Sohn Ji Seun, Reyes Napoleon C, Kim Hyejin
Georgia College & State University, Milledgeville, GA, USA.
Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA, USA.
J Interpers Violence. 2022 May;37(9-10):NP6720-NP6732. doi: 10.1177/0886260520958411. Epub 2020 Sep 15.
Psychopathy of child sex offenders in non-Western and Asian population is not frequently reported. The study examined psychopathic traits assessed by the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R) in three groups of male offenders, child sex offender, adult sex offender, and nonsex offender groups. Out of 451 offenders included in the sample, 445 recidivated after a follow up of 11 years: 27 child sex offenders, 174 adult sex offenders, and 244 nonsex offenders. Adult sex offenders scored higher in four facets and total scores compared with nonsex offenders. Child sex offenders had more problems in interpersonal (facet 1) and affective (facet 2) traits than nonsex offenders. More specifically, child sex offenders scored higher in failure to accept responsibility (item 16, Cohen's = 0.80) and callous/lack of empathy (item 8, Cohen's = 0.59) of facet 2 and pathological lying (item 4, Cohen's = 0.58) and glibness/superficial charm (item 1, Cohen's = 0.48) of facet 1 than nonsex offenders. Both child sex offenders and adults sex offenders were found to be more psychopathic than nonsex offenders. While facets 1, 2, and 3 did not separate child and adult sex offending, child sex offenders scored significantly lower in antisocial problems (facet 4) than adult sex offenders. Despite the limitation of using a sample of mostly high-risk offenders, our findings indicate that higher PCL-R scores in specific facets (1 and 2) and items (1, 4, 8, and 16) are more predictive of child sex offending and suggest insight for treatment strategies of child sex offenders.
在非西方和亚洲人群中，儿童性犯罪者的精神病态情况鲜有报道。该研究通过修订版精神病态量表（PCL-R）评估了三组男性犯罪者（儿童性犯罪者、成人性犯罪者和非性犯罪者）的精神病态特征。在纳入样本的451名犯罪者中，445人在11年的随访后再次犯罪：27名儿童性犯罪者、174名成人性犯罪者和244名非性犯罪者。成人性犯罪者在四个方面及总分上的得分均高于非性犯罪者。儿童性犯罪者在人际（方面1）和情感（方面2）特征上比非性犯罪者存在更多问题。更具体地说，儿童性犯罪者在方面2的不承担责任（条目16，科恩d值 = 0.80）和冷酷/缺乏同理心（条目8，科恩d值 = 0.59）以及方面1的病态说谎（条目4，科恩d值 = 0.58）和油嘴滑舌/表面魅力（条目1，科恩d值 = 0.48）上的得分高于非性犯罪者。研究发现，儿童性犯罪者和成人性犯罪者都比非性犯罪者更具精神病态特征。虽然方面1、2和3并不能区分儿童和成人性犯罪，但儿童性犯罪者在反社会问题（方面4）上的得分显著低于成人性犯罪者。尽管使用的样本大多是高风险犯罪者存在局限性，但我们的研究结果表明，PCL-R在特定方面（1和2）及条目（1、4、8和16）上的较高得分更能预测儿童性犯罪，并为儿童性犯罪者的治疗策略提供了见解。
