The generality of criminal behavior: A confirmatory factor analysis of the criminal activity of sex offenders in adulthood

Beyond sexual recidivism: A review of the sexual criminal career parameters of adult sex offenders

“…In other words, as the frequency of offending increases, so does the versatility in paraphilic interests and behaviors. Similarly, Lussier et al (2005) found in a sample of adult sex offenders that versatility in sex offending was strongly related to versatility in non-sexual non-violent offending as well as versatility in non-sexual violent crime.…”

“…Not surprisingly therefore, the age of onset based on self-report data is younger than those based on official data (e.g., Baxter, Marshall, Barbaree, Davidson, & Malcolm, 1984;Cale, 2012;Gebhard et al, 1965;Lussier et al, 2005;Proulx, Lussier, Ouimet, & Boutin, 2008;Smallbone & Wortley, 2004). When looking at the official age of onset, results clearly indicate that it significantly varies across sex offender types.…”

“…We refer readers to several reviews of the state of empirical knowledge on criminal careers in the general population of offenders (e.g., Delisi & Piquero, 2011;Piquero, Farrington, & Blumstein, 2003). Nonetheless, while the criminal career approach has been prominent in criminological circles, it would take some time before this conceptual framework would be introduced more explicitly to the field of sexual violence and abuse (Blokland & Lussier, in press;Lussier, LeBlanc, & Proulx, 2005).…”

Female sex offenders: Specialists, generalists and once-only offenders

“…Most of these women had offended against victims who are acquaintances or family. Given this victim preference, increased levels of sexual abuse victimisation and the long period over which sex offending continues, in a sense these women resemble male (juvenile) child abusers (Harris et al, 2009;Lussier et al, 2005).…”

“…Offenders with an ethnic Dutch background are involved more frequently in paedosexual offences when compared with non-ethnic Dutch offenders (Leuw, Bijl, & Daalder, 2004). We also know that offenders of paedosexual offences specialise more towards sex offences (Harris et al, 2009;Lussier, LeBlanc, & Proulx, 2005). When ethnic background is connected in a similar manner with specialisation in female sex offenders as it is in male sex offenders, this would lead us to expect that relatively many females would specialise in sex offending because they have a non-ethnic Dutch background more often than do male sex offenders.…”