Department of Psychiatry and Neurosciences, Universite Laval, Quebec, CA.
Quebec Professional Order of Sexologists, Quebec, CA.
Sex Abuse. 2024 Aug;36(5):511-545. doi: 10.1177/10790632231170818. Epub 2023 Apr 20.
While there is a considerable body of literature on sexual aggression, we know much less about the violation of sexual boundaries within professional relationships. To address this knowledge gap, the characteristics of cases of sexual misconduct in the province of Quebec were extracted, based on a search of published disciplinary decisions between 1998 and 2020, using the legal databases CANLII and SOQUIJ. The search yielded 296 decisions including 249 male and 47 female members from 22 professional orders, and involving 470 victims. Results indicate that male professionals approaching mid-career accounted for a greater proportion of cases of sexual misconduct. Moreover, physical and mental health professionals were overrepresented in cases, as were female adult victims. Acts of sexual misconduct concerned mostly sexual touching and intercourse and occurred during consultations. Female professionals were more inclined to establish romantic and sexual relationships with clients than their male counterparts. Of the 92.0% of professionals found guilty of at least one count of sexual misconduct, two thirds eventually returned to practice. Following the guilty verdict, few faced rehabilitative measures. Recommendations are provided for the prevention of sexual recidivism and the accompaniment of victims of sexual misconduct throughout the disciplinary process.
尽管有相当多的关于性侵犯的文献，但我们对专业关系中侵犯性边界的了解要少得多。为了弥补这一知识空白，本研究根据 1998 年至 2020 年期间发表的纪律处分决定，在 CANLII 和 SOQUIJ 法律数据库中进行了搜索，提取了魁北克省性不当行为案件的特征。搜索结果共 296 项决定，涉及 22 个专业机构的 249 名男性和 47 名女性成员，涉及 470 名受害者。结果表明，处于职业生涯中期的男性专业人员占性不当行为案件的比例更大。此外，心理健康专业人员在这些案件中占比过高，成年女性受害者也是如此。性不当行为主要涉及性接触和性交，发生在咨询期间。女性专业人员比男性专业人员更倾向于与客户建立浪漫和性关系。在被判犯有至少一项性不当行为罪的 92.0%的专业人员中，有三分之二最终恢复了执业。在有罪判决后，很少有人面临康复措施。为了防止性累犯，并在整个纪律处分过程中为性不当行为的受害者提供陪伴，提出了一些建议。
