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dc.contributor.authorMarshall, WL
dc.contributor.authorSmallbone, S
dc.contributor.authorMarshall, LE
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T13:04:58Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T13:04:58Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.issn1068-316X
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/1068316X.2014.925724
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/63771
dc.description.abstractThis paper examines the utility of previous attempts to subcategorize child molesters. We argue that research based on these categorizations has resulted in confusion due to differences across studies concerning which offenders belong in each group. For example, there are no agreed-upon guidelines for identifying a child molester as an incest offender or as a 'stranger' offender. We examine research findings associated with previous attempts to subcategorize child molesters as well as the literature on modus operandi. From this, we conclude that current attempts to subcategorize child molesters are flawed. We propose that distinguishing child molesters according to new criteria - that is, whether or not they have been previously associated with their victim - should result in more productive research and provide a better guide for treatment and postdischarge supervision. In our terminology, nonaffiliative child molesters are those offenders who are truly strangers to their victims whereas affiliative child molesters are characterized by an established caregiving relationship with the child for some period prior to the offense. These men, unlike nonaffiliative offenders, engage in a protracted grooming process before offending. Finally, we outline research, treatment, and risk-management strategies relevant to each of our subcategories.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherRoutledge
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom1
dc.relation.ispartofpageto14
dc.relation.ispartofjournalPsychology, Crime and Law
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCriminology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCorrectional theory, offender treatment and rehabilitation
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4402
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode440202
dc.titleA critique of current child molester subcategories: A proposal for an alternative approach
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorSmallbone, Stephen W.


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