Episode 4
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SELECTION OF ORGANISATIONS OFFERING SUPPORT TO PEOPLE AFFECTED BY SEXUAL ABUSE
ONE IN FOUR
Tel: 01 662 4070
www.oneinfour.ie
CARI (Children at Risk Ireland)
National Helpline: Lo-call 1890 924 567
From UK and Northern Ireland: 00353 18308523
Lines are open from Monday to Friday, 9:30am to 5:30pm
email: helpline@cari.ie
CHILDLINE
(for all children and young people up to the age of 18 years in Ireland)
Tel: 1800 66 66 66
www.childline.ie/
SERVICES FOR PERPETRATORS OF SEXUAL ABUSE AND THOSE WITH CONCERNS ABOUT THEIR BEHAVIOUR
GRANADA INSTITUTE
Tel: 01 272 1030
email: granadainstitute@sjog.ie
ONE IN FOUR
Tel: 01 662 4070
www.oneinfour.ie
(One in Four offers psychotherapy services to perpetrators of sexual violence at a separate location to its other services.)
CROGA
www.croga.org provides free, anonymous self-help resources for people who are worried about downloading and using illegal images (also called "child pornography").
www.croga.org
OTHER PROGRAMME CONTRIBUTORS
For more information on the work of:
Dr Ray Blanchard
Dr James Cantor
& Michael Kuban
(Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto)
www.camh.net/Research/Areas_of_research/Clinical_Research/
law_and_mental_health.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7116506.stm
For more information on the work of Dr Bill Marshall, see the website of Rockwood Psychological Services:
For further information on the work of Michael Moran at Interpol, see the websites:
www.virtualglobaltaskforce.com/
www.interpol.int/Public/Children/Default.asp
For further information on the work of Dr Ethel Quayle in UCC, see the website:
OTHER RELEVANT WEBSITES
Irish Prisons Service
www.irishprisons.ie
IN HOPE
The International Association of Internet Hotlines
www.inhope.org/
Make IT Secure
(Information on safer internet use, including advice for parents on the risks to children associated with Social Networking Websites)
www.makeitsecure.org
Rape Crisis Centre, Ireland
www.rcni.ie/abt_office.htm
Episode Summary:
The latest episode of Science Friction, RTÉ's insightful science documentary series, examines one of society's most taboo subjects: paedophilia.
The discussion of paedophilia and child sexual abuse today can often be limited to controversial newspaper headlines and columns, and little else. In this thought-provoking programme, presenter Liz Bonnin goes behind the headlines to pose the question: what is paedophilia and is it something that can be cured?
Bonnin presents the psychological and biological factors that experts say could result in someone sexually abusing children. She also looks at the science behind some of the more radical treatments available for child sex offenders. The programme features both Irish and international experts and presents new, ground-breaking research that suggests that paedophiles are driven by a biological desire they were born with.
This Science Friction documentary presents a rational, scientific way of approaching one of our greatest fears.
