Citation

Robertiello G, Terry KJ. Aggress. Violent Behav. 2007; 12(5): 508-518.

Affiliation

Criminal Justice Doctoral Program at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, United States; Sociology and Criminology at Felician College, Lodi, N.J., United States.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.avb.2007.02.010

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Sex offenders constitute a heterogeneous population of individuals and can be classified into typologies based upon characteristics and motivations of offending. The most common classification systems are those differentiating between types of rapists, child molesters, female sex offenders, juvenile sex offenders and cyber sex offenders. Understanding the characteristics and motivations of sex offenders can lead to more effective treatment, supervision and management of offenders. This article outlines the development of sex offender typologies over the last quarter century.

Language: en