An Investigation of the Ward and Hudson Pathways Model of the Sexual Offense Process With Child Abusers

In all, 87 male child abusers, who had sexually offended exclusively against children, were included in this study. The participants' ages ranged from 21 to 75 (M = 39.5,SD = 12.6). The majority of the participants (62%) had offended outside the family, 15% had offended inside the family, and 2...

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Published in:Journal of interpersonal violence 2002-04, Vol.17 (4), p.371-393
Main Authors: Bickley, James A., Beech, Anthony R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adults
Approach-Avoidance
Beliefs
Child Abuse
Child abuse & neglect
Child sexual abuse
Coping
Criminology
Goals
Grounded Theory
Selfregulation
Sex crimes
Sex Offenders
Sexual Abuse
Sexuality
Typology
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Summary:In all, 87 male child abusers, who had sexually offended exclusively against children, were included in this study. The participants' ages ranged from 21 to 75 (M = 39.5,SD = 12.6). The majority of the participants (62%) had offended outside the family, 15% had offended inside the family, and 23% had offended both inside and outside the family. Of the participants, 36% had offended against boys, 33% against girls, and 31% had offended against both sexes. And 53% of the sample had a previous conviction for a sexual offense.
ISSN:0886-2605
1552-6518
DOI:10.1177/0886260502017004002