Developmental Experiences of Child Sexual Abusers and Rapists

Autor/inn/en	Simons, Dominique A.; Wurtele, Sandy K.; Durham, Robert L.
Titel	Developmental Experiences of Child Sexual Abusers and Rapists
Quelle	In: Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 32 (2008) 5, S.549-560 (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0145-2134
DOI	10.1016/j.chiabu.2007.03.027
Schlagwörter	Sexual Abuse; Child Abuse; Risk Management; Intimacy; Sexuality; Child Development; Rape; Criminals; Parent Child Relationship; Questionnaires; Check Lists; Violence; Aggression; Emotional Disturbances; Animals; Mass Media Effects; Attachment Behavior; Correlation; Interpersonal Relationship; At Risk Persons; Coping + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sexueller Missbrauch; Abuse of children; Abuse; Child; Children; Kindesmissbrauch; Missbrauch; Kind; Kinder; Risikomanagement; Intimität; Sexualität; Kindesentwicklung; Sexuelle Gewalt; Vergewaltigung; Straftäter; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Fragebogen; Checkliste; Gewalt; Gefühlsstörung; Animal; Tier; Tiere; Attachment; Bindungsverhalten; Korrelation; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Risikogruppe; Bewältigung
Abstract	Objective: The aim of this study is to identify the distinct developmental experiences associated with child sexual abuse and rape. Method: For 269 sexual offenders (137 rapists and 132 child sexual abusers), developmental experiences were recorded from a behavioral checklist, a parental-bonding survey, and a sexual history questionnaire. Offender classification was obtained from official records and verified through polygraph examinations. Results: Compared to rapists, child sexual abusers reported more frequent experiences of child sexual abuse (73%), early exposure to pornography (65% before age 10), an earlier onset of masturbation (60% before age 11), and sexual activities with animals (38%). In contrast to child sexual abusers, rapists reported more frequent experiences of physical abuse (68%), parental violence (78%), emotional abuse (70%), and cruelty to animals (68%). Both child sexual abusers and rapists (greater than 93%) reported frequent exposure to violent media during their childhood. Most offenders (94%) described having insecure parental attachment bonds; 76% of rapists reported avoidant parental attachments and 62% of child sexual abusers reported anxious parental attachments. Conclusions: Findings from this study support the role of specific developmental experiences as etiological factors in differential sexual offending. Child sexual abusers' developmental histories were characterized by heightened sexuality; whereas rapists' childhood histories were more indicative of violence. These findings have implications for the treatment of sexual abusers and the prevention of sexual abuse. Practice implications: This study's findings suggest that sexual offenders have been socialized to satisfy human needs of intimacy and sexuality through maladaptive means, which implies that a risk management approach may not be sufficient treatment. Although risk models teach offenders skills to avoid high-risk situations, they fail to address the maladaptive strategies that they may have developed for satisfying needs. Instead, the focus of treatment should be to equip offenders with the knowledge, skills, and opportunities to achieve these needs in an acceptable manner. Thus, this model will provide these individuals with the opportunity to live a healthy life without sexual offending. (Contains 5 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10