Neuropsychological Performance of Sexual Assaulters and Pedophiles.

Author(s)

Monte L. Scott
J. K. Cole
Stephen McKay
Charles J. Golden, Nova Southeastern UniversityFollow
K. R. Liggett KR

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Journal of Forensic Sciences

ISSN

0022-1198

Publication Date

10-1984

Abstract

Persons who had been arrested for sexual assault were administered the Luria-Nebraska Neuropsychological Battery and the results compared to a group of normal controls. The sexual assaulters performed significantly worse on 7 of the 14 scales of the battery. The data were then broken down into three groups: (1) those who had forcibly assaulted postpubescent victims, (2) those subjects who had sexually molested a prepubescent child, and (3) normal controls. A discriminant analysis correctly classified 68% of the subjects on the basis of their neuropsychological performance alone.

DOI

10.1520/JFS11778J

Volume

29

Issue

4

First Page

1114

Last Page

1118

NSUWorks Citation

Scott, M. L., Cole, J. K., McKay, S., Golden, C. J., Liggett KR, K. R. (1984). Neuropsychological Performance of Sexual Assaulters and Pedophiles.. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 29(4), 1114-1118.
Available at: https://nsuworks.nova.edu/cps_facarticles/668