Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment最新文献

Parental Substance Abuse and Child Sexual Exploitation in Pakistan's Urban Slums: Mediating Role of Caregiver Neglect. 巴基斯坦城市贫民窟的父母药物滥用和儿童性剥削：照顾者忽视的中介作用。

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Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment Pub Date : 2026-09-01 Epub Date: 2026-04-13 DOI: 10.1177/10790632261442949

Tauqeer Abdullah

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Sexual Recidivism Norms by CPORT Score: Developing Absolute and Relative Rate Estimates. CPORT评分的性累犯标准：发展绝对和相对比率估计。

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Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment Pub Date : 2026-09-01 Epub Date: 2026-04-28 DOI: 10.1177/10790632261446632

Seung C Lee, Kelly M Babchishin, Angela W Eke, Michael C Seto

{"title":"Sexual Recidivism Norms by CPORT Score: Developing Absolute and Relative Rate Estimates.","authors":"Seung C Lee, Kelly M Babchishin, Angela W Eke, Michael C Seto","doi":"10.1177/10790632261446632","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10790632261446632","url":null,"abstract":"The present study provides normative data for the Child Pornography Offender Risk Tool (CPORT) by aggregating individual-level data from six routine samples (N = 956) across Canada, Europe, and the United Kingdom. All cases were men adjudicated for child sexual abuse and exploitation material (CSAEM) offenses. Meta-analyses revealed stable predictive accuracy for the CPORT across studies (AUCs = .728 and .713, respectively, for any sexual recidivism and for CSAEM-specific recidivism). Estimated recidivism rates increased with CPORT scores, ranging from 3% to 41% for any sexual reoffending and from 2% to 32% for CSAEM-specific reoffending. Risk ratios indicated that individuals with a CPORT score of 5 reoffended at approximately five times the rate of those with the median score (CPORT = 2), with even higher rates observed among those scoring 6. Percentile norms were also derived, with a median CPORT score of 2 corresponding to the 64th percentile in terms of risk for sexual recidivism. These CPORT norms can help facilitate improved risk communication and align practice with the Risk-Need-Responsivity (RNR) model.","PeriodicalId":21828,"journal":{"name":"Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment","volume":" ","pages":"631-653"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147780639","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The Person Behind the Crime: Life Stories of Women and Men Who Committed Sexual Crimes. 犯罪背后的人：犯下性犯罪的男女的生活故事。

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Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment Pub Date : 2026-09-01 Epub Date: 2026-05-20 DOI: 10.1177/10790632261454292

Ana Rita Conde, Ana Ferreira, Olga Cunha, Judite Peixoto, Marta Sousa

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Sexual Interests of Men With Different Child Sexual Offenses as Assessed by Direct and Indirect Measures - Do Users of Child Sexual Abuse Material Differ? 用直接和间接方法评估不同儿童性侵犯男性的性兴趣——儿童性侵犯材料的使用者不同吗？

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Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment Pub Date : 2026-09-01 Epub Date: 2026-05-24 DOI: 10.1177/10790632261454316

Lilli Meißner, Stefan Domany, Finn Rathgeber, Alexander F Schmidt, Rainer Banse, Reinhard Eher

{"title":"Sexual Interests of Men With Different Child Sexual Offenses as Assessed by Direct and Indirect Measures - Do Users of Child Sexual Abuse Material Differ?","authors":"Lilli Meißner, Stefan Domany, Finn Rathgeber, Alexander F Schmidt, Rainer Banse, Reinhard Eher","doi":"10.1177/10790632261454316","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10790632261454316","url":null,"abstract":"Sexual interest in children is an important risk factor for sexual (re)offending against children. We aimed to consolidate the validity and reliability of the Explicit and Implicit Sexual Interest Profile (EISIP), which combines self-report, viewing time (VT) measures, and Implicit Association Tests (IATs) to assess sexual interest in children. To further examine EISIP validity, several ways to score the VT task were investigated. The EISIP produced mostly acceptable validity (r > .30) and reliability (ρ > .70) indices. Only minimal differences between the scoring methods underlined the robustness of the VT measure. We additionally compared the sexual interest of the N = 516 men based on their offenses: using child sexual abuse material (CSAM), contact offenses against extrafamilial or intrafamilial children, mixed offenses, and other offenses. Men with mixed offenses had the highest indications of sexual interest in children, while participants with intrafamilial or other offenses had the lowest. Individuals with CSAM convictions had lower scores than originally expected and composed a heterogenic subgroup. Explorative analyses additionally indicated group differences regarding antisociality. Our results support the distinction of people convicted of sexual offenses against children into subtypes. The need for further differentiations (i.e., in the CSAM group) is discussed.","PeriodicalId":21828,"journal":{"name":"Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment","volume":" ","pages":"677-706"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148017213","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The Discriminatory Power of Correlates of Admission of Sexual Interest in Children (CASIC) in a Sample of Individuals Convicted of Child Sexual Exploitation Material (CSEM) Offenses. 在儿童性剥削材料犯罪样本中，承认对儿童的性兴趣（CASIC）相关因素的歧视性力量。

