Pedophilia is defined as a sexual interest in prepubescent children. It is empirically linked
with sexual offending against children: Child pornography offenders and sex offenders with …

Pedophiles and child molesters share some characteristics. Most are male, and they can be
heterosexual, homosexual, or bisexual. Some prefer adult sex partners but choose children …

Typically, problems in offender management surface when offenders are considered for
release from an institution in which they were initially placed because of some violent …

Persönlichkeits-oder Differentielle Psychologie–das ist die Wissenschaft von der
individuellen Besonderheit des Menschen: Was unterscheidet uns voneinander? Was …

Multivariate techniques were used to derive and validate an actuarial instrument for the
prediction of violent postrelease offenses by mentally disordered offenders. The 618 …

Sexual arousal is category-specific in men; heterosexual men are more aroused by female
than by male sexual stimuli, whereas homosexual men show the opposite pattern. There is …

This study investigated whether being charged with a child pornography offense is a valid
diagnostic indicator of pedophilia, as represented by an index of phallometrically assessed …

An actuarial approach to predicting sexual recidivism among known sex offenders is
illustrated with a reanalysis of follow-up data of rapists and child molesters. One hundred …

Brain areas activated in human male sexualbehavior have not been characterized precisely.
For thefirst time, positron emission tomography (PET) was usedto identify the brain areas …

Among child molesters, phallometrically measured sexual interest in children is associated
with having male victims, multiple victims, younger victims, and extrafamilial victims. These …