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Groth A.N.
Sexual trauma in the life histories of rapists and child molesters
Victimology 4, pp.10-16 (1979)
Groth (1979) examined self-reported histories of childhood and
adolescent sexual experiences in the backgrounds of sex offenders of
children, of rapists, and of police officers. He found that less than
3% of the police officers reported either forcible sexual assault or
coerced sexual contact with an adult during childhood and
adolescence. In contrast, 13% of the rapists and 25% of the sex
offenders of children reported such experiences.