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Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment
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Heterogeneity in Antisocial Trajectories in Youth of Adult Sexual Aggressors of Women

An Examination of Initiation, Persistence, Escalation, and Aggravation

Jesse Cale

Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, jesse.cale{at}ufv.ca

Patrick Lussier

Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

Jean Proulx

University of Montreal and Philippe Pinel Institute of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Recent explanatory models of sexual aggression of women have emphasized the role of an antisocial tendency in explaining sexual aggression. If those models agree about the importance of an antisocial propensity, they disagree about the presence of a single or multiple pathways leading to sexual aggression. Currently, no empirical studies have examined within-individual changes of antisocial behavior in youth of sexual aggressors of women and whether those changes are related to the unfolding of the sexual and nonsexual criminal activity in adulthood. This study examines the presence of antisocial trajectories in childhood and adolescence using a sample of 209 convicted adult sexual aggressors of women. A dynamic classification procedure using cluster analyses yields five distinct antisocial trajectories, which are then compared using analysis of covariance on various parameters of criminal activity in adulthood. The results highlight the heterogeneity of antisocial development in youth of adult sexual aggressors of women. Patterns of initiation, persistence, and escalation in youth are related to the general, violent, and sexual offending in adulthood.

Key Words: sexual aggression • antisocial trajectories • onset • persistence • escalation • rapists • dynamic classification

This version was published on June 1, 2009

Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment, Vol. 21, No. 2, 223-248 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/1079063209333134
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