Sexual sadism and sadistic personality disorder in sexual homicide.
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Sexual sadism and sadistic personality disorder in sexual homicide. / Hill, Andreas; Habermann, Niels; Berner, Wolfgang; Briken, Peer.
In: J PERS DISORD, Vol. 20, No. 6, 6, 2006, p. 671-684.Research output: SCORING: Contribution to journal › SCORING: Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Sexual sadism and sadistic personality disorder in sexual homicide.
AU - Hill, Andreas
AU - Habermann, Niels
AU - Berner, Wolfgang
AU - Briken, Peer
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - Controversies exist about the diagnostic validity of sexual sadism and its relation to sadistic personality disorder in sex offenders. The aim of this study was to investigate which diagnostic, developmental, and criminal characteristics differentiate sexual sadistic from non-sadistic sexual homicide perpetrators. Psychiatric court reports on 166 men who had committed a sexual homicide were evaluated regarding psychiatric, sexual and criminal history. Sixty-one offenders (36.7%) with sexual sadism (SeSd) were compared with 105 (63.3%) offenders without this diagnosis (NSeSd). Besides the sexual sadistic symptoms, there were seven factors that discriminated best between the two groups (sexual masochism, sadistic personality disorder, isolation in childhood, multiple sexual homicide, previous rape, previous tendencies for similar behavior, and long duration of the homicidal act). Sexual sadism is connected with circumscribed other characteristics and has to be considered in risk assessment and treatment of sex offenders.
AB - Controversies exist about the diagnostic validity of sexual sadism and its relation to sadistic personality disorder in sex offenders. The aim of this study was to investigate which diagnostic, developmental, and criminal characteristics differentiate sexual sadistic from non-sadistic sexual homicide perpetrators. Psychiatric court reports on 166 men who had committed a sexual homicide were evaluated regarding psychiatric, sexual and criminal history. Sixty-one offenders (36.7%) with sexual sadism (SeSd) were compared with 105 (63.3%) offenders without this diagnosis (NSeSd). Besides the sexual sadistic symptoms, there were seven factors that discriminated best between the two groups (sexual masochism, sadistic personality disorder, isolation in childhood, multiple sexual homicide, previous rape, previous tendencies for similar behavior, and long duration of the homicidal act). Sexual sadism is connected with circumscribed other characteristics and has to be considered in risk assessment and treatment of sex offenders.
M3 - SCORING: Zeitschriftenaufsatz
VL - 20
SP - 671
EP - 684
JO - J PERS DISORD
JF - J PERS DISORD
SN - 0885-579X
IS - 6
M1 - 6
ER -
