Camille, there is one social work researcher, Jerome Wakefield who tackled this issue from a critical perspective, if I can recall. He is very interested and concerned with the formation of different diagnoses, and has addressed paraphilias, specifically those that are concerned with forensics. The first article I attach is specifically devoted to that subject, the rest all deal with the process by which diagnostic criteria are selected and codified. Check out the publications below. Hopefully it will be a treasure trove of other citations you can dive into!
Camille
I'm not sure what you mean by "with a gender perspective". Can you elaborate a bit on what/how you are thinking about the topic?
Hi Camille,
A professor in my home department, Chrysanthi Leon, wrote a book on this topic. It's entitled Sex Fiends, Perverts and Pedophiles: Understanding Sex Crime in
America. It examines the social control of pedophiles, including its medicalization, from a sociological (in particular, social constructionist) perspective. It should be very relevant to your research. Good luck!
Participant Observation is the method of research that I employ because I have always worked in the field. I worked in Child Protective Services for 3 years before I became a Probation Officer and dealt with sex offenders in that arena. I retired from government service after 30 years of service in 2006. Since then, I have been teaching at Stark State College.
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