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Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment Pub Date : 2026-09-01 Epub Date: 2026-03-10 DOI: 10.1177/10790632261433010

Alexander Seiser, Reinhard Eher, Daniel Turner, Martin Rettenberger

{"title":"The Discriminatory Power of Correlates of Admission of Sexual Interest in Children (CASIC) in a Sample of Individuals Convicted of Child Sexual Exploitation Material (CSEM) Offenses.","authors":"Alexander Seiser, Reinhard Eher, Daniel Turner, Martin Rettenberger","doi":"10.1177/10790632261433010","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10790632261433010","url":null,"abstract":"The Correlates of Admission of Sexual Interest in Children (CASIC) is a six-item proxy measure of sexual interest in children in individuals involved with child sexual exploitation material (CSEM) based on behavioral characteristics. Originally developed to replace the sexual interest item of the Child Pornography Offender Risk Tool (CPORT) when information is missing, some evidence suggests that the CASIC may also be useful for broader risk assessment purposes. This study examined the ability of the CASIC to identify CSEM recidivism among individuals with a history of CSEM offenses. In a sample of 126 individuals incarcerated for CSEM offenses and released from the Austrian prison system between 2002 and 2019, the CASIC total score was associated with CSEM recidivism (Harrell's C = .75, 95% CI [.63, .87]). This association remained consistent in a subsample with fixed 5-year follow-up periods (n = 103, AUC = .77, 95% CI [.64, .89]). Our findings highlight the ability of the CASIC to reliably assess sexual interest in children as a risk factor for CSEM offending, which may support risk management and treatment planning.","PeriodicalId":21828,"journal":{"name":"Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment","volume":" ","pages":"654-676"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2026-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147435630","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The Influence of Victim and Perpetrator Empathy on Punitive Attitudes Toward Individuals Who Sexually Offend. 受害者与加害者共情对性侵犯者惩罚态度的影响。

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Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment Pub Date : 2026-08-27 DOI: 10.1177/10790632261480683

Emily A Calobrisi, Raymond A Knight

{"title":"The Influence of Victim and Perpetrator Empathy on Punitive Attitudes Toward Individuals Who Sexually Offend.","authors":"Emily A Calobrisi, Raymond A Knight","doi":"10.1177/10790632261480683","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10790632261480683","url":null,"abstract":"Public attitudes toward individuals who sexually offend often drive policy support, despite a lack of evidence for the effectiveness of these policies in reducing recidivism. Empathy for both victims and perpetrators may shape these attitudes, but its precise role in policy support remains unclear. U.S.-based participants (N = 287, 52% female, 74% White, 18-77 years old) from Connect answered questionnaires measuring various facets of empathy, ATS-21, and specific empathy for a man and a woman in a TED Talk video. We predicted both direct and indirect effects of empathy on policy support through attitudes toward individuals who sexually offend, as well as the potential for participant gender differences in these effects. Victim empathy was directly associated with more punitive policy attitudes, whereas perpetrator empathy was not. Perpetrator empathy predicted more favorable attitudes toward individuals who sexually offend than did victim empathy. Indirect effects of both victim and perpetrator empathy through ATS-21 were significant as well. These results held across empathy facets, highlighting the value of considering empathy holistically in research. Efforts to raise perpetrator empathy should not diminish victim empathy but instead should aim to promote a nuanced understanding of individuals who sexually offend and their varied profiles.","PeriodicalId":21828,"journal":{"name":"Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment","volume":" ","pages":"10790632261480683"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2026-08-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148840763","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Does Failure to Register Matter? A Retrospective Comparison of Men on Probation for Sexually-Related Offenses. 注册失败有关系吗？性犯罪缓刑期男性的回顾性比较。

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Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment Pub Date : 2026-08-25 DOI: 10.1177/10790632261480681

