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VOYEURISM [3 records]

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Record 1 2025-10-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Offences and crimes
  • Sexology
DEF

Sexual stimulation or satisfaction derived principally from looking [without being seen].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infractions et crimes
  • Sexologie
DEF

Comportement de la personne qui trouve son plaisir sexuel en observant des scènes érotiques, intimes sans être vue.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Infracciones y crímenes
  • Sexología
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Record 2 2018-04-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mental Disorders
  • Sexology
  • Clinical Psychology
Universal entry(ies)
F65.3
classification system code, see observation
CONT

Voyeuristic disorder ... per definition requires one or more contributing factors that may change over time with or without treatment: subjective distress (e.g., guilt, shame, intense sexual frustration, loneliness), psychiatric morbidity, hypersexuality, and sexual impulsivity; psychosocial impairment; and/or propensity to act out sexually by spying on unsuspecting, naked or sexually active persons.

OBS

[Voyeurism] is a necessary but not sufficient condition for having a [voyeuristic] disorder, and [it] by itself does not necessarily justify or require clinical intervention.

OBS

F65.3: code used in the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Troubles mentaux
  • Sexologie
  • Psychologie clinique
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
F65.3
classification system code, see observation
CONT

Le trouble voyeurisme [...] requiert par définition un ou plusieurs facteurs qui peuvent changer avec le temps avec ou sans traitement : la détresse subjective (p. ex. culpabilité, honte, frustration sexuelle intense, solitude) et/ou la propension à passer à l'acte sexuellement en espionnant des personnes qui ne se doutent de rien, qui sont nues ou en train d'avoir des rapports sexuels.

OBS

Le [voyeurisme] est une condition nécessaire pour présenter un trouble [voyeurisme] et [le voyeurisme] en soi ne justifie ou ne requiert pas nécessairement une intervention clinique.

OBS

F65.3 : code de la Classification statistique internationale des maladies et des problèmes de santé connexes.

Spanish

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Record 3 2005-02-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Offences and crimes
  • Penal Law
  • Special-Language Phraseology
CONT

Second, the bill proposes the creation of new offences relating to “voyeurism.”

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infractions et crimes
  • Droit pénal
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
CONT

[Le projet de loi] propose la création de nouvelles infractions relatives au « voyeurisme ».

Spanish

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