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- Title
Vom Opfer zum Täter: Merkmale sexuell missbrauchter Gewalt- und Sexualstraftäter.
- Authors
Rossegger, A.; Endrass, J.; Urbaniok, F.; Vetter, S.; Maercker, A.
- Abstract
Introduction: Prospective studies on victims of sexual abuse and retrospective studies on offender populations have indicated a connection between experiences of childhood sexual abuse (CSA) and delinquency in adulthood. Method: Using a representative sample of violent and sex offenders from the Canton of Zurich (Switzerland; N=354), the aim of this study was to identify the characteristics of offenders who have experienced CSA. Two multivariable models for CSA were generated. Results: CSA was documented for 13% of the sex offenders and 5.8% of the violent offenders. Child molesters displayed the highest prevalence rate with 18.9%. Multivariable analyses identified Swiss nationality, having stayed in a foster home and violence in the nuclear family as the strongest risk factors for CSA. In a second model, only offender characteristics from adulthood were taken into account as predictors: child molesters, offenders who prostituted themselves and repeat violent and sex offenders had a significantly higher risk of belonging to the group of offenders who had experienced CSA. Discussion: The results suggest that the experience of CSA leads to an elevated and chronic risk for committing child abuse.
- Subjects
SWITZERLAND; VIOLENT criminals; SEX offenders; SEX crimes; CHILD sexual abuse
- Publication
Der Nervenarzt, 2011, Vol 82, Issue 7, p866
- ISSN
0028-2804
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00115-010-3007-7