Résumés du XXXIIIe Congrès International de droit et de santé ...

Roberto Catanesi, University of Bari (roberto.catanesi@uniba.it)Gabriele Rocca, University of Genoa (gabriele.rocca@unige.it)This article aims to induce reflection upon the criminogenesis and criminodynamics of sexualoffenses committed through the use of the internet. To this end, we have taken as a starting pointour experience in an expert witness case study. The case that came to our attention was that ofthe production and Web release of pedo-pornographic material, and sexual violence againstunderage disabled children. The offender is a young support teacher affected by a sexual statusclassifiable as a Hypersexual Disorder (Kafka, 1994) in Internet Addiction (Orzack, 2000). Hestarted to spend longer and longer hours navigating the Web and finally became completelyaddicted. His sexual conditions were entirely absorbed by the pedo-pornographic films he saw onthe internet, and to obtain other films from the pedophiles circle, he was induced to produce newpedo-pornographic material himself, for release on the internet. During the trial, the judgescommissioned an expert forensic psychiatry opinion. The internet can be a “liberating”, rapidaccess method through which to express the symptoms of a condition of “pathological sexuality”(Krafft-Ebbing, 1965). In literature, an “Internet Addiction” has been shown to be correlatedwith some pre-existing personality traits (Kraut et al, 2002; Young, Rogers, 1998).How Do People Change? Results from a RCT on Manualized TreatmentFaye Taxman, George Mason University (ftaxman@gmu.edu)Criminogenic needs have been defined as a set of dynamic characteristics of offenders that areknown to affect offending behaviors. Andrews and Bonta (2010) identified the followingcriminogenic needs as important to reducing offending behavior: substance use, anti-socialcognition, anti-social associates, family and marital relations, employment, and leisure andrecreational activities. This study relies on panel data to examine short-term changes in thesedynamic criminogenic needs and identifies which need changes have the greatest impact oncriminal offending and illicit drug use among a sample of drug-involved probationers whoparticipated in a 12-month randomized controlled trial (N=251). A series of repeated-measureANOVAs found that clients changed significantly over the time period in several need areas, butsome changes were bi-directional. Generalized estimating equation analyses found thatprobationers who reduced the number of criminally-involved friends, enhanced their workperformance, and decreased their frequency of alcohol and drug use had the greatest reduction inself-reported criminal activity. In addition, those who had a decrease in the number ofcriminally-involved peers and a reduction in alcohol use days were significantly less likely toself-report drug use over time. These findings suggest that certain dynamic need changes may bemore important for facilitating reductions in crime and drug use among probationers than others,and that designing interventions to impact these criminogenic needs might improve offenderoutcomes.25