Is Environmental and Genetic Factors related to Sexual Deviancies?

A Harvard study found that profession (social environment) and genetics play the primary role for the chances to become a sexual offender. Professions such as the military and police agency has over exorbitant number of sexual offenders and consists of a very high number of those who have evaded arrest, however comprise of a genetic deviancy.

Genetic Factors, in about 40% of sexual offending risk may be explained thru genetic factors via: DNA chromosomes, along with sociological factor, a statistical analysis found, and about 2% of the risk was attributed to environmental factors shared between siblings, such as parental attitudes, neighborhood and education. ... Instead, they say, the effect is mostly explained by genetics.

To prove the sexual deviancy via: Genetics, recent news articles in the Canadian and US news agencies has found one prominent family to be repeatedly cited for sexual deviancy.If you take a look at Paul Bernardo, Donald Trump, Jeremy Roenick, Connor McGregor, Pierre Cadieux, Patrick Kane, Mike Babcock and recent news of Peter Nygard, what do these famous figures have in common? If I were to tell you they were all related genetically, you likely wouldn’t believe me. As a journalist, when I first heard the news of the various cases of sexual allegations, etc. I always would advocate for the accused as being not only a journalist, but an advocate who has also been wrongfully accused and charged for criminal offenses which have now been decriminalized. What are the chances that these individuals are related thru genetics? Why are these powerful men consistently accused of sexual deviancy, however not subject to the public scrutiny? What’s the chance their families are involved in policing or the military?

A sexual offender gene linked these men and creates havoc on society for children, women and senior citizens. Police officers or military personal who have power and control thru their employment with a sexual deviancy is problematic for society as a whole.

Police officer= sexual offender

Military personal= sexual predator

Another perspective views that there is “no evidence for a sex offending gene”, the article states that it is a combination of genes linked to factors such as impulse control, intelligence and sexual appetite are likely to influence the risk of a person committing an offence. The study by Professor Langstron, is the first major investigation of the genetic basis of sexual crime - a subject that had proved too challenging for previous survey-based research. “It’s pretty sensitive to ask about these things, so we tried to use officially available data”

The study used the records of 21,566 men convicted of sexual offences in Sweden between 1973 and 2009. Around 2.5% of brothers or fathers of convicted sex offenders were themselves convicted of sexual offences, compared to an offending rate of about 0.5% of men in the general population. The authors looked at both rape and child sexual offences and found similar patterns for both.

About 40% of sexual offending risk is explained by genetic factors, a statistical analysis found, and about 2% of the risk was attributed to environmental factors shared between siblings, such as parental attitudes, neighborhood and education. Unique environmental factors, such as head injuries, peer group influence and social experiences, are likely to account for the remaining differences in risk between people.

The study makes the case for targeting interventions at the male relatives of sex offenders. “We’re not saying you should lock up the brothers,” said Seena Fazel, professor of forensic psychiatry at the University of Oxford and co-author. “It may well be that something extra can be offered to these high-risk families in terms of teaching about boundary setting, relationship skills, conflict management. “However, they acknowledge that the issue would have to be handled with extreme sensitivity and said it was too early to say whether pharmacological interventions would ever be helpful. “Obviously one has to be careful about not ostracizing people,” said Långström. “It’s important that it does not become a public thing, where not only has your father committed a sexual offence, but you’re forced to attend mandatory courses.”

The ideology that sexual offending tends to be clustered in families is not new, but typically has been put down to a “cycle of abuse” - an idea that has probably been given too much weight, the authors argue. Instead, they say, the effect is mostly explained by genetics. To demonstrate this, they considered the case of maternal half-brothers (typically brought up in the same family home) and paternal half-brothers (who normally live with different mothers). If environmental factors were largely responsible, a much higher risk would be expected in maternal half-brothers whose siblings had committed crimes. But both groups were roughly twice as likely to offend if their half-sibling had previously committed a sexual offence. The link was also about half as strong as for full siblings, again supporting the idea that genetic factors were more powerful.

Dr Rajan Darjee, a consultant forensic psychiatrist in Edinburgh, who was not involved in the work, said: “Genes influence brain development, and brain functioning underpins psychological functioning, so it should not be surprising to find that genetic factors play a role in sexual offending.” That genes play a role does not mean that a person is “less responsible” or that crimes are inevitable, he added. “It just emphasizes that genes are an important part of a complicated jigsaw.” A spokesman for the National Organization for the Treatment of Abusers, said: “The possibility of carefully targeted interventions and support for families in which the relative risks are higher is an exciting prospect for a committed professional community.” The risk was found to be slightly higher for brothers (five times the average) compared to fathers (four times), which could simply reflect brothers being closer in age and therefore more likely to both offend during the study period. “People don’t commit sex offences from zero until they die. You have windows of risk,” said Långström.

Police deviance occurs when law enforcement officers behave in a manner that is “inconsistent with the officer's legal authority, organizational authority, and standards of ethical conduct” (Barker and Carter, 1986, pp. 2–3). Police deviance includes but is not limited to: • discrimination. • misconduct.Another study compared 38 lower risk (based on actuarial risk assessments) men convicted of contact sexual offenses against children, 38 child pornography offenders, and 70 solicitation offenders (also known as luring or traveler offenders). Solicitation and child pornography offenders were better educated than contact offenders but did not differ on other sociodemographic variables. In comparison to child pornography offenders, solicitation offenders had lower capacity for relationship stability and lower levels of sex drive/preoccupation and deviant sexual preference. Solicitation offenders were also more problematic than lower risk contact offenders on sex drive/preoccupation and capacity for relationship stability and had greater self-reported use of child pornography. Differences between groups on two actuarial risk measures, the Static-99 and the VASOR, were inconsistent. This study suggests that solicitation offenders differ in meaningful ways from lower risk contact offenders and child pornography offenders and, consequently, in risk, treatment, and supervision needs. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved)

Reports of police deviance and the perceived lack of public trust and confidence in law enforcement officials in the United States, one may be surprised to learn that allegations of acts of police brutality, serious misconduct, and corruption are extremely rare. Empirical evidence reveals that the overwhelming majority of American law enforcement personnel routinely conduct themselves professionally and with the public’s interests and concerns in mind. However, the few isolated incidents that have involved the excessive use of force by police or acts of corruption, among other forms of police deviance, have clearly tarnished the positive reputations of law enforcement personnel, not only locally but at times nationally. A number of respected criminology and criminal justice researchers have attempted to define police deviance, corruption, misconduct, and inappropriate behavior, but none of them have done so with universal agreement and often not reflecting practical realities. The author has proposed a new typology for the five most obvious categories of police deviance: (1) police corruption, (2) police criminality, (3) excessive use of force, (4) abuse of authority, and (5) police misconduct.

Now to advocate for the individuals who may be wrongfully accused, its important that Paul Bernardo, Donald Trump, Connor McGregor, Peter Nygard, Jeremy Roenick and Patrick Kane, etc. allegation may or may not have been proven in court. However some police officers indicate these allegations are unfounded, the only response by our investigative journalistic was “try saying that to the victims”. All allegations of sexual assaults, child molestation, rape and other allegation including child pornography, etc. should be taken serious, however its important to not judge without all the factual information, respectively. Gillsepse Blanchard says, let’s not make judgmenet without hearing facts first