title: [Is there an association between intra-familiar sexual abuse and sexual offences in later life?].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  12-35% of all sexual delinquents report victimization through early sexual abuse. To date, studies are based on small samples and mostly come from English-language countries.
  
  
  METHODS
  As part of an interdisciplinary study on the human rights situation in long-term imprisonment, we examined 1,055 prisoners from 11 countries in Europe with the posttraumatic stress diagnostic scale (PDS) concerning their traumas in relation to their offences.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Sexual delinquents who reported own prior sexual abuse within the family had a fourfold increase in committing sexual offences later in their life compared to other offenders.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A detailed trauma history which includes sexual offences within the family is essential for adequate therapy and relapse prevention.
authors: Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie der Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald am Helios Hanseklinikum Stralsund. manuela.dudeck@uni-greifswald.de
authors: Manuela
authors: M
authors: Dudeck
authors: Kirstin
authors: K
authors: Drenkhahn
authors: Carsten
authors: C
authors: Spitzer
authors: Sven
authors: S
authors: Barnow
authors: Harald Jürgen
authors: HJ
authors: Freyberger
authors: Hans Jörgen
authors: HJ
authors: Grabe
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002650:Child Abuse, Sexual / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005060:Europe; D005260:Female; D006708:Homicide / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007179:Incest / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011329:Prisoners / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012307:Risk Factors; D055502:Secondary Prevention; D012742:Sex Offenses / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013800:Theft / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014754:Violence / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data