The screening scale for pedophilic interests predicts recidivism among adult sex offenders with child victims

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 455-466

  Seto, Michael C ^a   Harris, Grant T ^b   Rice, Marnie E ^c   Barbaree, Howard E ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^b Mental Health Centre Penetanguishene   (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

pedophilia; phallometric testing; recidivism; sex offenders

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LIBIDO; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PEDOPHILIA; PREPUBERTY; PSYCHOPATHY; RECIDIVISM; SCREENING SCALE FOR PEDOPHILIC INTERESTS; SEXUAL AROUSAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL CRIME;

ADULT; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; HUMANS; INCEST; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PEDOPHILIA; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX OFFENSES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 4344694037     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:ASEB.0000037426.55935.9c     Document Type: Article

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