The current review summarized results of 191 published empirical studies that examined the
risk and protective factors for sexual violence perpetration. Studies in the review examined …

Child sexual abuse is a worldwide concern. It is an insidious, persistent, and serious
problem that, depending on the population studied and definition used, affects 2–62% of …

A meta-analysis of 82 recidivism studies (1,620 findings from 29,450 sexual offenders)
identified deviant sexual preferences and antisocial orientation as the major predictors of …

This quantitative review examined the research evidence concerning recidivism risk factors
for sexual offenders. A total of 95 different studies were examined, involving more than …

OBJECTIVE: The sexually abused–sexual abuser hypothesis states there is a specific
relationship between sexual abuse history and sexual offending, such that individuals who …

Would you like to include more high interest cases in your Abnormal Psychology course?
Most textbooks on abnormal psychology include short descriptions of actual clinical cases …

Psychiatry and Psychosomatic Medicine are concerned with medical conditions affecting
brain, mind and behaviour in manifold ways. Traditional approaches have focused on a …

Agencies working with sex offenders are starting to see the emergence of people with a
sexual interest in children who meet some of their needs through the use of child …

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 …

OBJECTIVES: South Africa is reported to have one of the highest rates of sexual violence in
the world, with adolescent girls between the ages of 12–17 being particularly at risk. Given …