A female sex offender with multiple paraphilias: a psychologic, physiologic (laboratory sexual arousal) and endocrine case study.
A 20 year old female pedophile exhibiting multiple paraphilias and who had been both a victim of incest and an active participant, undertook extensive clinical, psychometric, endocrine and laboratory sexual arousal studies. Her psychiatric, psychometric and physiologic arousal profiles showed similarities to those of a sizable proportion of male child molesters, especially incestors. It is suggested that laboratory arousal tests (using the vaginal photoplethysmograph) may have a role in the assessment of some female sex offenders.
Cooper
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AJ
University of Western Ontario, London.
Swaminath
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S
Baxter
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Poulin
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D000328:Adult; D001143:Arousal / Q000502:physiology*; D001883:Borderline Personality Disorder / Q000523:psychology; D002650:Child Abuse, Sexual / Q000523:psychology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005104:Expert Testimony / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D005201:Fantasy; D005260:Female; D012739:Gonadal Steroid Hormones / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D009948:Orgasm / Q000502:physiology; D010262:Paraphilic Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D010991:Plethysmography; D012017:Referral and Consultation / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D012742:Sex Offenses / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000523:psychology*; D012725:Sexual Behavior / Q000502:physiology*; D014621:Vagina / Q000503:physiopathology; D014754:Violence
D012739:Gonadal Steroid Hormones