Effective classification of individuals who commit sexual offences is important for their assessment, treatment, and risk management. Victim age has often been used as a distinguishing factor between perpetrators. This study aimed to analyse the distinctive psychopathological and criminological characteristics of contact sexual offenders with adult and minor victims. The study involved 97 adult males who were serving a prison sentence in Spain for at least one contact sexual offence against an adult or a minor. Researchers gathered data on criminological variables concerning the offender, victim, and modus operandi from prison records and interviews. Participants completed the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-III (MCMI-III) in a second session, and between-group differences were analysed. Sex offenders with minor victims (SOMV) had significantly lower scores than sex offenders with adult victims (SOAV) on the Antisocial ( = −0.283, = .005) and Sadistic ( = −0.209, = .04) personality subscales, and on the Alcohol ( = −0.426, < .001) and Drug dependence ( = −0.332, = .001) syndrome subscales. SOAV were also more likely to use violence and/or intimidation, use a weapon, offend against female victims, offend against an intimate partner, commit their offences in public places, serve other ongoing prison sentences, and report a history of alcohol and substance abuse. SOMV were older and more likely to offend against family members. These results suggest that there are key differences between SOAV and SOMV that should be considered in tailored prevention programmes for each subgroup of offenders.

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性犯罪者与成年和未成年受害者的接触：心理病理学和犯罪学差异


对实施性犯罪的个人进行有效分类对于其评估、治疗和风险管理非常重要。受害者年龄经常被用作区分犯罪者的因素。本研究旨在分析与成年和未成年受害者接触的性犯罪者的独特心理病理学和犯罪学特征。这项研究涉及 97 名成年男性，他们因至少一次针对成年人或未成年人的接触性犯罪而在西班牙服刑。研究人员从监狱记录和访谈中收集了有关罪犯、受害者和作案手法的犯罪学变量数据。参与者在第二次会议中完成了 Millon 临床多轴量表 III (MCMI-III)，并分析了组间差异。与未成年受害者的性犯罪者 (SOMV) 在反社会 ( = -0.283, = .005) 和施虐 ( = -0.209, = .04) 人格分量表以及酒精 ( = -0.426，< .001) 和药物依赖 ( = -0.332，= .001) 综合征分量表。 SOAV 也更有可能使用暴力和/或恐吓、使用武器、冒犯女性受害者、冒犯亲密伴侣、在公共场所犯罪、服其他正在服刑的徒刑以及报告酗酒和滥用药物的历史。 SOMV 年龄较大，更容易得罪家庭成员。这些结果表明，SOAV 和 SOMV 之间存在关键差异，在为每个犯罪亚群量身定制预防计划时应考虑到这些差异。