Archive for March 30th, 2009
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PATTERNED OFFENDERS: SEXUAL AROUSAL
In five of the six groups more patterned than incidental offenders reported strong sexual arousal from seeing or thinking of females. The differences are large, about 20 percentage points or more in four instances, with roughly one third to one half of the patterned offenders having told us of strong arousal as opposed to only [...]
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STATUS OF OFFENDER AT TIME OF OFFENSE: FIRST OFFENDERS VS. RECIDIVISTS
Certain shortcomings of this data should again be pointed out. The opportunity for recidivistic behavior in sex offenses is obviously related to the severity of the first conviction and also to the length of time between the man’s first offense and his age at the present report. In the longer-term convictions, such as are meted [...]
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EXTRAMARITAL COITUS: PROPORTION OF TOTAL OUTLET
The proportion of total sexual outlet constituted by extramarital coitus with companions is ordinarily less than one tenth. Indeed, in only four groups did the proportions exceed this in any of the age-periods, and in two of these the percentages are 11 and 12 per cent. General trends are difficult to discern and it is [...]
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MASTURBATION AMONG SINGLE: PROPORTION OF TOTAL OUTLET
Among humans masturbation is usually a second-choice method of achieving gratification, and indicates an inability to find a sexual partner. Consequently, one expects and finds that in age-period puberty-15, when most individuals are inexperienced and inept in sociosexual relationships, masturbation is at its peak of quantitative importance. As sociosexual expertise develops with age (and society [...]
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EXHIBITIONISTS: VARIETIES OF OFFENDERS
There appear to be three chief varieties of exhibitionists. Most common, constituting perhaps half of the cases, are the patterned exhibitionists, those who repeat this behavior again and again in compulsive fashion. The origin of exhibition in these men is unclear, although a few attribute it to early experiences, and in some other cases the [...]