RT Article
T1 Characteristics of Child Molesters - Implications for the Fixated-Regressed Dichotomy
JF Journal of interpersonal violence
VO 7
IS 2
SP 211
OP 225
A2 Kahn, M.
A2 Simon, L. M. J.
A2 Sales, B.
A2 Kaszniak, A.
LA English
YR 1992
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1640347577
AB This study attempted to empirically validate the fixated-regressed typology used in the child sexual abuse literature. The sample consisted of 136 consecutive cases of convicted child molesters tried in Pima County, Arizona, over a 2-year period (1984-1985) for whom case history, MMPI, presentence reports, and police report data were collected prior to sentencing. Application of the criteria defining fixated versus regressed status yielded a unimodal and continuous distribution of child molesters rather than the bimodal distribution predicted by theory. In a multiple regression analysis, two independent variables (i.e., whether the victim and offender were related and an offender's prior non-sex-criminal record) significantly predicted an offender's degree of regression, and a third independent variable (i.e., offender age) approached significance. Alternative conceptualizations to the fixated-regressed typology are described, and implications for understanding child molesters are discussed
K1 Sexualstraftäter