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Prevention Project Dunkelfeld - Wikipedia

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The Prevention Project Dunkelfeld (PPD) is an effort founded in Germany to provide clinical and support services to people who are sexually attracted to children (pedophiles and hebephiles) and want help controlling their sexual urges, but are otherwise unknown to the legal authorities.^[1]^[2]^[3] The term Dunkelfeld is German for dark figure of crime. It was named that way because its goal is to reduce the amount of unknown cases of child sexual abuse. The project began in Berlin in June 2005 with a large media campaign to contact pedophiles and hebephiles who wanted help from clinicians to manage their paraphilia. The campaign pledged medically confidential treatment free-of-charge. It was initially funded by the Volkswagen Foundation, and has been financially supported by the German government since 2008.^[4] The project's slogan is "You are not guilty because of your sexual desire, but you are responsible for your sexual behavior. There is help! Don't become an offender!"^[5]

By 2010 a total of 1,134 people had responded. Of those 499 had a completed diagnosis, and 255 had been offered a place in therapy. More than half had previously attempted to find therapy without success. The therapy offered has three main components. Patients are encouraged to accept the fact that they have such sexual inclinations, integrate it into their self-concept, and involve relatives or partners in the therapeutic process. Cognitive behaviour therapy is used to improve coping skills, stress management, and sexual attitudes. Drugs that reduce general sex drive, such as serotonin reuptake inhibitors and anti-androgens, may also be offered.^[4] The PPD and those who join the organization have been the subject of several research studies.^[5]^[6]^[7]

References

^ Jefferson, Cord (7 September 2012). "Born This Way: Sympathy and Science for Those Who Want to Have Sex with Children". Gawker.com.
^ Henley, Jon (3 January 2013). "Paedophilia: bringing dark desires to light". The Guardian.
^ Savage, Dan, Another Gold Star Pedophile, archived from the original on 8 March 2012, retrieved 20 January 2013
^ ^a ^b Beier, K. M., & Loewit, K. K. (2012). Sexual Medicine in Clinical Practice. Springer Science & Business Media. pp. 126–127.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ ^a ^b Beier, K. M., Neutze, J., Mundt, I. A., Ahlers, C. J., Goecker, D., Konrad, A., & Schaefer, G. A. (2009). "Encouraging self-identified pedophiles and hebephiles to seek professional help: First results of the Prevention Project Dunkelfeld". Child Abuse & Neglect, 33, 545–549. doi:10.1016/j.chiabu.2009.04.002.
^ Beier, K. M., Ahlers, C. J., Goecker, D., Neutze, J., Mundt, I. A., Hupp, E., & Schaefer, G. A. (2009). "Can pedophiles be reached for primary prevention of child sexual abuse? First results of the Berlin Prevention Project Dunkelfeld". Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology, 20, 851–867. doi:10.1080/14789940903174188.
^ Neutrz, J., Seto, M. C., Schaefer, G. A., Mundt, I. A., Beier, K. M. (2011). "Predictors of child pornography offences and child sexual abuse in a community sample of pedophiles and hebephiles". Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment, 23, 212–242.

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