Prevalence of childhood and adolescent sexual abuse among sex offenders.
A simple nonstandardized questionnaire was developed and administered to 150 men convicted of various sexual offenses currently on probation or parole, living in the community, admitting their offenses and attending treatment. The hypothesis that men who engaged in sexual activity as adolescents with women would be at a higher risk of committing statutory rape-type sexual offenses was not substantiated.
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Department of Educational Administration and Counseling, Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau 63701, USA. vpope@semo.edu
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002650:Child Abuse, Sexual / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010553:Personality Development; D011329:Prisoners / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011606:Psychosexual Development; D011902:Rape / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012307:Risk Factors; D012742:Sex Offenses / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*