An Investigation of the Ward and Hudson Pathways Model of the Sexual Offense Process With Child Abusers

Abstract

In all, 87 male child abusers, who had sexually offended exclusively against children, were included in this study. The participants' ages ranged from 21 to 75 ( M = 39.5, SD = 12.6). The majority of the participants (62%) had offended outside the family, 15% had offended inside the family, and 23% had offended both inside and outside the family. Of the participants, 36% had offended against boys, 33% against girls, and 31% had offended against both sexes. And 53% of the sample had a previous conviction for a sexual offense.