Citation

Dudeck M, Drenkhahn K, Spitzer C, Barnow S, Freyberger HJ, Grabe HJ. Psychiatr. Prax. 2012; 39(5): 217-221.

Vernacular Title

Gibt es eine Assoziation zwischen familiärem sexuellen Missbrauch und späteren Sexualstraftaten?

Affiliation

Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie der Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald am Helios Hanseklinikum Stralsund.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, Georg Thieme Verlag)

DOI

10.1055/s-0032-1305062

PMID

22744149

Abstract

Objective: 12 - 35 % of all sexual delinquents report victimization through early sexual abuse. To date, studies are based on small samples and mostly come from English-language countries.Methods: As part of an interdisciplinary study on the human rights situation in long-term imprisonment, we examined 1,055 prisoners from 11 countries in Europe with the Posttraumatic Stress Diagnostic Scale (PDS) concerning their traumas in relation to their offences.Results: Sexual delinquents who reported own prior sexual abuse within the family had a fourfold increase in committing sexual offences later in their life compared to other offenders.Conclusions: A detailed trauma history which includes sexual offences within the family is essential for adequate therapy and relapse prevention.

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