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Hill, Andreas; Rettenberger, Martin; Habermann, Niels; Berner, Wolfgang; Eher, Reinhard; Briken, Peer – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2012
To examine the predictive accuracy of four well established risk assessment instruments (PCL-R, HCR-20, SVR-20, and Static-99) in an important subgroup of sexual offenders, these instruments were assessed retrospectively based on information from forensic psychiatric court reports in a sample of 90 released male sexual homicide offenders (out of…
Descriptors: Recidivism, Foreign Countries, Sexual Abuse, Criminals
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Wiederholt, Ingo C. – Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 1992
Presents psychoanalytic view based on author's 21 years of experience as an expert witness for approximately 750 individuals who committed sex crimes, and on author's clinical psychiatric experience in treating 170 sex offenders released from prison. Describes treatment program theoretically based on these experiences. (Author/NB)
Descriptors: Counseling Techniques, Criminals, Foreign Countries, Psychiatry
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Pfafflin, Friedemann – Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 1992
Reviews methods of treatment used with sex offenders, each based on the erroneous belief that sex offenders constitute a relatively homogeneous taxonomic class. Asserts that sex offenders are people with a sad personal history, in which their deviant sexual behavior represents an effort to banish the pain they experienced during their developing…
Descriptors: Counseling Techniques, Criminals, Foreign Countries, Institutionalized Persons
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Kury, Helmut; Chouaf, Silvia; Obergfell-Fuchs, Joachim; Woessner, Gunda – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2004
This study examined the sexual victimization of 309 female students in Germany. The results indicate that the majority of the subjects have been victims of minor offenses and that a minority of subjects was severely victimized. As to the relation of victim and perpetrator, the milder offenses are more likely to be committed by strangers. In…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Victims of Crime, Child Abuse, Sexual Abuse
Chronicle of Higher Education, 2004
"Chronicle of Higher Education" presents an abundant source of the news and information for college and university faculty members and administrators. This July 16, 2004 of "Chronicle of Higher Education" includes the following articles: (1) "Who Knew?" (Guterman, Lila); (2) "Silent Treatment: A Copyright Battle…
Descriptors: Biochemistry, Higher Education, Copyrights, Educational Finance