Psychological Characteristics of Adult Sexual Offenders in South Korea

EXAMINING RISK FACTORS AMONG UNDETECTED SEXUAL OFFENDERS The Psychological Propensities of Risk in Undetected Sexual Offenders

Characteristics of Internet Sexual Offenders – A Review

The review presented in this paper provides some descriptive findings regarding Internet Sex Offenders (ISOs) in comparison to contact sex offenders. In general, Internet Sex Offenders are found to be Caucasian, male, relatively young, highly educated, intelligent, and well-employed. ISOs also appear to be highly sexualised, in both their current lifestyle as well as childhood experiences as vi...

Empowerment of Medical Toxicology in South Korea

In a recent issue of the Asia Pacific Journal of Medical Toxicology (APJMT), the importance of empowering medical toxicology in the Asia Pacific Region has been discussed. In the editorial by Dr. Afshari, it has been stated that national societies of medical toxicology are important infrastructure for the development of medical toxicology, and the Asia Pacific Association of Medical Toxicology ...

Religious affiliations among adult sexual offenders.

This article examines associations between self-reported religious affiliations and official offense histories among 111 incarcerated adult male sexual offenders. Four categories of religiosity were devised according to self-reported continuities and discontinuities in life-course religious affiliations: atheists, dropouts, converts, and stayers. ANCOVAs indicated that stayers (those who mainta...

The process of change in the sexual attitudes of sexual offenders in Korea.

PURPOSE This study aimed to explore the process of change in the sexual views and attitudes of sexual offenders, in light of their experiences. METHODS Data were collected from six sexual offenders who were accused of sexual offenses. All collected data by in-depth and direct observation were analyzed by Corbin and Strauss' Ground theory methodology. RESULTS Participants were sexually arous...