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  • Title: Sexual recidivism in sex offenders.
    Author: Greenberg DM.
    Journal: Can J Psychiatry; 1998 Jun; 43(5):459-65. PubMed ID: 9653528.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE: To examine the recidivism rates of the various types of adult sex offenders including incest offenders, extrafamilial child molesters, exhibitionists, and rapists. METHOD: An examination of the literature over the past 4 decades and the data from our own study group. RESULTS: Methodological shortfalls and differences across the studies make statistical appraisal of the results difficult. Nevertheless, there is a consensus that incest offenders are less likely to reoffend compared with extrafamilial child molesters. Rapists and exhibitionists are thought to be at a higher risk for recidivism. CONCLUSION: A combined actuarial predictive approach in conjunction with empirically guided clinical assessment is probably the best method to predict recidivism of sex offenders.
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