Sexual Aberrance in Male Adolescents Manifesting a Behavioral Triad Considered Predictive of Extreme Violence: Some Clinical Observations

Wax, Douglas E.; Haddox, Victor G.

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“…Manifestations of extreme violence and marked sexual deviation are documented in each case studied. The tendency of these adolescents to fuse sexuality and aggression has been discussed by us elsewhere [2]. This phenomenon seems consistent with the arrested, rather infantile levels of psychological development evident generally in our subjects.…”

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“…In the most thorough recent review on this phenomenon, Hellman and Blackman [1] established with their data that a significant relationship exists between this triad of symptoms in childhood and violent aggressive behavior in adulthood. Our present exploration of this phenomenon has involved a detailed study of adolescent males evidencing this triad [2,3]. Our findings are consistent with previous studies of adults and the detailed descriptions of children demonstrating this triad.…”

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Enuresis, fire setting, and animal cruelty: A useful danger signal in predicting vulnerability of adolescent males to assaultive behavior

Wax

Haddox

1974

Child Psych Hum Dev

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Current shifts in corrective and rehabilitation planning result in an emphasis upon primary prevention efforts involving early identification and intervention with vulnerable children who run high risk of serious adolescent and adult delinquency. A variety of observers have argued that the presence of a combination of observable problem behaviors documented in childhood is related to ego weakness and may have value as a predictor of explosive acting out in later life. The present study examines a number of institutionalized adolescent male delinquents whose recent history contains reference to a triad of behaviors (persistent enuresis, fire setting, and animal cruelty). Not only does the predictive validity of the triad appear to be supported, but the cases cited rank highest among overtly dangerous assaultive youth seen in the Southern California Youth Authority during the 12-month observation period. Presented is a summary of case history data supporting the hypothesis that the triad is a useful clinical tool in the prediction of violent behavior.Various social sciences have long struggled with issues concerning behavioral prediction. The applied behavioral sciences, particularly in the areas of correction and allied rehabilitation, have often seized upon concepts such as the psychological test profile, body type

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Enuresis, fire setting, and animal cruelty: A useful danger signal in predicting vulnerability of adolescent males to assaultive behavior

Wax

Haddox

1974

Child Psych Hum Dev

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“…Arbeiten mit dem gemeinsamen Vorkommen von Enuresis, wiederholten Brandstiftungen und Grausamkeit gegenüber Tieren, das zu späterer Gewalttätigkeit und Gemeingefährlichkeit im Erwachsenenalter prädisponieren soll. Diese Triade wurde 1963 erstmals retrospektiv bei den sadistischeren unter 100 psychiatrisch zu begutachtenden Mördern und Totschlägern anamnestiziert (176), bald darauf bei einem Kontrollgruppenvergleich von aggressiven und nichtaggressiven Straftätern bei ersteren statistisch signifikant häufiger retrospektiv erfragt (58,95) und seitdem öfter beschrieben (271,293,294,295). Die Validität dieser Triade als Prädiktor wurde jedoch nicht (114,177,216), nur teilweise (57,91,134) bzw.…”

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Zur Psychologie und Psychopathologie der Brandstiftung 1955 bis 1991 - eine Übersicht

Barnett¹

1992

Fortschr Neurol Psychiatr

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After a historical introduction and some short remarks on criminal arson, this review of the literature since 1955 mainly focuses on pathological firesetting. It deals with all important aspects of the psychiatry of firesetting: arson by persons referred to psychiatric examination, by the mentally ill, and by psychiatric inpatients, the relationship between arson and sexuality, psychoanalytical contributions, arson by children and juveniles, therapy and prevention of firesetting behaviour. Female arsonists, recidivism, and suicide by burning are considered separately.

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“…In a report on "sexual aberrance" in male adolescents, six case studies were presented in which the triad was exhibited (Wax & Haddox, 1974). In three of the six cases there was no offense indicated, and in a fourth case the offense was exhibitionism.…”

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“…Hellman and Blackman found the full triad in 25% of their sample and the partial or full triad in 74% of their subsample of men with aggressive crimes. Wax and Haddox (1974) reported on six out of 46 (13%) California Youth Authority referrals who were "sexually aberrant" and also exhibited the full triad. By way of contrast, the present study found the full triad in only four cases (2%) and the diad in an additional 14 cases (8%).…”

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The predictive value of the triad for sex offenders

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Carter²

1984

Behavioral Sci & The Law

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Sexual Aberrance in Male Adolescents Manifesting a Behavioral Triad Considered Predictive of Extreme Violence: Some Clinical Observations

Cited by 13 publications

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Enuresis, fire setting, and animal cruelty: A useful danger signal in predicting vulnerability of adolescent males to assaultive behavior

Enuresis, fire setting, and animal cruelty: A useful danger signal in predicting vulnerability of adolescent males to assaultive behavior

Zur Psychologie und Psychopathologie der Brandstiftung 1955 bis 1991 - eine Übersicht

The predictive value of the triad for sex offenders

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