Family Perception of Rapists and Pedophiles

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ID13673259
AuthorsBarry A Bass (Towson State University, corresponding author), MARC DAVID LEVANT (Towson State University)
Year1992
Volume71
Issue1
Pages211-214
Publication date1992-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePsychological Reports (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2466/pr0.1992.71.1.211
PMID1529058
OpenAlexW1989019866
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited4

Previous research indicates that sex offenders were more likely to have been reared in dysfunctional families and to have identified less with their parents than were individuals in most comparison groups. It is unclear whether such failure to identify may be related to the perceived parenting styles and attitudes of the sex offenders' parents. 16 rapists, 18 pedophiles, 9 general offenders, and 11 college students completed the Children's Report of Parental Behavior Inventory to assess perceived parental communication patterns and attitudes. It was predicted that rapists and pedophiles would perceive their parents as (1) having been more rejecting, (2) as having exerted more control while encouraging less autonomy, and (3) as having provided harsher discipline than would individuals in comparison groups. Results supported the first two predictions

Autonomy · Developmental psychology · Dysfunctional family · Pedophilia · Perception · Poison control · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Clinical Psychology · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Psychology · Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending · Social Psychology

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