Leanne Fiftal Alarid, Adam K Matz

{"title":"Does Failure to Register Matter? A Retrospective Comparison of Men on Probation for Sexually-Related Offenses.","authors":"Leanne Fiftal Alarid, Adam K Matz","doi":"10.1177/10790632261480681","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10790632261480681","url":null,"abstract":"This study examined the extent to which men sentenced to probation for Violation of Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (registration violations) differed from individuals sentenced directly to probation for a sex offense in a large urban county. All individuals in the study were revoked from probation over a three-year period. Variables of interest include actions that led to probation revocation, court-ordered condition violations that preceded revocation, court-ordered treatment requirements, criminal history, prior victimization, and other demographic characteristics. We found that the registration violation group was more likely to violate several conditions of probation, less likely to possess steady employment, and more likely to possess a history of prior charges including registration violations, drugs, theft and burglary, as compared to individuals directly sentenced to probation for a sex offense. Individuals in the registration violations group were also revoked with greater immediacy, within about 1.5 months on average compared to 3 months for individuals directly sentenced to probation. Probation officers may benefit from recognizing registration violation behaviors as distinctly different so that responses and strategies may be tailored to the greater likelihood of substance dependency, general criminality, and less cooperative tendencies.","PeriodicalId":21828,"journal":{"name":"Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment","volume":" ","pages":"10790632261480681"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2026-08-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148814152","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Constructing Offender Typologies From Judicial Data: A Clustering Analysis of Sextortion Cases. 从司法数据构建罪犯类型：性勒索案件的聚类分析。

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Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment Pub Date : 2026-08-01 Epub Date: 2026-03-12 DOI: 10.1177/10790632261434143

Fangzhou Wang, Weiping Pei

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Examining the Effect of Message Framing and Demographic Traits on Public Support for a Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Program. 调查信息框架和人口特征对公众支持儿童性虐待预防计划的影响。

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Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment Pub Date : 2026-08-01 Epub Date: 2026-04-10 DOI: 10.1177/10790632261438691

Myles Davidson, Skye Stephens, Ainslie Heasman, Cory Gerritsen, Ian V McPhail

{"title":"Examining the Effect of Message Framing and Demographic Traits on Public Support for a Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Program.","authors":"Myles Davidson, Skye Stephens, Ainslie Heasman, Cory Gerritsen, Ian V McPhail","doi":"10.1177/10790632261438691","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10790632261438691","url":null,"abstract":"Child sexual abuse perpetration prevention programs have been implemented in several Global North countries. There is limited research on how to best advertise these programs to attract eligible participants while ensuring public support for such programs, as well as participant characteristics that impact receptiveness to this advertising. The present study explored the effect of advertisement message framing and personal characteristics on support for a hypothetical perpetration prevention program. A partially representative sample of Canadian adults (N = 1,487; 50.3% female) completed an online survey and were randomized to one of three mock advertisements that varied in message framing (risk reduction, wellbeing enhancement, or a combination of both). Participants rated how much they supported the program and provided data about demographic characteristics, personality traits, and their attitudes and beliefs. There were high levels of support for the program, though the messaging frame had no effect on this outcome. Several characteristics including personality traits, political orientation, stigmatizing attitudes, and perceptions of crime control effectiveness were associated with program support. The findings suggest that perpetration prevention programs can advertise their services in a way that emphasizes risk reduction and/or wellbeing without risking public support, and there may be opportunity to increase program support by considering key characteristics of target audiences.","PeriodicalId":21828,"journal":{"name":"Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment","volume":" ","pages":"564-592"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2026-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13309625/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147646627","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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A Study of the Context Upon Community Re-entry for Young Adults With a History of Sexual Offending Sentenced to Shorter Incarcerations. 有较短刑期的性侵犯史的青少年重返社区的背景研究。

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Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment Pub Date : 2026-08-01 Epub Date: 2026-01-14 DOI: 10.1177/10790632261417991

Julien Frechette, Patrick Lussier, Isabelle F Dufour

{"title":"A Study of the Context Upon Community Re-entry for Young Adults With a History of Sexual Offending Sentenced to Shorter Incarcerations.","authors":"Julien Frechette, Patrick Lussier, Isabelle F Dufour","doi":"10.1177/10790632261417991","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10790632261417991","url":null,"abstract":"Research regarding community re-entry of individuals with sexual offending histories (SOH) has focused on preventing sexual re-offending through surveillance and support interventions. However, most individuals with SOH, serving shorter incarceration sentences, often lack surveillance and support upon community re-entry. This is especially concerning for young adults with SOH as they often are subjected to a negative social reaction in addition to having psychosocial needs and a high level of risk and criminogenic needs, which might result in not receiving tailored interventions, and therefore re-entering the community in a precarious context. Using prospective longitudinal data from a cohort of 1,054 young adults sentenced to shorter incarceration terms in Quebec, Cox regressions were conducted to determine whether there were contextual factors conducive to re-incarceration specific to individuals with SOH (n = 69). Findings indicate that there were none specific to individuals with SOH, and rather that persons with and without SOH are similar in many aspects, notably the high re-incarceration rate. These observations raise questions about the context surrounding community re-entry of young adults, regardless of criminal histories. Implications are discussed in the light of the low-risk assumption among individuals sentenced to shorter incarceration terms and the scope of community risk management.","PeriodicalId":21828,"journal":{"name":"Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment","volume":" ","pages":"503-533"},"PeriodicalIF":1.8,"publicationDate":"2026-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13309626/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145985700","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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