Thus psychologists and psychiatrists could better categorize sex offenders, and a respected methodology emerged. It's only recently that there's been formal university training in paraphiliac behavior. Harrison landed contracts with Child Protective Services, the Department of Corrections and Interagency Councils. Hundreds of sex offenders moved through these programs, and he says he quickly grasped that the newer theories were more accurate. The research behind the newer theories was unarguably scientific, yet the findings made blessed common sense.
New data comes in steadily.
I've made mistakes. I wouldn't make that mistake now with all this new data, but I never want to be in that position again. Harrison's spacious Scottsdale office is filled with disturbing case files and scholarly articles on paraphiliac disorders. You don't realize what it's like to sit in this room with that kind of pathology every day. One guy admitted he started molesting his infant daughter the day she came home from the hospital after birth.