TEACHING VIOLENCE EXPECTING PEACE

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TEACHING VIOLENCEEXPECTING PEACE

• Dr. Michael Neville.

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HOMICIDE RATES PER 100,000

• Caribbean 16.9
• Central America 41.0
• Western Europe 1.0
• Bahamas 27.4
• Jamaica 52.2
• Trinidad and Tobago 35.2
• Bermuda 12.3

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Early Power and Control

• Much advocacy for power based discipline.
• How does youngster react.
• How would you react to neglect, humiliation and
  violence.
• Assumption is passive submission to adult
  domination- in reality coping mechanisms.
• Works against ethical development of children.

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Corporal Punishment.

• Teaches violence as an acceptable response.
• Teaches violence for resolving conflicts.
• Results in increased rates of depression and low
  self esteem.
• Linked to increased physical assaults on spouses
  in later life.

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Teaching about Great Battles.

• Dates of Wars.
• War on Drugs, War on Rape.
• Society is much more complex

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Why not teach peace?

• Old Testament or Christianity.
• Mahatma Ghandi, non violent civil disobedience.
  Underlying faith in the goodness of human
  behaviour.
• Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King.
• All I am saying is simply this, that all life is
  interrelated, that somehow were caught in an
  inescapable network of mutuality tied in a single
  garment of destiny. What affects one directly
  affects all indirectly.

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Wise Old Owl.Need evidence based solutions

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DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

• Bahamas Crisis Center
• Men's Group, Dr. Harry Ferere.
• Genuine gender equality
• Reduction in domestic violence leads to reduction
  in murder rates.
• Police must take this seriously, but society
  needs faith in the system
• Poverty and housing.
• Oscar Wilde, Ballad of Reading Goal.

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A PERP ?

• YEA RIGHT

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REPORTED RAPE PER 100,000.

• BAHAMAS 22.7
• JAMAICA 24.4
• USA 27.3
• UK 28.8
• SWEDEN 63.5

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Rapists

• Criminal law seems to have little effect on
  sexual behaviour.
• Furious feelings are valid and appropriate.
• But one day most will be released.
• Cognitive distortions Must deal with deep seated
  belief system which has developed along with the
  individual.

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WHO ARE CHILD SEX ABUSERS?

• USUALLY ADULTS WELL KNOWN TO THE CHILD
• USUALLY MALE
• RECENT RESEARCH SHOWS INCREASE IN FEMALE ABUSERS

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WHO ARE THEY

• Well known and liked by you and your child
• Man, woman, married or single
• Child adolescent or adult
• Any race, religion or sexual preference
• Parent, stepparent, relative, friend, teacher,
  clergy, babysitter.
• Respected member of the community
• Education and intelligence will not stop it
• Could be anybody

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PERPETRATORS

• COMPLEX MIX OF PEOPLE WHO POSE DIFFERENT THREATS
  AND RISKS
• RANGE FROM VERY INADEQUATE TO SADISTIC SOCIOPATHS

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ABUSED BOYS

• 12 WILL BECOME PAEDOPHILE OFFENDERS
• 3 TIMES GREATER RISK IF ABUSED BY A WOMAN

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A GUIDE TO SUCCESSFUL ABUSE

• SILENCE, threats, rewards, cunning
• RELIABLE, already abused to the point where if
  they do speak who will believe them.

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WHY REPORT

• WHY REPORT IF NOTHING IS DONE
• CHILD WANTS ABUSE TO STOP BUT COMPLEX
  RELATIONSHIP ISSUES
• MAY NOT BE BELIEVED
• MAY BE FURTHER ABUSED BY THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE
  SYSTEM

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What can we do?

• Present systems do not appear to be working.
  Despite very strong feelings.
• What is suitable sentencing.
• International research shows selective
  interventions can help.
• Some groups have lower reoffending rates than
  first thought. Even lower if involved in therapy
• Use of social media

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RISKS

• NO. OF OFFENCES
• INTIMACY DEFICITS
• SEXUAL PREOCCUPATIONS
• AGE

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Indicators of Poor Outcome

• Early onset criminal history of sex/violence
• Predominately extra familial.
• Diverse sexual offending.
• Antisocial lifestyle.
• Sociopathic personality.
• High impulsivity, denial, cognitive distortions.
• Low victim empathy emotional loneliness.
• Sexually deviant arousal, fantasy preoccupation.

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Sympathy for the devil?

• Unpalatable to many
• Diverts resources from child protection services
• But we must reduce future offending
• Primitive rage is understandable and has a
  comforting absolutism but drives the problem
  underground and is not faced