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This article presents the first study on post-conviction polygraphy in the Netherlands. Importantly, it exclusively focuses on cybercrime offenders. The study is designed to systematically address the different child sexual behaviours exhibited by 25 participants who are in treatment for possessing child abuse images. The results indicate that post-conviction polygraphy can provide additional data to inform the development of theory in this area and contribute to the treatment, supervision, and more effective containment of offending behaviour and the reduction of future victimization.
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Child Abuse, Sexual/diagnosis , Child Abuse, Sexual/legislation & jurisprudence , Internet/legislation & jurisprudence , Lie Detection/psychology , Prisoners/legislation & jurisprudence , Prisoners/psychology , Self Disclosure , Sexual Behavior , Adult , Age of Onset , Child , Child Abuse, Sexual/prevention & control , Child Abuse, Sexual/psychology , Dangerous Behavior , Female , Humans , Male , Masturbation/epidemiology , Masturbation/prevention & control , Masturbation/psychology , Middle Aged , Netherlands , Risk Assessment/legislation & jurisprudence , Risk Assessment/statistics & numerical data , Truth DisclosureABSTRACT
The validity of DSM-IV predictions [Widiger, T. A., Trull, T. J., Clarkin, J. F., Sanderson, C. J., & Costa, P. T., (2002). A description of the DSM-IV personality disorders with the five-factor model of personality. In Costa, P. T. & Widiger, T. A. (Eds.), Personality disorders and the five-factor model of personality (2nd ed.). Washington DC: American Psychological Association] concerning Antisocial Personality Disorder and the validity of the hypothesized associations between the Five-Factor Model and psychopathy were examined in 48 male forensic-psychiatric patients. Prevalence of psychopathy and comorbid personality pathology was also investigated, as well as the convergent validity of two Dutch personality disorder inventories. Patients provided self-descriptions on the NEO-PI-R [Costa, P. T., & McCrae, R. R., (1992b). Professional Manual: Revised NEO Personality Inventory (NEO-PI-R) and NEO Five-Factor-Inventory (NEO-FFI). Odessa, FL: Psychological Assessment Resources], and were administered the VKP [Duijsens, I. J., Haringsma, R., & EurelingsBontekoe, E. H. M., (1999). Handleiding VKP (Vragenlijst voor kenmerken van de persoonlijkheid). Gebaseerd op DSM-IV en ICD-10. Leiderdorp: Datec] and the ADP-IV [Schotte, C. K. W., & De Doncker, D. A. M., (1994). ADP-IV Questionnaire. Antwerp Belgium: University Hospital Antwerp] to assess personality pathology. Psychopathy was assessed using Hare's Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R; [Hare, R. D., (1990). The Hare Psychopathy Checklist Revised Manual. Toronto: Multi-Health Systems]) based on a semi-structured interview and file records of psychiatric and psychological evaluations and criminal history. Results underscored the validity of the FFM Antisocial PD associations, but the hypothesized correlations between the FFM and Psychopathy were less supported. Results supported the convergent validity of the ADP-IV and the VKP, both at the dimensional and categorical level. Around 55% met the diagnostic threshold of psychopathy, and Antisocial PD was the most prevalent disorder in the psychopathic group, consistent with previous research. Sizeable personality comorbidity was also observed.
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Antisocial Personality Disorder/diagnosis , Forensic Psychiatry , Personality Disorders/diagnosis , Adult , Aged , Antisocial Personality Disorder/epidemiology , Antisocial Personality Disorder/psychology , Comorbidity , Crime/psychology , Crime/statistics & numerical data , Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders , Humans , International Classification of Diseases , Male , Middle Aged , Models, Psychological , Netherlands/epidemiology , Personality Disorders/epidemiology , Personality Disorders/psychology , Personality Inventory/statistics & numerical data , Prisoners/statistics & numerical data , Psychiatric Status Rating Scales/statistics & numerical data , Reproducibility of Results , Surveys and Questionnaires , Young AdultABSTRACT
In this paper we present a clinical model for the treatment of personality disordered sexual offenders. The model is based on the theoretical assumption that cognitive distortions emerge from more general explanatory theories. It seems that the pathways of offending processes that are characterized by positive or negative affects can be found in all treated sex offenders regardless of their motivation. We assume that these pathways are activated by cognitive distortions that illustrate the underlying general explanatory theory held by the offender and that these distortions are typical for overall daily interpersonal behavior of the offender. This means that, as predicted by our clinical model in the case of offenders with a personality disorder, the type of explanatory cognition that is underlying their sexual offenses is the same as the one that is underlying their general explanatory theories. We will describe the clinical model and the treatment program used at Forensic Psychiatric Hospital Center Veldzicht with a review of our experiences.
