RT Article
T1 Psychiatric and Forensic Characteristics of Sex Offenders With Child and With Adult Victims
JF International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology
VO 66
IS 12
SP 1195
OP 1212
A1 Arbanas, Goran
A2 Marinovic, Paula
A2 Buzina, Nadica
LA English
YR 2022
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1811759580
AB This study presents psychiatric and forensic characteristics of people accused of a sexual crime and sent for evaluation. Data were drawn from the only institutional psychiatric forensic assessment center in Croatia, during a 9-year period, from January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2018. There were 72 cases of sex offenses: 37 with child victims and 35 with adult victims. People accused of sex offenses with child victims were more often sexually abused during childhood and treated psychiatrically as inpatients. They used alcohol less often. Sex offenders with child victims were diagnosed with narcissistic and antisocial personality disorder, dementia, and pedophilic disorder. Those with adult victims were diagnosed with antisocial personality disorder, alcohol related disorders and dementia. Due to these differences, the management of these two groups of offenders in both mental health and penal systems should be different.
K1 Criminal Responsibility
K1 Forensic psychiatry
K1 child sex abuse
K1 sex abuse
K1 Pedophilia
K1 SEX offenders
DO 10.1177/0306624X20944673