Offender and Offense Characteristics of Sexual Sadists: A Comparative Study Journal Articles

abstract

• Abstract This paper compares the offender and offense characteristics of 30 sexually sadistic criminals studied by Dietz et al. with those of 29 sexually sadistic criminals and 28 nonsadistic sexual offenders from the Royal Ottawa Hospital. We examined whether the characteristics noted by Dietz et al. would be found among a less violent group of sadistic offenders and also to what extent these characteristics were specific to sexual sadism. Results suggest some offender and offense characteristic are specific to sexual sadism and that others appear to be common to sexually aggressive offenders more generally. In addition, there were a number of characteristics found exclusively among the most violent offenders described by Dietz et al. An explanation of these results in terms of a biopsychosocial understanding of sexual sadistic offenders is provided.

authors

• Gratzer, T
• Bradford, John

status

• published 

publication date

• May 1, 1995

has subject area

• 0399 Other Chemical Sciences (FoR)
• 0699 Other Biological Sciences (FoR)
• 1103 Clinical Sciences (FoR)
• Cause of Death (MeSH)
• Child (MeSH)
• Child Abuse (MeSH)
• Homicide (MeSH)
• Humans (MeSH)
• Legal & Forensic Medicine (Science Metrix)
• Male (MeSH)
• Paraphilic Disorders (MeSH)
• Retrospective Studies (MeSH)
• Sadism (MeSH)
• Sex Offenses (MeSH)
• Social Conformity (MeSH)
• Torture (MeSH)

published in

• Journal of Forensic Sciences  Journal

keywords

• Cause of Death
• Child
• Child Abuse
• Homicide
• Humans
• Male
• Paraphilic Disorders
• Retrospective Studies
• Sadism
• Sex Offenses
• Social Conformity
• Torture

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1520/jfs13802j

PubMed ID

• 7782750

start page

• 450

end page

• 455

volume

• 40

issue

• 3