RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Sex Offenders Who Claim Amnesia for Their Alleged Offense
JF Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online
JO J Am Acad Psychiatry Law
FD American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
SP 299
OP 307
VO 23
IS 2
A1 Dominique Bourget
A1 John M. W. Bradford
YR 1995
UL http://jaapl.org/content/23/2/299.abstract
AB Information relating to demography, history, and psychiatric functioning was collected for 20 consecutive individuals presenting to the Sexual Behaviours Clinic of the Royal Ottawa Hospital who claimed amnesia for their alleged sexual offenses. In addition, comparison groups of admitter and nonadmitter sex offenders were established to isolate relevant psychopathological constructs within the primary study group. Amnestic offenders displayed higher degrees of violence and fulfilled diagnostic criteria for potentially more harmful paraphilia.