RT Article
T1 Impersonal and Predatory Relations With Child Victims of Sexual Assault: Pedophilic Interest and Early Childhood Abuse
JF International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology
VO 64
IS 16
SP 1741
OP 1756
A1 Abulafia, Judith
A1 Epstein, Robert
LA English
YR 2020
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1738741389
AB Fixated pedophilic sexual attraction is considered to be a major determinant of risk among sex offenders, but there is little empirical evidence regarding its treatment. It was hypothesized that two prominent factors which have emerged in the literature as being present among some sexual offenders, namely, impersonal, narcissistic, and predatory patterns of offending against victims, and experiencing childhood sexual abuse, may be related to specifically to the strength of pedophilic interest. Such a relationship would provide a deeper understanding of the corollaries of pedophilic interest and would suggest targets for treatment. These factors were explored in a sample of 532 sexual offenders who attended the National Centre for Risk Assessment in Israel, and were found to be significantly related to the level of pedophilic interest in the sample. The implications for treatment of high-risk offenders are discussed.
K1 Sex offenders
K1 SSPI
K1 Childhood sexual abuse
K1 Pedophilic interest
K1 Impersonal and predatory offending
DO 10.1177/0306624X20928018