Re: incidence of abuse among abusers

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Hindman, J. (1988). Research disputes assumptions about child molesters. 
National District Attorneys Association Bulletin, 7(4), 1, 3.


Compared paroled male sexual offenders against children in two periods. 
In the first she saw 40 and in the second, 129. In the second period, the 
patients were told that they would have to submit to a polygraph test and 
if their self-reports were contradicted they would be returned to jail.

In the first period, during which patients were not threatened with 
polygraph testing, 67% said they had been molested as children. In the 
second period, only 29% said they were abused as children. The 
implication is that some offenders may fabricate such an event as an 
excuse for their erotic attraction to children.

Hindman also found diferences in terms of the average number of victims. 
In the period before the polygraph, the average number of victims was 
1.5; afterwards, it was 9.0.

Hollida Wakefield




>Subject:     Re: incidence of abuse among abusers
>Sent:        2/8/20 7:53 PM
>Received:    2/4/02 2:56 PM
>From:        Jim Hord, Jim@Hord.com
>Reply-To:    Child Maltreatment List, 
>CHILD-MALTREATMENT-RESEARCH-L@cornell.edu
>To:          Child Maltreatment List, 
>CHILD-MALTREATMENT-RESEARCH-L@cornell.edu
>
>There was a neat little study several years ago where they questioned
>inmates in a Texas facility and found very high ratios of child abuse
>in the history of child abusers.  Then they went back, interviewed the
>same subjects, but told them that they would have a polygraph test
>following the questioning, and that those who lied would have time
>added to their sentence.  This time the ratio was very low.
>
>I used to have the reference, but that was one hard-drive failure ago.
>If you need it, let me know backchannel and I can suggest how you
>might find it.
>
>Jim Hord
>Jim@Hord.com
>http://jim.hord.com
>
>


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