a Centre for Forensic and Family Psychology , The University of Nottingham , Nottingham , UK.
b The University of Birmingham , Birmingham , UK.
Aging Ment Health. 2018 Jan;22(1):11-18. doi: 10.1080/13607863.2016.1202892. Epub 2016 Jul 1.
Within the literature on sex offending, much attention is paid to the distinction between those sex offenders who offend against adults and those who offend against children. In contrast, there is a paucity of research into sex offenders who offend specifically against elderly or older victims.
A detailed interview and psychometric tests were conducted with a sample of 28 sex offenders who had been convicted of a sexually motivated offence against an older female. These data were compared to a sample of 23 child sex offenders.
Results indicate that amongst other significant differences between these sub-groups, men who offend against older women are generally younger, are more violent, and are more likely to use a weapon and cause injury and death compared to child sex offenders. The men who offended against children were more likely to think about and plan their offending, spend more time with the victim pre and post offence, admit sexual arousal during the offence, and admit to a sexual motivation for the offence.
This study suggests that men who sexually offend against older women and men who sexually offend against children are distinct groups. Treatment and risk management strategies should take this into account. Further exploration of this sub-group of offenders is recommended to help inform treatment and risk management strategies for sex offenders who offend against older people.
在性犯罪文献中，人们非常关注针对成年人和儿童的性犯罪者之间的区别。相比之下，针对特定老年或年长受害者的性犯罪者的研究却很少。
对 28 名被判犯有针对老年女性的性动机犯罪的性犯罪者进行了详细的访谈和心理测试。这些数据与 23 名儿童性犯罪者进行了比较。
结果表明，除了这些亚组之间的其他显著差异外，与儿童性犯罪者相比，针对老年女性的性犯罪者通常更年轻、更暴力，更有可能使用武器造成伤害和死亡。而那些对儿童进行性侵犯的人更有可能思考和计划他们的犯罪行为，在犯罪前后与受害者共度更多时间，承认在犯罪过程中存在性唤起，并承认犯罪具有性动机。
这项研究表明，针对老年女性的性犯罪者和针对儿童的性犯罪者是两个不同的群体。治疗和风险管理策略应考虑到这一点。建议进一步探索这一亚组罪犯，以帮助为针对老年人的性犯罪者提供治疗和风险管理策略。
