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There are, according to Groth, Hobson and Gary (1992), two basic types of pedophiliac sex offenders (commonly termed "child molesters." These are: (1) the fixated offender whose primary sexual orientation is toward children and (2) the regressed offender whose sexual involvement with a child is a clear departure, under stress, from a sexual orientation toward peers. However, regardless of type, the authors report that treatment is based on either one of four models or an intervention that incorporates elements from more than one of these models. These treatment models are: chemotherapy, behavior modification, psychotherapy, and psychosocial education.

According to Sue, Sue and Sue (1994), child molesters may victimize their own children, stepchildren, and/or those outside of their families; although most pedophiles prefer girls, some molest young (prepubertal) boys. While there have been many programs developed to treat pedophiliac sex offenders (e.g Hucker, Langevin & Bain, 1988; Enright, 1989), Sue, Sue and Sue (1994) report that the recidivism rate is still quite high and that continued research is imperative if the disorder is ever to be understood and successfully treated.

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incarcerated for lengthy time periods (N = 103). Cluster analysis differentiated type by age of the molester. The observed types were: (1) the aged molester; (2) the late middle-aged molester; (3) the mid-forties molester; (4) the early-forties molester; (5) the early-thirties molester; and (6) the young adult molester. Three sets of hypotheses were tested to differentiate the types. Findings were said to imply that molesters' ages are related to victims' characteristics, particularly familiarity with molesters. Also, denial of responsibility with a female victim differentiated among molester types. It was also found that some age-related types were more likely than others to themselves have been abused as children. Miller (1994) also conducted a typological analysis of the personality characteristics of child molesters, and the relationship of topology to demographic, personal, criminal offense, and treatment progress variables. The study specifically attempted to replicate cluster analyses done with the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) in child molester populations using the revised and re-normed Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory2 (MMPI2), and also, to identify other variables that are as
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