Heading to court

[ty030860]

I am preparing for court. The initial case of sexual assault was dropped but now the ex-husband of the spouse of the alleged perpetrator is trying to get custody of the children and is using the alleged offense as a means of gaining custody.

Is there any literature that you may have run across that specifically indicates risk factors associated with masturbation. I can find none so far in my research. My client has no prior history of any legal involvement but impulsively masturbated after waking up fully stimulated. He admits it was impulsive, given the fact that children were asleep in the bed but both were asleep and neither child indicates any recollection of the event. There is no indication of pedophilic tendencies.

Any help would assist me greatly.

[PMH]

I don't think the act of masturbation or even frequent masturbation is associated with increased risk.

More telling would be the fantasies he uses to masturbate to.

-PMH

[ty030860]

That is my response as well but in preparation for the court and expectation of the lawyer attempting to discredit the alleged perpetrator, I am trying to ensure that there is not any research that I have missed. According to his report, fantasies surround adult female partners, past and present.

[PMH]

I think that is probably as far as you can go: You can not locate research to indicate that masturbation is related to risk.

None of the actuaria risk scales looks at masturbation.

Your opinion (based on research) is that it is the fantasy content, not the number of times that contributes to risk.

It is your opinion that in this situation ...

Of course, then you may have to address the question of how do you know what he is really fantasizing about, and isn't it feasable that he was fantasizing about the children, since they were nearby?

Let us know the outcome.

-PMH