Reviews several clinical cases demonstrating typical patterns of how child molesters victimize children within their organizations, describes some of the screening systems currently in use by organizations and their limitations, and delineates the features that are critical in the development of effective screening systems. Volumetric and circumferential phallometry have relatively high efficiencies, but their intrusiveness, cost and the length of the assessment process preclude their use as a screening methodology for pedophiles within organizations. The efficiency of a new, less intrusive, screening methodology, the Abel Screen, compares favorably with phallometry in identifying those at risk for involvement with prepubescent and pubescent boys. It is suggested that the risk of applicants accessing boys in institutional settings could be significantly reduced by using the Abel Screen in such settings.
(PA 81:25737)