The Victim–Offender Overlap in Sexual Offending: Exploring a Community-Based Sample of Young Adults in Hong Kong

Chan, Heng Choon

doi:10.1177/1079063220981889

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“…For instance, having an interest in paraphilic behavior that is illegal in nature (e.g., biastophilia [rape] or pedophilia [sex with underage children]) may pose a serious threat to the public. Besides, problematic sexual interests and behavior are associated with a number of harmful consequences, including heightened risk of sexually transmitted infections (Yoon, Houang, Hirschfield, & Downing, 2016), interpersonal problems (Winder, Fedoroff, Grubin, Klapilová, Kamenskov, Tucker, et al, 2019), physical injuries (Carnes, 1991), and sexual (re)offending behavior (Chan, 2020a;Hanson & Morton-Bourgon, 2005). In view of the potential high risk of adverse public health outcomes, it is worthwhile to understand this phenomenon in Hong Kong, especially the factors associated with paraphilic interests, to effectively identify and intervene in a timely manner on behalf of those who are at greatest risk for such outcomes.…”

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Paraphilic Interests: The Role of Psychosocial Factors in a Sample of Young Adults in Hong Kong

Chan

2021

Sex Res Soc Policy

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Background Little is known about the prevalence and nature of paraphilic interests in the Hong Kong young adult population. This study explores the psychosocial factors associated with paraphilic interests. Methods Testing the propositions of several criminological theories (i.e., the theories of self-control, general strain, social learning, social control, and routine activity), the study recruited 1171 participants (18–40 years old), from September 2018 through April 2020, to examine both general and 14 subtypes of paraphilic interest (i.e., voyeurism, exhibitionism, scatologia, fetishism, transvestic fetishism, frotteurism, sadism, masochism, biastophilia, urophilia, scatophilia, hebephilia, pedophilia, and zoophilia). Results The findings indicate that males reported significantly higher levels of general and 12 subtypes of paraphilic interest than females, while females had a higher level of transvestic fetishism than males. No mean difference is found between males and females in interest in masochism. Relative to females, males reported significantly higher levels of negative temperament, alcohol and drug use, and risky sexual behavior, whereas females had higher levels of self-control, social bonds, and perceived neighborhood disorganization than males. Multivariate analyses indicate that in general, high levels of negative temperament, alcohol and drug use, risky sexual behavior, and perceived neighborhood disorganization and low levels of self-control and social bonds were important factors associated with the participants’ likelihood of having general and 14 subtypes of paraphilic interest. Conclusions These findings provide support to the significant role of psychosocial factors in understanding different paraphilic interests in the Hong Kong young adult population. Policy Implications This study has implications for practice, in the form of reducing, if not eliminating, the tendency to develop an interest in paraphilic behaviors. This may be more important when referring to paraphilic behaviors that are criminally oriented.

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Paraphilic Interests: The Role of Psychosocial Factors in a Sample of Young Adults in Hong Kong

Chan

2021

Sex Res Soc Policy

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“…Previous studies have found that individuals who had paraphilic interests or had been diagnosed with paraphilias were more likely to engage in hypersexual activities, such as having multiple sexual partners, a high sexual appetite and preoccupation, and high rates of sexual behavior (Kafka and Hennen, 2003;Långström and Hanson, 2006;Kafka, 2009;Chan, 2021). Indeed, Chan (2020a) found that high levels of RSB and paraphilic interests were significantly associated with sexual offending behavior. Relative to previous studies, participants in this study reported comparatively lower level of paraphilic interests.…”

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Risky Sexual Behavior of Young Adults in Hong Kong: An Exploratory Study of Psychosocial Risk Factors

Chan

2021

Front. Psychol.

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There is limited knowledge of the prevalence and nature of risky sexual behavior (RSB) among young adults in Hong Kong. This cross-sectional study explored the psychosocial risk factors of RSB with a sample of 1,171 Hong Kong university students (aged 18–40 years). Grounded in the theoretical propositions of several criminological theories (i.e., the theories of self-control, general strain, social learning, social control, and routine activity), engagement in three types of RSB (i.e., general, penetrative, and non-penetrative) was studied alongside a range of psychosocial risk factors. Relative to female participants, male participants reported significantly higher mean levels of general, penetrative, and non-penetrative RSB. Male participants also reported significantly higher mean levels of negative temperament, use of alcohol and other drugs, and paraphilic interests than female participants, who reported significantly higher mean levels of self-control and social bonds than their male counterparts. The results of multivariate analyses (i.e., OLS regressions) revealed that, to a large extent, the male and female participants shared a similar set of psychosocial risk factors (i.e., use of alcohol and other drugs, and paraphilic interest) for their involvement in general, penetrative, and non-penetrative RSB. Furthermore, a high level of negative temperament was significantly associated with penetrative RSB for both genders, while a high level of perceived neighborhood disorganization was found to be an important factor in the participation of females in general, penetrative, and non-penetrative RSB. The findings of this study may have important implications for practice in regard to reducing, if not entirely preventing, the tendency to engage in RSB.

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“…In some cases, however, these behaviors persist from childhood into adulthood, with pathological risk factors and poor life outcomes (Moffit, 2018). Although the relationship between childhood victimization and subsequent problematic outcomes is well established, the available knowledge is mainly related to juvenile or adult offenders (DeLisi et al, 2014; Ford et al, 2013; Marini et al, 2014; Miley et al, 2020; Wanamaker et al, 2022) that have already been identified as offenders, or community samples of adults or young adults (Boateng & Campbell, 2022; H. C. Chan, 2021; Chopin et al, 2022; Jespersen et al, 2009).…”

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Direct and indirect childhood victimization and their influence on the development of adolescents antisocial behaviors.

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Jimeno,

Topino

et al. 2024

Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy

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Objective: Experiences of direct and indirect victimization can be very common among children and adolescents of the general population and can have an important impact on their behavior. The general aim of this study was to analyze the possible association between childhood victimization and the development of antisocial behaviors during adolescence. The prevalence of child victimization and antisocial behaviors self-reported by adolescents is shown. Therefore, the individual associations between different types of childhood victimization and antisocial behaviors were explored. Method: The sample comprised 459 general population adolescents. Data on six types of childhood victimization were collected using the Spanish version of the Juvenile Victimization Questionnaire, and information on five types of antisocial behaviors was gathered using the short version of the Antisocial Behavior Questionnaire. Results: More than 90% of the adolescents had been victimized at least once, while almost half of them had engaged in at least one type of antisocial behavior in the last 12 months. Witnessing and indirect victimization is the only type of childhood victimization associated with the antisocial behaviors analyzed. Conclusions: These results corroborate previous findings suggesting that witnessing and indirect victimization may have the same or similar impact to that of direct victimization on adolescents’ social adjustment.

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The Victim–Offender Overlap in Sexual Offending: Exploring a Community-Based Sample of Young Adults in Hong Kong

Cited by 14 publications

References 86 publications

Paraphilic Interests: The Role of Psychosocial Factors in a Sample of Young Adults in Hong Kong

Paraphilic Interests: The Role of Psychosocial Factors in a Sample of Young Adults in Hong Kong

Risky Sexual Behavior of Young Adults in Hong Kong: An Exploratory Study of Psychosocial Risk Factors

Direct and indirect childhood victimization and their influence on the development of adolescents antisocial behaviors.

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