An exploration of incest in the childhood development of serial rapists

McCormack, Arlene; Rokous, Frances E.; Hazelwood, Robert R.; Burgess, Ann Wolbert

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“…A number of studies conducted with specific population groups yielded, as expected, higher MCSA prevalence rates than those conducted among the general population. For example, 39% of juvenile male sex offenders (Ryan et al 1996); 59% of male inmates in a U.S. county jails (Johnson et al 2006); 76% of serial rapists (McCormack et al 1992); and 26% to 38% of male psychiatric patients reported experiencing CSA (Bernstein et al 1997;Jacobson and Herald 1990).…”

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Male Child Sexual Abuse: A Phenomenology of Betrayal

2008

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Being deeply understood relies on the ability of the social work clinician to have authentic and genuine empathy for their client. This phenomenological study sought to understand the lived experience of men sexually abused as boys in their childhood, and what life is like for them as sexual abuse survivors in adulthood. Analyses of fourteen male survivors' narratives into the abuse they experienced as children, and the meaning they make of that experience today, offer insights for therapists. Findings suggest that therapists have a responsibility to ask male clients about sexual victimization, even when this is not the presenting problem but they exhibit sexual abuse related problems; an obligation to educate one's self on responding therapeutically to disclosure; a duty to receive training to counsel sexually victimized males; a responsibility to advocate for the development of men's services; and taking an active role in shifting attitudes towards men's vulnerabilities.

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Male Child Sexual Abuse: A Phenomenology of Betrayal

2008

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“…Similar contradictions are reported regarding the relationship between adult and child. Certain studies have reported that victims with a family or friendship tie with the offender were more likely to present with disorders in adulthood than were those who had contacts with a stranger (Baker & Duncan, 1985;Beitchman et al, 1992;McCormack, Rokous, Hazelwood, & Burgess, 1992;Mendel, 1995;Okami, 1991;Urquiza & Capra, 1990). Furthermore, victims who had contacts with a family member were more likely to qualify these experiences as negative than were those who had extrafamilial contacts (Baker & Duncan, 1985;Condy et al, 1987;Fischer, 1991;Okami, 1991;Urquiza, 1988).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…However, certain studies have pointed out the existence of an association between parents' socioeconomic status and sexual victimization (Faller, 1989;Resnick & Blum, 1994;West & De Villiers, 1993). Moreover, victims have often reported certain familial characteristics, such as the absence of work and work-related difficulties for fathers (Violato & Genuis, 1993), recourse to social welfare for mothers (Pierce & Pierce, 1985), the presence of a single-parent family, parents' separation or divorce, parents' remarrying and presence of step-parents, insecure ties between the child and an attachment figure (Kinzl, Mangweth, Traweger, & Biebl, 1996;Morton & Browne, 1998), parents' use of psychoactive substances, presence of physical violence between parents and against their child, and parents' involvement in criminal activities (Bartholow et al, 1994;Genuis, Thomlison, & Bagley, 1991;Langevin, Wright, & Handy, 1989;Lisak, 1994;McCormack et al, 1992;Moisan, Sanders-Phillips, & Moisan, 1997;Nagy, Adcock, & Nagy, 1994;Resnick & Blum, 1994;Rose, 1991;Windle, Windle, Scheidt, & Miller, 1995).…”

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Psychosocial Adjustment and Psychopathology of Men Sexually Abused During Childhood

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Gijseghem

2005

Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol

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The purpose of this study was to evaluate psychosocial adjustment and psychopathology among men sexually abused during their childhood and arrive at a better understanding of the reasons for which, following such sexual experiences, some adult males manifest greater distress than others. In total, 64 participants were interviewed and completed eight questionnaires covering various aspects of childhood and adult life. Results suggest the existence of three types of sexual abuse scenarios. Participants in each of these three groups presented with an adult-specific adjustment. However, the methodology and multivariate analyses used in this study suggest that some of these problems were not only associated with the sexual contacts but also with other childhood experiences and with the participant's cognitive, affective, and psychological resources.

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“…[1][2][3][4] Two studies have documented that this high one-parent rate is significantly higher for males with childhood sexual abuse (CSA) histories than for non-abused males, suggesting that one-parent households may confer an increased risk for CSA in boys. 5 6 One-parent homes may confer risk by increasing total parental absence (ie, given only one parent and the likelihood that parent must work and do household errands, it is likely that children from such households are more often in a home situation where the single parent is absent).…”

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Men's childhood sexual abuse histories by one-parent versus two-parent status of childhood home

Holmes

2007

Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health

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Objectives: To estimate the association between number of parents in the childhood home and childhood sexual abuse (CSA) with adjustment for childhood socioeconomic status (CSES). Methods: Probability sample of 298, 18-49-year-old men from Philadelphia County, number of parents living in childhood home, socioeconomic data and CSA histories were obtained. Results: 197 (66%) men participated. 186 (94%) of these lived with at least one parent; 76 (39%) and 110 (56%) lived with one parent versus two parents, respectively. 22 (29%) of 76 and 18 (16%) of 110 reported CSA histories, respectively (OR 2.08, p = 0.04). Two approaches to adjustment for CSES indicated continued association between parent number and CSA (OR 2.38-2.39, p = 0.05-0.07). Parent number was associated with numerous differences in CSA perpetrator characteristics and abuse experiences. Men from one-parent versus two-parent families reported significantly more non-family and female perpetrators (p = 0.03 and 0.01, respectively) and fondling experiences (p = 0.04). Conclusions: Findings provide additional support for the association between parent number and CSA in boys, suggesting that parent number is not just a proxy for CSES. CSA experiences also differed between one-parent and two-parent homes. Findings generate numerous hypotheses for future study.

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An exploration of incest in the childhood development of serial rapists

Cited by 20 publications

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Male Child Sexual Abuse: A Phenomenology of Betrayal

Male Child Sexual Abuse: A Phenomenology of Betrayal

Psychosocial Adjustment and Psychopathology of Men Sexually Abused During Childhood

Men's childhood sexual abuse histories by one-parent versus two-parent status of childhood home

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