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The Behavioral Treatment of Rapists and Child Molesters

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Behavioral Approaches to Crime and Delinquency

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Crimes of sexual aggression, such as child molestation and rape, are common in Western societies. Although exact figures are difficult to obtain because of vagaries in victim-reporting practices and differences in legal definitions over regions, serious acts of sexual aggression are almost exclusively committed by-males and constitute a serious social problem. A sizable minority of sexually aggressive men commit sexual crimes at high frequencies over long periods of time (Abel, Becker, & Skinner, 1985; Groth, Longo, & McFadin, 1982). These individuals, who are the primary focus of the present chapter, are infrequently arrested by the police or, if apprehended and incarcerated, often reoffend upon release (Abel et al., 1985).

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Quinsey, V.L., Chaplin, T.C., Maguire, A., Upfold, D. (1987). The Behavioral Treatment of Rapists and Child Molesters. In: Morris, E.K., Braukmann, C.J. (eds) Behavioral Approaches to Crime and Delinquency. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0903-1_13

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