@article{ref1,
title="A comparison of physical and sexual abuse: histories of sexual and non-sexual offenders with intellectual disability",
journal="Child abuse and neglect",
year="2001",
author="Lindsay, William R. and Law, Jacqueline and Quinn, Kathleen and Smart, N. and Smith, Astrid",
volume="25",
number="7",
pages="989-995",
abstract="OBJECTIVES: To review patterns of physical and sexual abuse in cohorts of sexual offenders and nonsexual offenders with intellectual disability. METHOD: Forty-six sexual offenders were compared with 48 male nonsexual offenders in relation to their experiences of sexual and physical abuse in childhood. Comprehensive assessments were taken over a period of at least one year, and were conducted independently by a range of professionals. RESULTS: Thirty-eight percent of the sexual offenders and 12.7% of the nonsexual offenders had experienced sexual abuse, while 13% of the sexual offenders and 33% of the nonsexual offenders had experienced physical abuse. CONCLUSIONS: Sexual abuse seems a significant variable in the history of sexual offenders, while physical abuse seems a significant variable in the history of nonsexual offenders. The results support the view that the &quot;cycle of abuse&quot; is neither inevitable nor an adequate explanation of future offending.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0145-2134",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}