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An Exploration of Developmental Factors Related to Deviant Sexual Preferences Among Adult Rapists

Eric Beauregard

School of Criminology, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, eric.beauregard@ sympatico.ca

Patrick Lussier

School of Criminology, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Institut Philippe Pinel de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Jean Proulx

School of Criminology, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Institut Philippe Pinel de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

The aim of this study was to investigate developmental factors related to deviant sexual preferences in a sample of 118 sexual aggressors against women. For each subject, developmental factors were collected through a semistructured interview, whereas sexual preferences were assessed phallometrically using French translations of audiotaped stimuli developed by G. G. Abel, E. B. Blanchard, J. V Becker, and A. Djenderedjian (1978). Using multiple regression analyses, our results showed that a sexually inappropriate family environment, use of pornography during childhood and adolescence, and deviant sexual fantasies during childhood and adolescence are related to the development of deviant sexual preferences. These results are in agreement with Knight and Sims-Knight's model of sexual aggression (R. A. Knight & J. E. Sims-Knight, in press).

Key Words: rapists • phallometry • deviant sexual preferences • developmental factors.

Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment, Vol. 16, No. 2, 151-161 (2004)
DOI: 10.1177/107906320401600205
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