Jerry Cunningham-Rathner’s research while affiliated with The State Of New Jersey and other places

... Given the forensic context, the tendency of most individuals being evaluated is to minimize or deny any deviant behavior (Kaplan, Abel, Cunningham-Rathner, & Mittleman, 1990 ). Thus, it is extremely important to have an offi cial criminal record (to ascertain both current and previous sexual and nonsexual charges and offenses) and to obtain other official legal documents such as search warrants, arrest warrants, victim's statements, supporting depositions, or indictments in order not to rely solely on self-report. ...

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Noncontact Paraphilic Sexual Offenses

... In a separate study, it was observed that survivors of CSA from urban areas reported a higher frequency of CSA incidents compared to those from townships or rural regions (Feng et al., 2010). In addition, research has suggested that the likelihood of becoming an offender is higher in city areas (Becker et al., 1986). Our research found that individuals residing in rural areas exhibited a higher prevalence of engaging in offensive behavior as compared to those residing in cities. ...

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When Victims Become Abusers: A Study Among the Male Victims of Child Sexual Abuse in Bangladesh

... The current findings agree with previous investigators who concluded that responses to diagnostic questions during patient's interview were as efficient as standard NPT evaluation in classifying patients into organic and psychogenic categories. 13,17,18 NPT evaluation represents one of the objective methods in the assessment of ED. NPT has been forwarded by Karacan et al 19 to distinguish between organic and psychogenic impotence. ...

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Nocturnal electrobioimpedence volumetric assessment in diabetic men with erectle dysfunction before and after Tadalafil intake

... In the above instance the case was dismissed in the criminal court, an outcome which effectively negated the child's story, adding to her trauma. Similarly, this negation can allow the perpetrator to continue a cycle of offending if the child and siblings are not removed or protected, for example given the opportunity intrafamilial perpetrators tend to perpetrate a high number of offences against a small number of victims (their own children) (Abel et al. 1987;Doyle 1995;Faller 2002). ...

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978-94-007-5092-0 Reunification pathways and outcomes for foster children

... However, the evidence is limited for (1) the existence of stable distortions in offenders' cognition and (2) the impact of treatment of cognitive distortions on treatment efficacy. In this chapter, we appraise two of the most influential theories of cognitive distortions in sexual offenders against children: Abel's early theory (Abel, Becker, & Cunningham-Rathner, 1984;Abel, Gore, Holland, & Camp, 1989;Abel, Rouleau, & Cunningham-Rathner, 1986), and Ward's Implicit Theories Theory (Ward, 2000;Ward & Keenan, 1999). We also evaluate the Judgment Model of Cognitive Distortions (Ward, Gannon, & Keown, 2006;Ward, Keown, & Gannon, 2007), which, although less influential than its predecessors, in our view provides the most complete account of child sexual abusers' cognitive distortions to date. ...

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The Cognitive Distortions of Child Sexual Abusers: Evaluating Key Theories

... In a sample of 154 ASOs, Faller (1989) observed that approximately one third of offenders and approximately half of mothers identified in the sample had experienced or were exposed to sexual abuse. Kaplan, Becker, and Cunningham-Rathner (1988) found that 30% of incestuous ASOs' parents reported they had experienced sexual abuse themselves. In a subsequent study, Kaplan, Becker, and Martinez (1990) found that the mothers of ASOs involved in incestuous sex offenses were also more likely to report physical and sexual victimization compared with mothers of ASOs involved in non-incestuous offenses. ...

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Abuse Experiences of Family Members, Child Maltreatment, and the Development of Sex Offending Among Incarcerated Adolescent Males: Differences Between Adolescent Sex Offenders and Adolescent Non-Sex Offenders

... The negative consequences for the victims of childhood sexual abuse are often serious and long-lasting, including substance abuse, sexual acting out, and suicidal behaviour (e.g., Briere, 1988;Conte, 1988). Moreover, child molesters underreport the number of children they have victimized, and many of these cases go undetected (Abel et al., 1987;Kaplan, Abel, Cunningham-Rathner, & Mittleman, 1990). Even after being identified as a child molester, and after involvement in the criminal justice system, child molesters are likely to reoffend. ...

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Sexual Reorientation Therapy for Pedophiles: Practices and Controversies

... Most studies describing the characteristics of children responsible involve mainly professional descriptions of boys from clinical populations (e.g. Becker et al., 1986;Schutte, 1992;Tidefors et al., 2010;Worling, 1995). We know little about girls. ...

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Sibling Sexual Abuse: What do we know? What do we need to know? Stage 1 analysis of a 2-stage scoping review

... In North America, penile plethysmography (PPG) is considered to be the gold standard in sexual preferences assessment and is widely used in research and clinical settings alike. Since its development in the 1950s, PPG has gained increased recognition for its ability to accurately identify deviant sexual interests and distinguish sexual offenders from nondeviant individuals (Abel, Blanchard, & Barlow, 1981; Avery-Clark & Laws, 1984; Barsetti, Earls, Lalumière, & Bélanger, 1998; Becker, Stein, Kaplan, & Cunningham-Rathner, 1992; Freund, 1965; Howes, 1998; Lalumière & Quinsey, 1994; Malcolm, Andrews, & Quinsey, 1993; Quinsey & Chaplin, 1988a; Serin, Malcolm, Khanna, & Barbaree, 1994 ). Nevertheless , this method is not immune to attempts by participants to cause fake results (Freund, Watson, & Rienzo, 1988; Golde, Strassberg, & Turner, 2000; Howes, 1998; Howitt, 1995; Lalumière & Earls, 1992; Looman, Abracen, Maillet, & DiFazio, 1998; Mahoney & Strassberg, 1991)—a problem which is of particular Solutions, as well as our research assistant Nicholas Longpré and computer scientist Sylvain Morel. ...

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Using Eye Tracking to Identify Faking Attempts During Penile Plethysmography Assessment

... Individuals arrested for child sexual exploitation material offenses often possess pornographic content featuring themes such as fetishism, sadomasochism, and zoophilia, suggesting a potential interest in these paraphilias (Seto & Eke, 2015). This aligns with findings from Abel et al. (1988) and Raymond et al. (1999), which show that child-attracted persons-a subset of minor-attracted persons-who have committed sexual offenses against children often have sexual interests in other paraphilic behaviors, including exhibitionism, voyeurism, and sexual sadism. However, these studies focus on men who have committed sexual offenses against children, and might not generalize to all adults reporting sexual attraction to minors. ...

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Forbidden Fantasies: A Qualitative Exploration of the Content of Sexual Fantasies of Adults Reporting Sexual Attraction to Minors