Criminal and noncriminal sexual aggressors: integrating psychopathy in a hierarchical-mediational confluence model.
Ann N Y Acad Sci
; 989: 33-58; discussion 144-53, 2003 Jun.
Article
in En
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| ID: mdl-12839885
ABSTRACT
In contrast to widely held beliefs, I suggest that research conducted with either criminal or noncriminal samples of sexually aggressive men actually reveals many similar characteristics shared by both groups. The Hierarchical-Mediational Confluence (HMC) model is presented here to integrate these findings. As relatively distal risk factors, it includes personality and behavioral characteristics associated with psychopaths and predictive of antisocial behavior generally. As more proximate risk factors, it includes personality and behavioral characteristics specifically associated with sexual aggression, such as attitudes condoning sexual aggression, dominance for sexual arousal, and heavy pornography consumption. In addition, the model predicts that the interactive combination of the various risk factors results in higher sexual aggression than expected by the additive combination of these risk factors, a prediction similar to the distinction between "primary" and "secondary" psychopaths. A series of studies supporting the HMC model is presented. Finally, some differences between criminal and noncriminal sexual aggressors are also noted. In particular, criminal sexual aggressors have often committed various other antisocial acts in addition to sexual aggression. In contrast, noncriminals primarily reveal only some elevation in personality characteristics potentiating such nonsexual antisocial behaviors, but report having committed only sexual aggression.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Sex Offenses
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Crime
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Aggression
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Antisocial Personality Disorder
Type of study:
Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Female
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Humans
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Male
Country/Region as subject:
America do norte
Language:
En
Journal:
Ann N Y Acad Sci
Year:
2003
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
United States
Publication country:
EEUU
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ESTADOS UNIDOS
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ESTADOS UNIDOS DA AMERICA
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EUA
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UNITED STATES
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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US
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USA