RT Article
T1 The Neuropsychological Function of Older First-Time Child Exploitation Material Offenders: A Pilot Study
JF International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology
VO 62
IS 8
SP 2357
OP 2373
A1 Rodriguez, Marcelo
A2 Ellis, Andrew
LA English
YR 2018
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1587901498
AB Despite the growing incidence of child exploitation offences, there is little knowledge of the neuropsychological function of older child exploitation material offenders (CEMOs). Given that studies have reported that sex offenders demonstrate deficits attributed to frontal and temporal lobe function, the aim of this pilot study was to investigate the frontotemporal function of older first-time child exploitation material offenders (FTCEMOs). The neuropsychological performance of 11 older FTCEMOs was compared with 34 older historical sex offenders (HSOs) and 32 older nonsex offender (NSO) controls. Forty-five percent of FTCEMOs admitted to a pedophilic interest, which was significantly lower than those reported by HSOs. FTCEMOs provided significantly higher intellectual function scores than HSOs. Results revealed no evidence of mild or major neurocognitive disorder in FTCEMOs. Although the groups were not significantly different, compared with normative data, FTCEMOs reported a high incidence of impairment on a measure of decision making and on a measure of facial emotional recognition.
K1 Child exploitation material offenders
K1 Sex offenders
K1 Pedophiles
K1 Neuropsychology
K1 Executive function
K1 Temporal lobe
K1 Iowa Gambling Task
K1 Sexualtäter
K1 Sexualstraftäter
K1 Pädophilie
DO 10.1177/0306624X17703406