Department of Psychiatry, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.
Department of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychology, Saint Georges Hospital University Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of Balamand, Beirut, Lebanon; Institute for Development Research Advocacy and Applied Care (IDRAAC), Beirut, Lebanon.
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2021 Mar;29(3):230-238. doi: 10.1016/j.jagp.2020.06.020. Epub 2020 Jun 24.
To explore the characteristics of older adult first-time sex offenders (who offended for the first time at the age of 65 years or above).
The authors retrieved and analyzed data from the publicly available Missouri sex offender registry database up to December 2018 and the Missouri public case management system website.
Registered older (≥65 years) sex offenders in the state of Missouri, United States.
Sociodemographic characteristics of the offender, offense type(s), offense, and conviction dates; age and sex of the victim(s); and case disposition information (whether the trial was waived or not and what were the sentences imposed).
One hundred and ninety-four older adult sex offenders all males were identified, of which 172 were first-time offenders. The majority were white; the median age of offense was 68.6 years old. One hundred and thirty-nine (80.8%) first-time offenders were convicted strictly of non-pornography offenses, with prepubescent girls the predominant victim pool. The most prevalent charge in this subgroup was Child Molestation, First Degree (36.5%). Twenty-eight (16.3%) offenders were convicted strictly of pornography offenses, the most prevalent one being Possession of Child Pornography (96.6%). The recidivism rate among first-time offenders was close to 1%.
A substantial proportion of older registered sex offenders are first-time sex offenders and most of them have underage victims. Although the offense and recidivism rates seem to be low, future longitudinal studies should focus on the predictors of sexual offending in the older population, in order to design targeted preventive measures, risk assessment, and treatment options.
探索首次犯罪时年龄在 65 岁及以上的老年初犯性犯罪者的特征。
作者检索并分析了截至 2018 年 12 月公开的密苏里州性犯罪者登记数据库和密苏里州公共案件管理系统网站的数据。
美国密苏里州登记在册的老年（≥65 岁）性犯罪者。
犯罪者的社会人口统计学特征、犯罪类型、犯罪和定罪日期；受害者的年龄和性别；以及案件处理信息（是否放弃审判以及判处何种刑罚）。
共确定了 194 名老年成年性犯罪者（均为男性），其中 172 名为初犯。大多数是白人；犯罪时的中位数年龄为 68.6 岁。139 名（80.8%）初犯严格被判非色情犯罪，以青春期前女孩为主要受害者群体。该亚组中最常见的指控是一级猥亵儿童罪（36.5%）。28 名（16.3%）罪犯严格被判色情犯罪，最常见的罪名是拥有儿童色情制品罪（96.6%）。初犯的累犯率接近 1%。
相当一部分登记在册的老年性犯罪者是初犯，其中大多数的受害者是未成年人。尽管犯罪和累犯率似乎较低，但未来的纵向研究应关注老年人群中性犯罪的预测因素，以便设计有针对性的预防措施、风险评估和治疗方案。
