[en] This study aims a better understanding how the form of childhood violence experienced and the type of offense subsequently committed affect how sex offenders recall punishments ans difficult events. Fifty-four male perpetrators convicted of sexuel offenses against children or against adults were interviewed in France, Belgium, and Switzerland using the Lausanne Clinical Interview (LCI). Almost three-quarters of the sex offenders reported having been victimized during childhood. The correspondence analysis identified several factors that differentiated them.Their appraisal of the distressing event, method of coping with and distancing themselves from it, and how they dealt with emotions varied markedly depending on whether they recognized having experienced various forms of violence during childhood and on what type of offense they subsequently committed. Victimization can be identified as much by the events experienced as by their effect on the sex offender's discourse. Identification of these discursive indicators may lead to an improved therapeutic approach for potentially traumatic childhood experiences.
Disciplines :
Criminology Treatment & clinical psychology
Author, co-author :
Abbiati, Milena; Lausanne university hospital > Legal psychiatry institute > Service of correctional medicine and psychiatry
Mezzo, Belinda; Lausanne university hospital > Legal psychiatry institute > Service of correctional medicine and psychiatry
Waeny- Desponds, Jessica; Lausanne university hospital > Legal psychiatry institute > Service of correctional medicine and psychiatry
Minervini, Joseph; Maison d'arrêt de Besançon > Outpatient consultation and care unit
Mormont, Christian ; Université de Liège > Départ. Personne et Société > Service de psychologie clinique
Gravier, Bruno; Lausanne university hospital > Legal psychiatry institute > Service of correctional medicine and psychiatry
Language :
English
Title :
Victimization in Childhood of Male Sex Offenders: Relationship between Violence Experienced and Subsequent Offenses through Discourse Analysis
Alternative titles :
[fr] Victimisation dans l'enfance des délinquant sexuels: relations entre la violence subie et les délits subséquents au moyen de l'analyse du discours
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