The current review summarized results of 191 published empirical studies that examined the
risk and protective factors for sexual violence perpetration. Studies in the review examined …

We tested special and general explanations of male adolescent sexual offending by
conducting a meta-analysis of 59 independent studies comparing male adolescent sex …

Paraphilic sexual interests are defined as unusual or anomalous, but their actual occurrence
in nonclinical samples is still unknown. This study looked at desire for and experience of …

Introduction Although several theories and treatment plans use unusual sexual fantasies
(SF) as a way to identify deviancy, they seldom describe how the fantasies referred to were …

Sexual violence is a serious public health problem with devastating health-related
consequences. In this article, the authors review the prevalence, characteristics, vulnerability …

Is bureaucracy the antonym of desire? We are living in a new sex bureaucracy. The past
several decades have witnessed a sea change in the way sex is legally regulated in the …

The past two decades have seen a movement toward harsher legal sanctions and lengthy,
restrictive treatment programs for sex offenders. This has not only been the case for adults …

High-risk sexual offenders are a complex and heterogeneous group of offenders about
whom researchers, clinicians, and law enforcement agencies still know relatively little. In …

In the present study, the authors investigated whether callous and unemotional (CU) traits
designated a distinct and important group of adolescent sex offender. A sample of 150 …

This chapter examines sexually abusive behavior from a developmental perspective. The
authors begin with a short review of what is known about the developmental course of …