Patterns of attachment and alcohol abuse in sexual and violent non-sexual offenders

Abracen, Jeffrey; Looman, Jan; Fazio, Roberto Di; Kelly, Theresa C.; Stirpe, Tania

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“…On the dismissing dimension, rapists and violent offenders were indiscriminable from each other, but scored significantly higher than the child molesters and nonviolent offenders. In keeping with the results of Ward et al (1996), Abracen, Looman, Di Fazio, Kelly, and Stirpe (2005) observed that child molesters were more likely to be preoccupied in their attachment style than rapists as measured by the RSQ.…”

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Sexual Offenders’ State-of-Mind Regarding Childhood Attachment: A Controlled Investigation

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Stermac

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Sex Abuse

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Attachment experiences have been regarded as significant by researchers and clinicians attempting to explain the etiology of sexual offending. Although initial studies have revealed some promising evidence, there are a number of theoretical and methodological problems with this preliminary body of work. While addressing these limitations, the goal of the present study was to investigate state-of-mind regarding childhood attachment among subtypes of sexual offenders, comparing them to both a sample of nonsexual offenders and to the documented patterns of nonoffenders. Sixty-one sexual offenders (extrafamilial child molesters, incest offenders, and rapists) and 40 nonsexual offenders (violent and nonviolent) were administered the "Adult Attachment Interview." Results indicated that the majority of sexual offenders were insecure, representing a marked difference from normative samples. Although insecurity of attachment was common to all groups of offenders, there were important differences in regard to the specific type of insecurity. Most notable were the child molesters, who were significantly more likely to be Preoccupied. Rapists, violent offenders, and, to a lesser degree, incest offenders were more likely to be Dismissing. Although still most likely to be Dismissing, nonviolent offenders were comparatively more Secure.

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Sexual Offenders’ State-of-Mind Regarding Childhood Attachment: A Controlled Investigation

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Stermac

et al. 2006

Sex Abuse

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“…Die am häufigsten konsumierten Drogen waren hierbei Crack und Alkohol. Abracen et al [19] [21] beschrieben einen Drogen-und Alkoholgebrauch bei 56,5 % der untersuchten Sexualstraftäter. Dabei berichteten 40,1 % der Untersuchten, dass sie vor der Sexualstraftat Drogen, 37,4 % Alkohol und 32,4 % beide Substanzgruppen konsumiert hatten.…”

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“…In den untersuchten Studien wurde ein Zusammenhang zwischen substanzbedingten Störungen sowie Sexualstraftaten beschrieben, 2 Studien fanden heraus, dass bei der Hälfte der untersuchten Sexualstraftäter substanzbedingte Störungen vorlagen [21,23], wobei, die am häufigsten erwähnte Substanz Alkohol war. Die Studien konnten des Weiteren eine Heterogenität innerhalb der Gruppe der Sexualstraftäter darstellen [12,19,28,29]. Danach gab es Unterschiede in Bezug auf den Substanzkonsum zwischen Vergewaltigern, Kindesmissbrauchern und Einzel-oder Serientätern.…”

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“…Danach gab es Unterschiede in Bezug auf den Substanzkonsum zwischen Vergewaltigern, Kindesmissbrauchern und Einzel-oder Serientätern. Wurden Sexualstraftäter mit Gewaltstraftätern in Bezug auf den Substanzgebrauch verglichen, zeigten sich unterschiedliche Ergebnisse in Bezug auf adoleszente und erwachsene Sexualstraftäter [19,23]. Schwierigkeiten hinsichtlich des Vergleichs der Studien lagen z. T. in der fehlenden Differenzierung oder im Unterschied der konsumierten Drogen begründet.…”

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Hypersexuelle Störung, Substanzbedingte Störungen und Sexualstraftaten

