One hundred sex offenders.

A descriptive study of rapists and child molesters: Developmental, clinical, and criminal characteristics

“…Much of the data gathered on sexual offender samples has been predominantly descriptive, enumerating the characteristics of sex offenders sampled from a variety of psychiatric and correctional facilities (Abrahamsen, 1950;Apfelberg, Sugar, & Pfeffer, 1944; Brancale, MacNeil, & Vuocolo, 1965; Ellis & Brancale, 1956; Frosch & Bromberg, 1939; Gebhard, Gagnon, Pomeroy, & Christenson, 1965; Glueck, 1956; Henn, Herjanic, & Vanderpearl, 1976; McCaldron, 1967; Mohr, Turner, & Jerry, 1964;Pacht & Cowden, 1974;Pacht, Halleck, & Ehrmann, 1962; Rada, 1975Rada, ,1976 Revitch & Weiss, 1962; Shaskan, 1939;Swenson & Grimes, 1958). Such descriptive data should provide an important source for scientific theory building.…”

Prospective Studies of Crime and Delinquency

“…Offenders with widely varying degrees and kinds of criminal activity and who differ in age, background, personality, psychiatric diagnosis, race, and religion are all lumped together if there appears to be the slightest indication of aberrant sexual activity in their criminal histories (Amir, 1971;Apfelberg, Sugar and Pfeffer, 1944;Frosch and Bromberg, 1939;Henn, Herjanic and Vanderpearl, 1976;McCaldron, 1967;Mohr, Turner and Jerry, 1964;Rada, 1975Rada, , 1976Shaskan, 1939). The lack of 306 PROSPECTIVE STUDIES OF CRIME AND DELINQUENCY specification both of the multiple dimensions of adult adaptation and of the numerous factors involved in criminal activity might conceal important relations.…”

Exhibitionism: Etiology and treatment.

“…Researchers have generally entered a prison or court clinic and have collected as much information as possible from prison and court records, psychiatric evaluations, interviews, questionnaires, and occasionally from administering standard psychological tests or specially prepared instruments. The major studies prior to the early 1950s (Abrahamsen, 1950;Apfelberg, Sugar, & Pfeffer, 1944;Arieff & Rotman, 1942;East, 1924East, , 1946Henninger, 1941;Hirning, 1945;Rickles, 1950;Shaskan, 1939;Taylor, 1947) lacked the experimental rigor that might be expected of more recent work. However, Karpman (1954) reported general agreement as to the timidity, lack of aggressiveness, perceived inferiority, and heterosexual immaturity of the subjects.…”