Spotlight Guide to Deviant/Fetish Sexual Interests

by Brian J. Kelly - Supervisory Cyber Analyst

Spotlight is a data analysis service provided by IPPC Technologies that uses a combination of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies and human verification to validate content captured and flagged by IPPC’s monitoring solutions. Spotlight’s mission is to provide agencies and officers streamlined and verified leads related to concerning behavior and to reduce the amount of data officers ultimately need to review. Spotlight Analysts possess education, training and law enforcement/industry-recognized certification(s) showing proficiency in how computers and the Internet work, computer & Internet management/monitoring in a community corrections setting, cybercrime investigations, digital forensics, mental health/sex offender treatment, etc. 

When validating an event, the Spotlight Analyst will provide a descriptor using available terminology (e.g. Nudity, Erotic) as well as canned language that the Spotlight Team has developed to provide the officer additional guidance into the activity patterns of the person under supervision. If a Spotlight Analyst observes an event that may be indicative of a deviant and/or sexual interest or fetish, the Spotlight Analyst will typically use the canned language term “Deviant/Fetish Sexual Arousal/Interest” followed by a specific paraphilia term, if applicable. Below is a list of various paraphilia concerns that the Spotlight Team has observed during analysis. Officers could share these concerns, when identified, with the treatment provider as the information may be valuable in ensuring concerning sexual interests are being addressed appropriately and therapeutically. 

Nepiophilia: sexual preference for very young children (usually aged between birth and 3 years old)

Pedophilia:  sexual preference for pre-pubsecent children (usually aged between 3 and 13 years old)

Hebephilia: sexual preference for pubescent youths (i.e., typically adolescents aged around 11 to 14 years old)

Ephebophilia: sexual preference for post-pubescent youths (mid-to-late adolescents aged around 15 to 19 years old)

Lactophilia: breast milk fetishism

Coprophilia: feces fetishism

Maieusiophilia (sometimes known as cyesolagnia): pregnancy fetishism

Urophilia: urine fetishism

Infantilism: sexual arousal from dressing as an adult baby and/or wearing diapers

Menophilia: individual (almost always male) derives sexual arousal from menstruating females

Knismolagnia: tickling fetishism

BDSM: bondage, domination, sadism, masochism (see below)
BDSM sub-groups based on the type of pain given and received
-Typical pain administration: practices such as spanking, caning, whipping, skin branding, electric shocks, etc.
-Humiliation: verbal humiliation, gagging, slapping, flagellation, etc. 
-Physical restriction: bondage, use of handcuffs, use of chains, wrestling, use of ice, wearing straight jackets, hypoxyphilia, and mummifying.
-Hyper-masculine pain administration: rimming, sexual paraphernalia  use, genitalia binding, being urinated upon, being given an enema, fisting, being defecated upon, and catheter insertion. 

IPPC Technologies continues to strive towards predictive and proactive solutions so officers can intervene early, address areas of concern and change behavior. For more information on IPPC’s services such as Spotlight, please call IPPC at (888) WEB-IPPC. For any questions/feedback on this or previous article topics, feel free to contact me directly at bkelly@ippctech.net or by calling (516)341-4201. Links to past articles can be found on my personal website.

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