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PERSONALITY DIFFERENCES AMONG CHILD MOLESTERS

NCJ Number
40419
Journal
Journal of Personality Assessment Volume: 39 Issue: 6 Dated: (1975) Pages: 591-593
Author(s)
C P MCCREARY
Date Published
1975
Length
3 pages
Annotation
STUDY COMPARING THE MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY (MMP) PROFILES OF TWO GROUPS OF CHILD MOLESTERS IN ORDER TO ASSESS CERTAIN CLINICALLY DERIVED INFERENCES ABOUT THESE OFFENDERS.
Abstract
THE SAMPLE STUDIED CONSISTED OF 33 PERSONS CONVICTED OF CHILD MOLESTATION. FOR PURPOSES OF COMPARISON, THIS GROUP WAS DIVIDED, AND THOSE WITH NO PRIOR ARRESTS WERE CONTRASTED WITH THOSE WHO HAD ONE OR MORE PRIOR ARRESTS. THE STUDY REVEALED THAT THE GROUP WITH PRIOR ARRESTS SHOWED MORE PSYCHOPATHOLOGY THAN THE GROUP WITH NO PREVIOUS ARRESTS. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)....KAP