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Sexual sadism and sadistic personality disorder in sexual homicide.
J Pers Disord. 2006 Dec; 20(6):671-84.JP

Abstract

Controversies exist about the diagnostic validity of sexual sadism and its relation to sadistic personality disorder in sex offenders. The aim of this study was to investigate which diagnostic, developmental, and criminal characteristics differentiate sexual sadistic from non-sadistic sexual homicide perpetrators. Psychiatric court reports on 166 men who had committed a sexual homicide were evaluated regarding psychiatric, sexual and criminal history. Sixty-one offenders (36.7%) with sexual sadism (SeSd) were compared with 105 (63.3%) offenders without this diagnosis (NSeSd). Besides the sexual sadistic symptoms, there were seven factors that discriminated best between the two groups (sexual masochism, sadistic personality disorder, isolation in childhood, multiple sexual homicide, previous rape, previous tendencies for similar behavior, and long duration of the homicidal act). Sexual sadism is connected with circumscribed other characteristics and has to be considered in risk assessment and treatment of sex offenders.

Authors+Show Affiliations

Hill A
Institute of Sex Research and Forensic Psychiatry, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany. hill@uke.uni-hamburg.de
Habermann N
No affiliation info available
Berner W
No affiliation info available
Briken P
No affiliation info available

MeSH

Antisocial Personality DisorderCriminal PsychologyDangerous BehaviorForensic PsychiatryGermanyHomicideHumansMalePrisonersReproducibility of ResultsRisk AssessmentSadismSex Offenses

Pub Type(s)

Comparative Study
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

Language

eng

PubMed ID

17192143

Citation

Hill, Andreas, et al. "Sexual Sadism and Sadistic Personality Disorder in Sexual Homicide." Journal of Personality Disorders, vol. 20, no. 6, 2006, pp. 671-84.
Hill A, Habermann N, Berner W, et al. Sexual sadism and sadistic personality disorder in sexual homicide. J Pers Disord. 2006;20(6):671-84.
Hill, A., Habermann, N., Berner, W., & Briken, P. (2006). Sexual sadism and sadistic personality disorder in sexual homicide. Journal of Personality Disorders, 20(6), 671-84.
Hill A, et al. Sexual Sadism and Sadistic Personality Disorder in Sexual Homicide. J Pers Disord. 2006;20(6):671-84. PubMed PMID: 17192143.
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TY - JOUR T1 - Sexual sadism and sadistic personality disorder in sexual homicide. AU - Hill,Andreas, AU - Habermann,Niels, AU - Berner,Wolfgang, AU - Briken,Peer, PY - 2006/12/29/pubmed PY - 2007/3/14/medline PY - 2006/12/29/entrez SP - 671 EP - 84 JF - Journal of personality disorders JO - J Pers Disord VL - 20 IS - 6 N2 - Controversies exist about the diagnostic validity of sexual sadism and its relation to sadistic personality disorder in sex offenders. The aim of this study was to investigate which diagnostic, developmental, and criminal characteristics differentiate sexual sadistic from non-sadistic sexual homicide perpetrators. Psychiatric court reports on 166 men who had committed a sexual homicide were evaluated regarding psychiatric, sexual and criminal history. Sixty-one offenders (36.7%) with sexual sadism (SeSd) were compared with 105 (63.3%) offenders without this diagnosis (NSeSd). Besides the sexual sadistic symptoms, there were seven factors that discriminated best between the two groups (sexual masochism, sadistic personality disorder, isolation in childhood, multiple sexual homicide, previous rape, previous tendencies for similar behavior, and long duration of the homicidal act). Sexual sadism is connected with circumscribed other characteristics and has to be considered in risk assessment and treatment of sex offenders. SN - 0885-579X UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/17192143/Sexual_sadism_and_sadistic_personality_disorder_in_sexual_homicide_ DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -