Age Diversity Among Victims of Hebephilic Sexual Offenders
| Autor: | Michael C. Seto, James M. Cantor, Alasdair M. Goodwill, Skye Stephens |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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050103 clinical psychology medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Sexual arousal education Poison control 050109 social psychology Suicide prevention Occupational safety and health Injury prevention medicine Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Child Psychiatry Pedophilia Crime Victims health care economics and organizations General Psychology 05 social sciences Age Factors Human factors and ergonomics social sciences Criminals Hebephilia humanities Psychiatry and Mental health Female Psychology Demography |
| Zdroj: | Sexual Abuse. 30:322-339 |
| ISSN: | 1573-286X 1079-0632 |
| Popis: | Hebephilia refers to sexual interest in pubescent children who are beginning to show early signs of sexual development but are sexually immature. The present study examined the relationship between hebephilia and victim age choice in a sample of 2,238 adult male sexual offenders. On average, offenders were 39 years old at the time of their assessments, and approximately half (48%) were referred by probation or parole offices. Assessment data included self-report, sexual arousal measured by volumetric phallometry, and victims’ ages. Results suggested that, similar to pedophilia, hebephilia had a medium sized association with a greater number of victims under age 11 and a small sized association with a greater number of victims ages 11 to 14. Unlike pedophilia, a small positive association was consistently found between hebephilia and a greater number of victims ages 15 or 16. Furthermore, a small positive association was observed between victim age polymorphism and hebephilia and pedophilia. The present results suggested that hebephilia was associated with a greater number of victims age 14 or younger and had similar victim age correlates to pedophiles. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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