TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1999//
TI  - Pedophiles: Mental Retardation, Maternal Age, and Sexual Orientation
JO  - Archives of sexual behavior
A1  - Blanchard, Ray
A1  - Watson, Mark S.
A1  - Choy, Alberto
A1  - Dickey, Robert
A1  - Klassen, Philip
A1  - Kuban, Michael
A1  - Ferren, Donald J.
SP  - 111
EP  - 127
VL  - 28
IS  - 2
N2  - Intellectual functioning, parental age, and sexual orientation in 991 male sexual offenders were investigated. Sources of data included semistructured interviews, clinical charts, phallometric tests, and self-administered questionnaires. The results suggest two main conclusions: (i) Among pedophiles in general, erotic preference moves away from adult women along two dimensions: age and sex. The extent of this movement is greater, along both dimensions,for pedophiles with lower levels of intellectual functioning. (ii) High maternal age (or some factor it represents) increases the likelihood of exclusive sexual interest in boys. Intellectual deficiency (or some factor it represents) decreases the likelihood of exclusive sexual interest in girls. These two factors summate, so that a pedophile with both factors is more likely to be sexually interested in boys than a pedophile with only one. (Abstract Adapted from Source: Archives of Sexual Behavior, 1999. Copyright © 1999 by Springer)  Sexual Assault Offender Child Abuse Offender Child Sexual Abuse Offender Child Molester Parent Characteristics Mother Characteristics Sexual Arousal Offender Characteristics Adult Male Adult Offender Adult Violence Male Offender Male Violence Offender Intelligence Homosexual Male Homosexual Offender Homosexual Adult 02-02<p />
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SN  - 0004-0002
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
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