Media Coverage of Pedophilia: Benefits and Risks from Healthcare Practitioners' Point of View.
media coverage
media effects
pedophilia
prevention
qualitative interviews
stigma
Journal
International journal of environmental research and public health
ISSN: 1660-4601
Titre abrégé: Int J Environ Res Public Health
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101238455
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
08 08 2020
08 08 2020
Historique:
received:
30
06
2020
revised:
01
08
2020
accepted:
05
08
2020
entrez:
14
8
2020
pubmed:
14
8
2020
medline:
18
11
2020
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
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.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32784429
pii: ijerph17165739
doi: 10.3390/ijerph17165739
pmc: PMC7460489
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
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