“…Greater proportions of sex offenders report insecure adult attachment styles compared to non-offenders (Baker & Beech, 2004;Jamieson & Marshall, 2000;Marsa et al, 2004;Sawle & Kear-Colwell, 2001;Smallbone & Dadds, 1998) or normative non-offender data (Stirpe, Abracen, Stermac, & Wilson, 2006;Ward, Hudson, & Marshall, 1996). This was only observed for non-familial sex offenders who had abused children in Jamieson and Marshall's (2000) study, with no differences demonstrated between incest offenders and community controls, suggesting a complex relationship might exist in relation to adult attachment and different groups of sex offenders.…”