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Elite Investigative Journal
Satanic Ritual Abuse and Child Sexual Victimization, pg 81-86
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Satanic Ritual Abuse and Child Sexual Victimization
by Michael Nuccitelli, Psy. D.
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The data compiled from a University magnitude of RA, the psychological
of New Hampshire College professor, wounds suffered by victims, and the
David Finkelhor Ph.D. and his team’s strategies of supporting children and their
national study from the late 1980’s still families after sexual abuse victimization.
remains enlightening. 25 years have
almost passed and his categorization of In Nursery Crimes: Sexual Abuse in
Satanic Ritual Abuse (hereafter “SRA”) Day Care (Sage Publications, January,
and Ritual Abuse (hereafter “RA”) 1988 pg.64), Dr. Finkelhor suggested a
perpetrators into three segments is as conceptual formulation still viewed as
contemporary as ever. The three faces a blueprint of the perpetrator’s criminal
of the perpetrator engaged in SRA or mind. Paraphrasing his comments he
RA having distinct motivations was stated, “The motivation for engaging
brilliant then and brilliant now. in satanic ritual abuse may first be
“identification with evil” because it
Data compiled also led him and his “ties together sexual and ritual abuse in
team to conclude further research on the mindset and may explain why these
SRA/RA was vital and professional offenders are attracted to so-called satanic
awareness skills building was needed practices.”
for the identification and investigation
of potential future ritual child sex As an ethical researcher, Dr. Finkelhor
abuse. likely used conditional statements of “may
be” on two occasions in his comments so
Additional research investigations was as to not sound subjective. Not being a
encouraged to attempt to define the college professor or an established
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