title: Alcoholism and the child molester.
abstract: This study shows a high association among drinking, alcoholism, and child molestation. Forty-nine percent of the child molesters were drinking at the time of commission of the offense, and 34% were drinking heavily, defined as 10 or more beers or the equivalent. The alcoholism rate for the group was 52% based on the MAST or 33% based on the more stringent Pokorny shortened version of it. An interesting and unexpected finding was a statistically significantly lower incidence of drinking at the time of commission of the offense in male-child molesters compared with female-child molesters. In addition, the male-child molesters had a definitely lower alcoholism rate compared with female-child molesters. The importance of these findings for treatment programs is emphasized.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000428:Alcohol Drinking; D000437:Alcoholism; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006716:Homosexuality; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage; D010262:Paraphilic Disorders; D010378:Pedophilia; D012737:Sex Factors; D012742:Sex Offenses; D013739:Testosterone / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D013739:Testosterone