Self-Reported Sex Crimes of Nonincarcerated Paraphiliacs

Abel, Gene G.; Becker, Judith V.; Mittelman, Mary; Cunningham‐Rathner, Jerry; Rouleau, Joanne-Lucine; Murphy, William D.

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“…Factors specifically related to sex offending were not studied, that is modus operandi (Hunter, Hazelwood, & Slesinger, 2000), cognitive distortions (Ryan & Lane, 1997;Ward, Hudson, & Marshall, 1995;Ward, Keenan, & Hudson, 2000), the development of deviant sexual experiences and fantasies (Abel et al, 1987), and empathy (Burke, 2001;Hanson & Scott, 1995;. Including these characteristics should evidently be a task of future research.…”

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Violent Juvenile Sex Offenders Compared with Violent Juvenile Nonsex Offenders: Explorative Findings From the Pittsburgh Youth Study

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Violent Juvenile Sex Offenders Compared with Violent Juvenile Nonsex Offenders: Explorative Findings From the Pittsburgh Youth Study

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“…Child abuser is young rather than an old person in generally. Adolescent sexual offenders report having approximately two paraphilias with onsetbetween ages 15 to 18 years of age (Abel et al, 1987). It is typical that they act upon these deviant impulses in adolescence.…”

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Sexual Assault in Childhood and Adolescence

Kar¹

2011

Forensic Medicine - From Old Problems to New Challenges

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“…Some offenders are better than others at avoiding detection, and the same applies to sex offenders (Beauregard & Bouchard, PATTERNS OF CRIMINAL ACHIEVEMENT IN SEXUAL OFFENDING 9 2010). Yet, it is commonly believed that, most of the time, sex offenders get away with their crime.While it is understood that official data on offending is only capturing a proportion of the total criminal activity of sex offenders, Gene Abel's oft-cited self-report study on men referred to his clinic (Abel et al, 1987; see also Weinrott & Saylor, 1991) suggested that this proportion may be minuscule 2 .Two decades earlier, however, Gebhard et al (1965) conducted a large survey of sex offenders in a prison setting and reported that about 15% of sex crimes committed by sexual aggressors of women were unknown by the authorities. The proportions were 20% for incest offenders and 29% for exhibitionists.…”

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Patterns of criminal achievement in sexual offending: Unravelling the “successful” sex offender

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Bouchard

Beauregard

2011

Journal of Criminal Justice

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Purpose: The current study examines significant variations in criminal achievement across sex offenders. To examine the "successful" sex offender, the study proposes a concept of achievement in sexual offending defined as the ability to maximize the payoffs of a crime opportunity while minimizing the costs. Methods: The study is based on a sample of convicted adult male sex offenders using retrospective longitudinal data. Results: The study findings show a wide variation in criminal achievement, a variation that is not correlated with the severity of sentences meted out or the actuarial risk scores obtained by these offenders. Those offenders who specialize in sex crimes were shown to be the most productive and least detected offenders. Two types of successful offenders emerge, the first relying on his conventional background in targeting a victim that can be repeatedly abused for a long period without detection. The second is a younger offender that is successful in the sense of being able to complete aggressions on multiple victims. Conclusions: Results suggest that the successful sex offender is not "detected" once he enters the criminal justice system, nor is he handled in a way that may deter him from sexually reoffending in the future.REFERENCE: Lussier, P., Bouchard, M. & Beauregard, E. (2011). Patterns of criminal achievement in sexual offending: Unravelling the "successful" sex offender. Journal of Criminal Justice, 39,[433][434][435][436][437][438][439][440][441][442][443][444] Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to P. Lussier, Pavillon Charles-De Koninck, 1030, ave. des Sciences-Humaines, Quebec, Quebec G1V 0A6, Canada. Tel.: +1 418 656 2131x5978. E-mail address: patrick.lussier@svs.ulaval.ca. PATTERNS OF CRIMINAL ACHIEVEMENT IN SEXUAL OFFENDING 2Patterns of criminal achievement in sexual offending: Unravelling the "successful" sex offender After more than 50 years of research on sexual recidivism, researchers have been unable to provide a formal evidence-based explanation of the criminal activity of sexual offenders. The risk factor approach taken and pursued over the years have restrained possibilities of understanding the criminal career dynamics of individuals committing sex offences and recent empirical studies have emphasized the need to correct this (e.g., Amirault & Lussier, 2011; Lussier & Davies, in press;Lussier, Tzoumakis, Cale, & Amirault, 2010). In that regard, this study is a departure from past research on this issue. The aim is not to identify a predictive model of sexual recidivism but rather to understand what is being predicted and who is being identified in the process. Sexual recidivism or in more technical terms, sexual rearrest and sexual reconviction, have become the gold standard measures to determine risk. While researchers have acknowledged that "official recidivism" carries an important limitation (i.e., it measures official reoffending or the likelihood or being caught, again), it has served to establish the risk of recidivism, the prevalen...

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Self-Reported Sex Crimes of Nonincarcerated Paraphiliacs

Cited by 515 publications

References 8 publications

Violent Juvenile Sex Offenders Compared with Violent Juvenile Nonsex Offenders: Explorative Findings From the Pittsburgh Youth Study

Violent Juvenile Sex Offenders Compared with Violent Juvenile Nonsex Offenders: Explorative Findings From the Pittsburgh Youth Study

Sexual Assault in Childhood and Adolescence

Patterns of criminal achievement in sexual offending: Unravelling the “successful” sex offender

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