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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"child molesters"”.
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Relations between Child Molesters' Self-Perceptions and Treatment Engagement
… are important, little research has examined child molesters' thoughts about themselves in relation to their engagement in treatment. In this study, the NEO-Personality Inventory (NEO-PI-R) was administered to 67 child molesters. Child sexual offenders rated themselves and their view of a …
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Parental bonding, adult romantic attachment, fear of intimacy, and cognitive distortions among child molesters.
… of intimacy; and cognitive distortions among child molesters and non-offending controls. Child molesters receiving sex offender treatment reported more problematic parental bonding; insecure adult romantic attachment; negative views of self, world/others, and the future; a greater fear of …
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Risk, reconviction and their relationship to key developmental variables in a complete urban sample of child molesters and rapists
… urban sample of 310 convicted sex offenders (child molesters and rapists) were studied, and followed up after an average period at risk in the community of four years. It was found that key developmental variables - childhood victimisation (sexual, physical and emotional), …
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Investigating the Dynamics of Bystander Behavior in Child Sexual Abuse Incidents
<p>It is well known that child sexual abuse is a long standing problem in society. Much has been researched concerning the pedophile and other child molesters who choose to sexually exploit minors. Too often the victims of these crimes have been abused over a protracted period—sometimes years. Even …
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The uninvestigated factors: Dimensions of personality and psychopathology in sex offenders
… the NEO-PI-R and the MMPI-2. Three clusters of child molesters were examined for differences in personality characteristics and number of offenses. A second-order principle axis factor (PAF) analysis of personality and psychopathology traits revealed three factors: Psychological Distress, …
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Surviving Probation: The Challenges Sexual Offenders are Faced with in Mainstream Society
… crime, but society sees all sexual offenders as child molesters. This causes an over-whelming problem for sexual offenders, specifically in terms of housing, since there are many restrictions on where they can live. Legislation is implementing housing restrictions to prevent these criminals from …
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Surviving Probation: The Challenges Sexual Offenders are Faced with in Mainstream Society
… crime, but society sees all sexual offenders as child molesters. This causes an over-whelming problem for sexual offenders, specifically in terms of housing, since there are many restrictions on where they can live. Legislation is implementing housing restrictions to prevent these criminals from …
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Jointly modeling time-varying offending profiles and criminal career trajectories in a sample of sexual offenders : A multivariate approach to modelling criminal careers
… offenders; determining whether rapists and child molesters follow well-separated, or overlapping criminal career paths; and assessing whether non-contact sexual offending is associated with serious sexual crime, and if so, which serious sexual crimes it is associated with. It is argued that …
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Content analysis of cognitive distortions in pedophiles' online forum posts
… sexual encounters between adults and children were rarely reported to authorities, and thus considered a rare problem. However, as many as 33% of girls and 14% of boys experience sexual encounters with adults and as a result may experience consequences such as aversive feelings …