Bennett Madeleine, Harris Danielle Arlanda, Richards Kelly, Shields Ryan
Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
Griffith Criminology Institute, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
Psychiatr Psychol Law. 2024 Jan 16;32(1):106-120. doi: 10.1080/13218719.2023.2280519. eCollection 2025.
This article presents the findings of a historical, qualitative thematic analysis of archival clinical records of 24 men convicted of child sexual abuse and referred for civil commitment to the Massachusetts Treatment Center between 1959 and 1984. Drawing on the perspective of Cicourel, the study examined the differential ways men convicted of child sexual abuse were constructed by various criminal justice actors based on the gender of their victims. Overall, the study found that men with male victims were constructed as more deviant than men with female victims. The study's findings thus contribute to the research literature on the historical pathologisation and criminalisation of homosexuality.
本文介绍了一项对24名被判犯有儿童性虐待罪并于1959年至1984年间被提交至马萨诸塞州治疗中心接受民事拘押的男性的档案临床记录进行的历史性、定性主题分析的研究结果。该研究借鉴了西库雷尔的观点，考察了不同刑事司法行为主体基于儿童性虐待罪犯受害者的性别，对他们进行构建的不同方式。总体而言，研究发现，与有女性受害者的男性相比，有男性受害者的男性被构建为更偏离常态。因此，该研究结果为关于同性恋的历史病态化和刑事定罪的研究文献做出了贡献。