2016

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Zusammenfassung Ziel: Das Ziel der vorliegenden Arbeit ist es, den aktuellen Wissensstand zu hypersexuellen und substanzbedingten St?rungen sowie dem Risiko f?r Sexualstraftaten anhand einer narrativen ?bersichtsarbeit dazustellen. Methode: Es wurde eine selektive Medline Literaturrecherche mit den Schl?sselw?rtern Sexsucht, Hypersexuelle St?rung, Substanzbedingte St?rungen, Sexualstraftaten, Kinderpornografie und Kriminelles Verhalten f?r den 10-Jahreszeitraum von 2006 bis Juli 2016 durchgef?hrt. Ergebnisse: Es fanden sich lediglich 2 Studien, die alle 3 Faktoren ber?cksichtigten. In den insgesamt 17 hier dargestellten Studien wurde ein Zusammenhang zwischen substanzbedingten St?rungen sowie Sexualstraftaten beschrieben, 2 Studien fanden heraus, dass bei der H?lfte der untersuchten Sexualstraft?ter substanzbedingte St?rungen vorlagen, wobei die am h?ufigsten erw?hnte Substanz Alkohol war. Es gab Unterschiede in Bezug auf den Substanzkonsum zwischen Vergewaltigern (eher mehr substanzbedingte St?rungen) und Kindesmissbrauchern sowie Einzel- oder Serient?tern. Schwierigkeiten hinsichtlich des Vergleichs der Studien lagen z.?T in der fehlenden Differenzierung oder im Unterschied der konsumierten Drogen begr?ndet. Diskussion: Die Bearbeitung von Zusammenh?ngen zwischen Substanzkonsum und hypersexueller Symptomatik als dynamische Risikofaktoren kann in der Therapie von Sexualstraft?tern von gro?em Nutzen sein und sollte daher weiter auch systematisch untersucht werden.

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“…The focus of previous studies among adult male inmates in different countries was mainly comparing sexual offenders with violent offenders revealing that these two groups did not differ significantly in terms of insecure (anxious, avoidant) attachment styles: Abracen et al, (2006;Canadian prisons);Baker, & Beech (2004;English prisons); Hudson & Ward (1997;New Zealand prison);Marsa et al, (2004;Irish prisons); Stripe et al (2006;Canadian prison) ;Ward, Hudson, & Marshall (1996; New Zealand prison). The violent offenders were also noted to be similar to the rapists in that they tended to be more dismissive/avoidant in their attachment styles (Stripe et al, 2006;Ward et al, 1996).…”

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Attachment styles among a sample of Estonian adult male offenders

Kõiv

2016

European Proceedings of Social &Amp; Behavioural Sciences

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The link between offenders' attachment styles and bully-category, as well as violent offending has been assessed empirically in the present study. Estonian adult male (N = 110: 47 of them violent and 63 nonviolent) offenders were required to complete a measure of attachment, namely the Multiple-item Attachment Scale developed by Simpson (1990), and exploring secure, avoidant and anxious/ambivalent styles. Inmates in the high security prison were also required to complete a self-report behavioral checklist -Direct and Indirect Prisoner Behaviour Checklist-Revised (DIPC-R©: Ireland, 2002a), that enables inmates to categorize into four groups: pure bullies (N = 16), pure victims (N = 22), bully/victims (N = 47), and those not involved in bullying or victimization (N = 25). A significant difference was found regarding the bully-categories: (1) pure victims reported lower secure attachment scores than the other bully-categories; (2) bully/victims and pure victims reported higher anxious/ambivalent attachment scores than pure bullies and not involved offenders. Additionally, a significant difference was found regarding the violent versus non-violent offender status: violent offenders reported higher anxious/ambivalent attachment scores than non-violent inmates. The present study extends results to a sample of adult male prison inmates suggesting that offenders may share some common characteristics across different prison settings regarding insecure attachment styles as risk factors of prison bullying and violent criminal behavior.

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Patterns of attachment and alcohol abuse in sexual and violent non-sexual offenders

Cited by 29 publications

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Sexual Offenders’ State-of-Mind Regarding Childhood Attachment: A Controlled Investigation

Sexual Offenders’ State-of-Mind Regarding Childhood Attachment: A Controlled Investigation

Hypersexuelle Störung, Substanzbedingte Störungen und Sexualstraftaten

Attachment styles among a sample of Estonian adult male offenders

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