Title: Chapter 3: Sex Offender Typologies | Office of Sex Offender Sentencing, Monitoring, Apprehending, Registering, and Tracking
Headings: Chapter 3: Sex Offender Typologies
Chapter 3: Sex Offender Typologies
by Dominique A. Simons
Findings
Introduction
Summary of Research Findings
Traditional Typologies
Child Sexual Abusers
Differences Between Child Sexual Abusers and Rapists
Pedophilic and Nonpedophilic Distinction
Types of Child Sexual Abusers
Victim Characteristic Distinction
Rapists
Rapists and Violent Offenders
Types of Rapists
Female Sexual Offenders
Internet Offenders
Limitations of Traditional Typologies: Crossover Offending
Recent Advances in the Development of Sexual Offense Patterns
Developmental Histories of Sexual Offenders
Child Sexual Abusers
Rapists
Crossover Offenders
Female Sexual Offenders
Attachment
Etiological Theory
Self-Regulation Model
Specialist vs. Generalist Model
Summary
Notes
References

Content: and to be at least 16 years old and at least five years older than the child victim. The World Health Organization, which publishes the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (WHO, 2010) defines Pedophilia as a sexual preference for children, boys or girls or both, usually of prepubertal or early pubertal by an adult. Types of Child Sexual Abusers
One of the first typologies was formulated from the delineation of pedophilic and nonpedophilic child sexual abuse. Groth, Hobson and Gary (1982) classified child sexual abusers based on the degree to which the sexual behavior is entrenched and the basis for psychological needs (fixated-regressed typology). The fixated offender prefers interaction and identifies with children socially and sexually (Simon et al., 1992). These individuals often develop and maintain relationships with children to satisfy their sexual needs (Conte, 1991). In contrast, regressed child sexual abusers prefer social and sexual interaction with adults; their sexual involvement with children is situational and occurs as a result of life