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HUMAN FIGURE DRAWINGS OF SEX OFFENDERS

NCJ Number
40328
Journal
Journal of Clinical Psychology Volume: 33 Issue: 1 Dated: (JANUARY 1977) Pages: 278-284
Author(s)
A C WYSOCKI; B A WYSOCKI
Date Published
1977
Length
7 pages
Annotation
AN ANALYSIS OF D-A-P (DRAW-A-PERSON) TEST RESULTS RETURNED BY 60 MALE SEX OFFENDER INMATES REVEALED THAT THE DRAWINGS SEEMED TO BE INDICATIVE OF NARCISSISM, ASSERTION, SEX DISTURBANCE, AGGRESSION, AND ANXIETY.
Abstract
SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES IN THE DRAWINGS OF RAPISTS, CHILD MOLESTERS, AND INCEST OFFENDERS WERE FOUND. THE FOLLOWING D-A-P ASPECTS APPEARED TO BE PROMINENT IN THE DRAWINGS OF THE SUBJECTS, IN DESCENDING ORDER: REINFORCEMENT, LONG NOSE, LARGE HEAD, LEGS WIDE APART, TOO MUCH HAIR, WAISTLINE EMPHASIS, SLASH MOUTH, LONG FEET, POINTY FINGERS, DISTORTED HEADS, AND OPPOSITE SEX DRAWN FIRST. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)...PLO