Sullivan Joe, Beech Anthony R, Craig Leam A, Gannon Theresa A
University of Birmingham, United Kingdom.
Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol. 2011 Feb;55(1):56-74. doi: 10.1177/0306624X09359194. Epub 2010 Feb 11.
The aim of this study is to establish whether professionals who have sexually molested children with whom they work present as a homogeneous group identifiable by their personal histories, offending patterns, and profiles as distinct from other child molesters (intra-familial and extra-familial offenders). Participants were matched on age and IQ. It was found that child molesters who were professionals (similar to extra-familial offenders generally) were likely to have sexually abused male, or both male and female, children and had abused more than 20 child victims. Professionals were also significantly more likely to have offended against post-pubescent children than were extra-familial or intra-familial offenders. In terms of psychological profiles, professionals, like extra-familial offenders, were found to have a significantly higher level of reported sexual pre-occupation and emotional over-identification with children compared with intra-familial offenders and a significantly lower level of distorted sexual attitudes about their victims compared with extra-familial offenders. These results are discussed in the context of assessment that might be used to assess risk in those working with children in a professional capacity.
本研究的目的是确定那些对与其共事的儿童进行性侵犯的专业人员是否构成一个可通过其个人经历、犯罪模式和特征识别出来的同质群体，与其他儿童性侵犯者（家庭内部和家庭外部犯罪者）有所不同。参与者在年龄和智商方面进行了匹配。研究发现，身为专业人员的儿童性侵犯者（总体上与家庭外部犯罪者相似）可能对男童或同时对男童和女童实施了性虐待，并且虐待的儿童受害者超过20名。与家庭外部或家庭内部犯罪者相比，专业人员对青春期后儿童实施犯罪的可能性也显著更高。在心理特征方面，与家庭内部犯罪者相比，专业人员与家庭外部犯罪者一样，被报告的性关注水平显著更高，对儿童的情感过度认同程度显著更高；与家庭外部犯罪者相比，对受害者的性态度扭曲程度显著更低。将在可能用于评估以专业身份与儿童共事者风险的评估背景下讨论这些结果。
