Craissati Jackie, McClurg Grace, Browne Kevin
Department of Forensic Psychology, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom.
Sex Abuse. 2002 Jul;14(3):225-39. doi: 10.1177/107906320201400303.
This paper reports on a study of all convicted child sexual abusers in S.E. London. Almost half the offenders reported experiences of sexual victimization in childhood, and the authors aimed to explore the differences between the abused and nonabused child sexual abusers. A range of background and offending variables were examined. It was found that sexually victimized child abusers were significantly more likely to have experienced a range of childhood abuse and associated difficulties; they were more likely to have a range of psychosexual difficulties, to report greater levels of deviant offence-related attitudes on psychometric measure, to be recidivists, and to offend against boys. Both emotional abuse/physical neglect in childhood and having homosexual contacts in adulthood significantly contributed to a predictive model, reliably distinguishing between sexually victimized and nonsexually victimized child sexual abusers. The implication of these findings for treatment approaches for sex offenders is discussed.
本文报道了一项针对伦敦东南部所有已定罪的儿童性虐待者的研究。几乎一半的犯罪者报告称在童年时期遭受过性侵害，作者旨在探究受虐儿童性虐待者与未受虐儿童性虐待者之间的差异。研究考察了一系列背景和犯罪变量。结果发现，遭受过性侵害的儿童虐待者更有可能经历过一系列童年虐待及相关困境；他们更有可能存在一系列性心理问题，在心理测量中表现出与犯罪相关的越轨态度水平更高，更有可能成为累犯，且更倾向于对男孩实施侵害。童年时期的情感虐待/身体忽视以及成年后有同性恋接触这两个因素均对一个预测模型有显著贡献，该模型能够可靠地区分遭受过性侵害和未遭受过性侵害的儿童性虐待者。文中还讨论了这些研究结果对性犯罪者治疗方法的启示。
