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- Title
Sexual recidivism in sex offenders.
- Authors
Greenberg, David M.; Greenberg, D M
- Abstract
<bold>Objective: </bold>To examine the recidivism rates of the various types of adult sex offenders including incest offenders, extrafamilial child molesters, exhibitionists, and rapists.<bold>Method: </bold>An examination of the literature over the past 4 decades and the data from our own study group.<bold>Results: </bold>Methodological shortfalls and differences across the studies make statistical appraisal of the results difficult. Nevertheless, there is a consensus that incest offenders are less likely to reoffend compared with extrafamilial child molesters. Rapists and exhibitionists are thought to be at a higher risk for recidivism.<bold>Conclusion: </bold>A combined actuarial predictive approach in conjunction with empirically guided clinical assessment is probably the best method to predict recidivism of sex offenders.
- Subjects
CANADA; UNITED States; RECIDIVISM; SEX crimes; INCEST; CHILD molesters; EXHIBITIONISM (Sexual behavior); RAPISTS; SEX offenders; STATISTICAL correlation; ANALYSIS of variance; SEX crime prevention; CHILD sexual abuse; FORENSIC psychiatry; LONGITUDINAL method; PROBABILITY theory; RAPE; RISK assessment; PARAPHILIAS; SURVIVAL analysis (Biometry); DISEASE relapse
- Publication
Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, 1998, Vol 43, Issue 5, p459
- ISSN
0706-7437
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1177/070674379804300502