Neurobiological research on pedophilia – results and their consequences for the assessment of pedophilic offendersThe difficulty with the assessment of pedophilic offenders is in the valid assessment of a pedophilic interest. The current methods lack of ...
Abstract. Pedophilia – a disorder of sexual preference with primary sexual interest in prepubescent children – is forensically relevant yet difficult to detect using self-report methods. The present study evaluated the criterion validity ...
Abstract. There is an emerging consensus among researchers that having pedophilic interests is not synonymous with child sexual abuse or other amoral behavior. Nevertheless, misconceptions about pedophilia are highly prevalent among the ...