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Honeycutt, Del Rey; Rickard, G. Keilan – Journal of College Student Psychotherapy, 2021
In this article, the authors discuss the pathways to sexual offenses, risk factors, treatment, and unique ethical challenges inherent in working with students who have a history of sexual offending behavior or exhibit risk factors for such behavior. We also address unique clinical competencies and knowledge and provide recommendations for…
Descriptors: College Students, Sexual Abuse, Crime, At Risk Students
Grady, Melissa D.; Rose, Roderick A. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2011
This article examines the analysis of the psychometric properties, including the validity and reliability, of the Empathy Index (EI), a new instrument designed to measure empathy deficits of sex offenders. The EI was tested with a sample of 158 sex offenders incarcerated in North Carolina prisons. An exploratory factor analysis yielded three…
Descriptors: Aggression, Correctional Institutions, Test Validity, Factor Analysis
Lev-Wiesel, Rachel; Witztum, Eliezer – Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 2006
This study explored whether child molesters can be differentiated from rapists in their self-figure drawings. To achieve this aim, the Machover Draw-A-Person test (Machover, 1949) was used. A sample of 41 male adult perpetrators of sexual assault, 19 rapists and 22 child molesters (all incarcerated in jail) participated in the study. Participants…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Aggression, Rape, Freehand Drawing

Brodsky, Stanley L.; Hobart, Susan C. – Criminal Justice and Behavior, 1978
Various treatment programs for sexual aggressives operate from a set of assumptions, called blame models. Each blame model hypothesizes why sexual assault occurs. The authors review four such blame models, including the offender blame model, the victim model, the situational model, and a societal model. (Author)
Descriptors: Aggression, Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Change, Criminals
Simons, Dominique A.; Wurtele, Sandy K.; Durham, Robert L. – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2008
Objective: The aim of this study is to identify the distinct developmental experiences associated with child sexual abuse and rape. Method: For 269 sexual offenders (137 rapists and 132 child sexual abusers), developmental experiences were recorded from a behavioral checklist, a parental-bonding survey, and a sexual history questionnaire. Offender…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Child Abuse, Risk Management, Intimacy

Rada, Richard T. – Criminal Justice and Behavior, 1978
The development of new evaluation treatment methods for rapists and child molesters has created unique legal and ethical problems for therapists and researchers dealing with this population. Explores the issues of confidentiality, privileged communication, and informed consent to acquaint the reader with the potential problems. (Author)
Descriptors: Aggression, Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Change, Criminals
Brecher, Edward M. – 1978
This survey report presents information on 20 treatment programs in 12 states which are directly concerned with the existing sexual problems and future behavior of correctional inmates, probationers, and parolees. Three additional programs which are no longer in operation, but have considerable historical interest, are also described. The programs…
Descriptors: Aggression, Antisocial Behavior, Community Involvement, Correctional Institutions

Becker, Judith V.; And Others – Criminal Justice and Behavior, 1978
Outlines the current means of assessing various social skills and applying skills training treatments to sexual aggressives. A major finding was that treatment in one skills area does not generalize into other skills areas; that is, each skills deficit must be resolved by individual treatment. (Author)
Descriptors: Aggression, Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Change, Criminals

Pollard, Jeffrey W. – New Directions for Student Services, 1994
Proposes a treatment protocol for rape and other violence perpetrators. Examines philosophy, assessment, and a curriculum, along with resistance to such treatment programs. Provides suggestions for treatments within campus settings. (Author/KW)
Descriptors: Aggression, Battered Women, College Students, Crime
Abbey, Antonia; Clinton, A. Monique; McAuslan, Pam; Zawacki, Tina; Buck, Philip O. – Psychology of Women Quarterly, 2002
Alcohol's psychological, cognitive, and motor effects contribute to rape. Based on theory and past research, we hypothesized that there would be a curvilinear relationship between the quantity of alcohol consumed by perpetrators and how aggressively they behaved. Moderate levels of intoxication encourage aggressiveness; however, extreme levels…
Descriptors: Rape, Drinking, Violence, Psychological Patterns

Willis, Cynthia E.; Wrightsman, Lawrence S. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 1995
Rape victims' gaze behavior when identifying a defendant and the prior relationship between victim and defendant were examined for effects on rape culpability attributions. In comparison with victims who used gaze maintenance or natural gaze behavior, rape victims' gaze avoidance was perceived as indicative of less truthfulness rather than…
Descriptors: Aggression, College Students, Crime, Criminals