Exhibitionism: Findings From a Midwestern Police Contact Sample

This study used a police sample to examine offense characteristics, recidivism rates, and other types of sexual offending among individuals suspected of exhibitionism. The sample consisted of 202 incidents of indecent exposure perpetrated by 106 identified individuals. Demographic information showed...

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Published in:International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology 2008-06, Vol.52 (3), p.270-279
Main Authors: Bader, Shannon M., Schoeneman-Morris, Katherine A., Scalora, Mario J., Casady, Thomas K.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aggression
Assault
Child sexual abuse
Children
Correctional treatment programs
Correlation analysis
Crime Victims - statistics & numerical data
Exhibitionism
Exhibitionism - psychology
Female
Humans
Indecent exposure
Male
Mental disorders
Mental Disorders - epidemiology
Middle Aged
Midwestern United States - epidemiology
Offending
Offenses
Paraphilias
Perpetrators
Police
Rape
Recidivism
Recurrence
Risk exposure
Samples
Sex crimes
Sex offenders
Sex Offenses - psychology
Sexual Deviation
Studies
Substance Abuse
Symptoms
Victims
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Summary:This study used a police sample to examine offense characteristics, recidivism rates, and other types of sexual offending among individuals suspected of exhibitionism. The sample consisted of 202 incidents of indecent exposure perpetrated by 106 identified individuals. Demographic information showed that one quarter of the sample had symptoms of a mental illness and one quarter had a history of substance abuse. More than 84% of the sample had other nonsexual criminal charges. Approximately 30% of the perpetrators were charged for more than one exposure incident. Masturbating during the offense, exposing to child victims, and speaking to the victim did not show any relationship to the occurrence of more sexually aggressive behaviors. However, individuals who had subsequent rape or molestation charges (16.9%) were more likely than those who did not to have had multiple exposure incidents and a history of physical assault charges.
ISSN:0306-624X
1552-6933
DOI:10.1177/0306624X07307122