Citation

Parkinson PN, Shrimpton S, Oates RK, Swanston HY, O'Toole BI. Int. J. Offender Ther. Comp. Criminol. 2004; 48(1): 28-39.

Affiliation

Faculty of Law, University of Sydney, 173-175 Phillip Street, Sydney, New South Wales 2000, Australia.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2004, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

14969114

Abstract

This study, which used a prospective as well as a retrospective methodology, examined the criminal records of 30 child molesters prior to, and up to 10 years after an index event of sexual abuse for which they were convicted: 73% had convictions for other offenses, 60% had convictions for offenses other than sex offenses, 50% had convictions for property offenses, 27% had convictions for offenses involving violence, and 23% had convictions for drug offenses. Offending levels for nonsex offenses were significantly higher than the general adult male population. Any theory concerning the dynamics of sex offending against children needs to account for the level of nonsex offenses committed by child molesters.

Language: en