1 Department of Psychology, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York, NY, USA.
2 Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, The Netherlands.
Sex Abuse. 2019 Aug;31(5):524-542. doi: 10.1177/1079063217708202. Epub 2017 Jun 23.
Child sexual abuse (CSA) is a serious problem not only in the community but also in institutional settings such as youth-serving organizations, churches, and schools. Although research has started to examine the problem of abuse in institutional settings, there remains a dearth of information about the nature and context of CSA in different employment settings, including those that do not specifically cater to children. In addition, research on the similarities and differences between perpetrators who work with children and other sex offenders is scarce. As such, the present study compared offenders on variables relating to financial/employment lifestyle stability, risk/dangerousness level, abuse opportunity, and victim selection. Data revealed that child abusers who worked with children tended to be better educated, were less likely to be married, had fewer nonsexual convictions, and were more likely to abuse male post-pubescent children compared with intra- and extra-familial offenders who did not work with children. Implications for future research, prevention of CSA, and clinical practice are discussed.
儿童性虐待（CSA）不仅是社区中的一个严重问题，也是青年服务组织、教堂和学校等机构环境中的一个严重问题。尽管已经有研究开始调查机构环境中的虐待问题，但关于 CSA 在不同就业环境中的性质和背景的信息仍然匮乏，包括那些并非专门针对儿童的就业环境。此外，关于与儿童一起工作的施害者和其他性犯罪者之间的相似性和差异性的研究也很少。因此，本研究比较了与财务/就业生活稳定性、风险/危险性水平、虐待机会和受害者选择相关的变量的施害者。数据显示，与不与儿童一起工作的非家庭内和家庭外施害者相比，与儿童一起工作的施害者往往受教育程度更高，已婚的可能性更小，非性犯罪的定罪更少，并且更有可能虐待男性青春期后的儿童。讨论了对未来研究、CSA 的预防和临床实践的启示。
