.g., raising awareness for prevention offers) as well as negative (e.g., perpetuating the existing public stigma) effects of the media coverage and estimated that only about one-third of media coverage portrays pedophilia realistically. To destigmatize pedophilia and benefit the prevention of child sexual abuse, a fact box for journalists was developed based on practitioners' expert knowledge.
与恋童癖相关的强烈污名将阻碍防止性犯罪的尝试。之前关于媒体对恋童癖报道的影响的研究主要集中在它们在普通人群中延续污名的作用上。为了更好地了解媒体对恋童癖者以及专门的预防和治疗工作的报道的潜在好处和风险,我们与德国预防网络“不要冒犯”的 11 名医疗保健从业者进行了半结构化的定性访谈。医疗保健从业者描述了媒体报道的积极影响(例如,提高对预防措施的认识)和消极影响(例如,延续现有的公众污名),并估计只有大约三分之一的媒体报道真实地描绘了恋童癖。为了消除恋童癖的污名并有利于防止儿童性虐待,根据从业者的专业知识,为记者开发了一个事实框。