RT Article
T1 Emotional congruence with children is associated with sexual deviancy in sexual offenders against children
JF International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology
VO 61
IS 12
SP 1311
OP 1334
A1 Hermann, Chantal A.
LA English
YR 2017
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1580743684
AB Emotional congruence with children is a psychologically meaningful risk factor for sexual offending against children. The present study examines the correlates of emotional congruence with children in a sample of 424 adult male sexual offenders who started a period of community supervision in Canada, Alaska, and Iowa between 2001 and 2005. Consistent with previous work, we found sexual offenders against children high in emotional congruence with children were more likely to be sexually deviant, have poor sexual self-regulation, experience social loneliness, and have more distorted cognitions about sex with children. Overall, our findings are most consistent with a sexual deviancy model, with some support for a blockage model.
K1 Emotional congruence with children
K1 Child sex offenders
K1 Sexual deviance
K1 Blockage
K1 Psychological immaturity
K1 Deviancy
DO 10.1177/0306624X15620830