NCJ Number
38031
Journal
Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica Volume: 53 Dated: (1976) Pages: 401-405
Date Published
1976
Length
5 pages
Annotation
THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO CLARIFY HOW PEDOPHILIC OFFENDERS WITH ANTISOCIAL CHARACTER (PSYCHOPATHY) DIFFER FROM 'ORDINARY' PEDOPHILIC OFFENDERS, MANY OF WHOM HAVE IMMATURITY AND CONTACT DIFFICULTIES.
Abstract
FOR THIS PURPOSE ALL PEDOPHILIA CASES AT A FINNISH HOSITAL SUBJECTED TO MENTAL EXAMINATION DURING A PERIOD OF 25 YEARS WERE INVESTIGATED. OF THESE 81 CASES, 38 COULD BE REGARDED AS ANTISOCIAL ON THE BASIS OF THE CURRENT DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA. THE OTHERS WERE REGARDED AS CONTROLS. THE CRIMINALS WITH ANTISOCIAL CHARACTER HAS ALSO BEEN INVOLVED IN OTHER KINDS OF CRIMES AND HAD HAD HYPERACTIVITY PROBLEMS MORE OFTEN THAN CONTROLS. THE CONTROLS WERE OFTEN IMMATURE, HAD A LOW INTELLIGENCE, AND WERE LESS ABLE TO HAVE RELATIONS WITH ADULT PEOPLE THAN WERE ANTISOCIAL OFFENDERS. HOWEVER, ACCORDING TO THE PRESENT RESULTS, THESE FEATURES MIGHT ALSO MAKE CRIMINALS WITH ANTISOCIAL CHARACTER MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO PEDOPHILIA. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)