"Children and adolescents who exhibit harmful sexual behavior are more likely to have experienced adverse childhood experiences, including physical, sexual, or psychological violence," Susanne Bengtson and colleagues report in Forensische Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Supplement 2025.
The "study in Denmark investigated the prevalence of adverse childhood experiences, including physical, sexual, or psychological violence and examined the relationship between victimization (incl. multiple traumas, neglect, sexual, physical or psychological violence) and the severity and frequency of harmful sexual behavior. The study cohort consisted of 619 children and adolescents referred to the Janus Center in Copenhagen, between 2003 und 2022 for assessment and/or treatment. The findings revealed that 49% of the cohort hat experienced multiple traumas, with high prevalencees of neglect (70%), out of home placement (40%), child sexual abuse (33%), physical violence (36%) and psychological violence (41%).
The findings highlight the urgent need for early intervention, violence prevention, and trauma-informed approaches for youth with harmful sexual behavior and a history of victimization."
F. Szumski, M. Rettenberger, S. Etzler, S. Eberhaut (Eds.)
Successes and Failures in Preventing Sexual Violence - Empirical Findings, New Concepts, and Intercultural Perspectives.
18th Conference of the International Association for the treatment of Sexual Offenders (IATSO)
Forensische Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Supplement 2025
Weiterführende Literatur
Geschwisterinzest im Kindes- und Jugendalter – Eine empirische Täterstudie im Kontext internationaler Forschungsergebnisse
Klees, Esther
Pabst, 208 Seiten
Sexualisierte Gewalt durch Geschwister
Praxishandbuch für die pädagogische und psychologisch-psychiatrische Arbeit mit sexualisiert übergriffigen Kindern/Jugendlichen
Klees, Esther; Kettritz, Torsten (Hrsg.)
Pabst, 396 Seiten
