Mh. Miner et Sm. Dwyer, THE PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF SEX OFFENDERS - DIFFERENCES BETWEEN EXHIBITIONISTS, CHILD MOLESTERS, AND INCEST OFFENDERS, International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology, 41(1), 1997, pp. 36-44
A number of studies have shown that there are differences between how
offenders who have committed different crimes perform in therapy. This
article aims to shed some light on these differences by exploring dif
ferences in the psychosocial development of exhibitionists, extra-fami
lial child molesters, and incest offenders. Eighty-one men completed t
he Measures of Psychosocial Development at intake into an outpatient s
ex offender treatment program. Profile analysis indicated that exhibit
ionists tended to have issues of trust, shame, and immediate gratifica
tion, which were similar to those experienced by extra-familial child
molesters. Incest offenders showed consistently higher levels of devel
opment than the other two groups. These findings have implications for
the ability offenders to develop therapeutic alliances, the intervent
ion strategies that would be effective, and the ultimate effects of th
ose interventions.