Re: degree of trauma and pedophile

["R. Dwight Noble" <rdnoble@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello group,

Need some help for a student of mine.  He's constructing a instrument that
might assess the risk for perpetrators of sexual abuse.

A basic assumption he has made is that as the degree of truama increases
during childhood the propensity to become a perpetrator increases
(contributory impact).  Makes sense on some level, but I'm not convinced
that there is research to back up this assumption.

Help.  If any of you can point us towards such research, that would be
greatly appreciated.



Dwight Noble, Ed.D., LMFT
Indiana University
Department of Criminal Justice
Bloomington, Indiana