"Consumo de álcool e outras drogas e impulsividade sexual entre agressores sexuais" / Alcohol and drug consumption and sexual impulsivity among sexual offenders

AUTOR(ES)

Danilo Antonio Baltieri

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2006

RESUMO

INTRODUCTION: Sexual violence is an important public health problem. In São Paulo, about 5% of male prison inmates are serving a sentence for a serious sexual offense. In Brazil and other countries, many sexual offenders will return home without any psychosocial interventions to prevent recidivism. The aim of this study was to evaluate the role of alcohol and drug consumption and the sexual impulsivity level among sexual offenders. METHODS: It was an observational, retrospective and cross-sectional study carried out inside the Penitentiary of Sorocaba – São Paulo. From July 2004 to September 2005, all 218 convicts sentenced only for sexual crimes were evaluated with reference to alcohol and drug use, impulsivity, sexual addiction, recidivism risk and their juridical reports were reviewed. 20 (9.17%) recruited convicts were excluded from the sample. The sexual offenders were divided in three groups, such as children molesters (n= 101), sexual aggressors against adolescents (n = 56) and sexual offenders against adults (n = 41). Moreover, the sexual offenders were also divided in three groups with reference to the number of involved victims, such as sexual aggressors against one victim (n = 149), sexual offenders against two victims (n = 25) and sexual offenders against three or more victims (n = 24). RESULTS: 1) Sexual offenders against adults were found to be significantly younger than children molesters and sexual offenders against adolescents (p <0.01); 2) Sexual offenders against adults had more difficulties with drug use than the comparison groups (p <0.01); 3) Children molesters showed significantly higher severity of alcohol dependence than the comparison groups (p <0.01); 4) Children molesters against boys showed significantly higher severity of alcohol dependence than children molesters against girls (p <0.01); 5) Serial sexual offenders had significantly higher impulsivity level than nonserial sexual offenders (p <0.01); 6) Serial sexual offenders reported significantly more personal history of being sexually abused than nonserial sexual offenders (p <0.01). CONCLUSIONS: Substance use may be one of the distinguishing factors between offenders who target children and those who target adults. History of sexual abuse and high impulsivity levels may be associated with the repetition of sexual aggression.

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street drugs battered women drogas ilícitas estudos transversais mulheres maltratadas comportamento impulsivo maus-tratos sexuais infantiis crime/prevention &control pedophilia sexual child abuse alcohol drinking consumo de bebidas alcoólicas cross-sectional studies impulsive behavior crime/prevenção &controle pedofilia

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