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

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Chapter 3: Sex Offender Typologies
by Dominique A. Simons
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Typologies are based on theories postulating that sex offenders specialize: Child abusers: fixated-regressed, victim gender/relationship
Rapists: power-reassurance, power-assertive, anger-retaliation, sadistic
Females: co-offender, teacher lover/ heterosexual nurturer
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