Re: incidence of abuse among abusers

["Ineke Way" <ineke.way@xxxxxxxxx>]

the cite is:

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

it is helpful to note that these were two different samples, with
data collected 8 years apart



a study on adolescent offenders :

Emerick, R.L., & Dutton, W.A. (1993). The effect of polygraphy on
the self-report of adolescent sexual offenders: Implications for
risk management. Annals of Sex Research, 6, 83-103.

Ineke 



Ineke Way, Ph.D., ACSW
Assistant Professor

School of Social Work
Western Michigan University
1903 W Michigan Ave
Kalamazoo MI  49008-5354

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>>> Jim@Hord.com 02/04/02 02:24PM >>>
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 



Subject: incidence of abuse among abusers


> Does anyone know of studies that have examined the incidence of
> retrospective histories of child abuse among adult perpetrators
of
abuse? I
> know of studies that estimate the incidence among abused
children
who go on
> to abuse their own children, but not its reciprocal. Thanks for
your
help.
> --Doug Waite
>