Sex Offenders. Psychopathological Characteristics and Treatment

Journal title RIVISTA DI SESSUOLOGIA CLINICA
Author/s Giuseppe Craparo, Irene Petruccelli
Publishing Year 2013 Issue 2012/2
Language Italian Pages 18 P. 5-22 File size 415 KB
DOI 10.3280/RSC2012-002001
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In cases of sexual offences, the criminal sanction and the subsequent detention is no longer sufficient in order to fight the phenomenon and, in particular toreduce significantly the rate of repeat offences. Therefore, there is the need to develop models of diagnosis, risk evaluation and treatment for the prevention of repeat offences to be applied to the sex offenders already in the penitentiary sphere. In addition, reference is made to an extremely heterogeneous group of deviant individuals, characterized by the presence of obsessive-compulsive-impulsive biopsychological mechanisms, and high levels of psychopathy. The Authors, after the definition of the phenomenon, focus on the treatment phase within an integrated perspective, in which the sex offender should be supported with both pharmacological that psychological therapy.

Keywords: sex offender, psychiatric comorbility, treatment, psychotherapy, relapse prevention

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Giuseppe Craparo, Irene Petruccelli, Sex Offenders. Caratteristiche psicopatologiche e trattamento in "RIVISTA DI SESSUOLOGIA CLINICA" 2/2012, pp 5-22, DOI: 10.3280/RSC2012-002001