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Considering Sex Offenders: A Model of Addiction
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Some sexual offending can be better understood with a sex addiction model.
“Carnes (2001), Herman (1988), Smith (2018b) and Toates et al. (2017) argue that some sexual offending can be better understood with a sex addiction model.”
From A motivation model of sex addiction – Relevance to the controversy over the concept (2022) · cites this paper as Herman (1988)
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Complex PTSD: A syndrome in survivors of prolonged and repeated trauma
Herman, J. L. (1992) · Journal of Traumatic Stress · doi:10.1002/jts.2490050305 · Cited by 2,609
Self-citationHerman, J. L., & Hirschman, L. (1977) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-1-4615-2820-3_50 · Cited by 1,548
Self-citationComplex PTSD: A syndrome in survivors of prolonged and repeated trauma
Herman, J. L. (1992) · Journal of Traumatic Stress · doi:10.1007/bf00977235 · Cited by 252
Self-citationSexual revictimization among women
BREITENBECHER, K. H. (2001) · Aggression and Violent Behavior · doi:10.1016/s1359-1789(00)00014-8 · Cited by 150
Street, A. E., & Dardis, C. M. (2018) · Clinical Psychology Review · doi:10.1016/j.cpr.2018.03.001 · Cited by 131
VALUES IN CONFLICT: CHALLENGES TO FAMILY THERAPISTS' THINKING
Bograd, M. (1992) · Journal of Marital and Family Therapy · doi:10.1111/j.1752-0606.1992.tb00937.x · Cited by 99
Adolescent Sex Offenders against Females: Differences Based on the Age of Their Victims
Worling, J. R. (1995) · International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology · doi:10.1177/0306624x9503900308 · Cited by 63
Rape and Dimensions of Gender Socioeconomic Inequality in U.S. Metropolitan Areas
Peterson, R. D., & Bailey, W. C. (1992) · Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency · doi:10.1177/0022427892029002004 · Cited by 54
Addiction or compulsion: Politics or illness?
Carnes, P. J. (1996) · Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity The Journal of Treatment and Prevention · doi:10.1080/10720169608400107 · Cited by 50
“To further underline the polarities of opinion about sex addiction and sex offending and how so many strong reactions cross professional lines, note the very strong case made for sex offending as sexual addiction by Judith Herman (1988), one of the leading pioneers in the trauma field.”
BackgroundCrawford, M., & Marecek, J. (1989) · Psychology of Women Quarterly · doi:10.1111/j.1471-6402.1989.tb01015.x · Cited by 47
Women's Sexual Addiction and Family Dynamics, Depression and Substance Abuse
Opitz, D. M., Tsytsarev, S. V., & Froh, J. J. (2009) · Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity The Journal of Treatment and Prevention · doi:10.1080/10720160903375749 · Cited by 44
“Studies in the literature suggest that males usually represent sex addicts and perpetrators, whereas women are usually the victims (Carnes, 1989; Chantry & Craig, 1994; Herman, 1998; Irons & Schneider, 1994).”
BackgroundHerman, J. L. (1995) · Springer eBooks · doi:10.1007/978-1-4899-1034-9_6 · Cited by 29
Self-citationA motivation model of sex addiction – Relevance to the controversy over the concept
Toates, F. (2022) · Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews · doi:10.1016/j.neubiorev.2022.104872 · Cited by 25
“Carnes (2001), Herman (1988), Smith (2018b) and Toates et al. (2017) argue that some sexual offending can be better understood with a sex addiction model.”
BackgroundA qualitative study of sexually addicted women
Ross, C. J. (1996) · Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity The Journal of Treatment and Prevention · doi:10.1080/10720169608400099 · Cited by 25
Regulated Passions: The Invention of Inhibited Sexual Desire and Sex Addiction
Irvine, J. M. (1993) · Social Text · doi:10.2307/466269 · Cited by 23
Going beyond gender-specific treatments in wife battering: Pro-feminist couple and family therapy
Trute, B. (1998) · Aggression and Violent Behavior · doi:10.1016/s1359-1789(96)00030-4 · Cited by 22
Motives of reward among men who rape
Hale, R. L. (1997) · American Journal of Criminal Justice · doi:10.1007/bf02887342 · Cited by 20
“The goal of this type of rapist is to ensure that women are frightened and intimidated sufficiently to not challenge the power and superiority of males (Deming & Eppy, 1981; Herman, 1995 ).”
BackgroundEhrmin, J. T. (1996) · Archives of Psychiatric Nursing · doi:10.1016/s0883-9417(96)80031-8 · Cited by 18
Introduction to the special edition ‘Child sexual abuse: analysis and intervention’
Cockbain, E., & Reynald, D. M. (2016) · Crime Science · doi:10.1186/s40163-016-0052-y · Cited by 13
Miller, L. B., & Fisher, T. (1992) · Journal of Social Work Practice · doi:10.1080/02650539208413495 · Cited by 12
Brankley, A. E., Goodwill, A. M., & Reale, K. S. (2013) · Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling · doi:10.1002/jip.1406 · Cited by 11
Sexual abuse of patients by therapists: Strategies for offender management and rehabilitation
Gartrell, N., Herman, J. L., Olarte, S. W., et al. (1989) · New Directions for Mental Health Services · doi:10.1002/yd.23319894106 · Cited by 9
Self-citationUNDERSTANDING THE BATTERER IN CUSTODY AND VISITATION DISPUTES
Bancroft, R. L. (1998) · Cited by 6
What Prison Is This? Literary Critics Cover Incest in Anne Sexton's "Briar Rose"
Skorczewski, D. (1996) · Signs · doi:10.1086/495068 · Cited by 6
“Given these numbers and the fact that fewer than 1 percent of the offenders are arrested, convicted, and imprisoned, sexual violence continues to be a rampant social problem (Herman 1988).”
BackgroundIntrapsychic Conflict and Deviant Sexual Behavior in Sex Offenders
Garos, S., Bleckley, M. K., Beggan, J. K., & Frizzell, J. R. (2004) · Journal of Offender Rehabilitation · doi:10.1300/j076v40n01_02 · Cited by 4
“According to Herman (1988) sex offenders subjectively describe a cyclical pattern of altered mood and sexual acting out which often results in the production of intrapsychic conflict.”
BackgroundToward a Feminist Theology of Religion and the State
Adams, C. (1995) · Theology and Sexuality · doi:10.1177/135583589500100204 · Cited by 3
Strengthening the US National Plan to End Gender-Based Violence: Making Perpetrators Visible
Coy, M. (2025) · Violence Against Women · doi:10.1177/10778012251384569 · Cited by 1
“Addressing childhood experiences as pathways to violence perpetration without considering gendered disproportionality and gendered socialization risks uncritically slipping into individualized explanatory models (Herman, 1988).”
Vulnerabilidad ante el abuso sexual. Aportes desde un modelo integral y comunitario de prevención
Capriati, A., Wald, G., & Camarotti, A. C. (2020) · Cuestiones de sociología · doi:10.24215/23468904e089 · Cited by 3
“No obstante, la característica más distintiva de los abusadores sexuales es su aparente normalidad (Herman, 1988).”
BackgroundThe silent partner: Special populations and sex addiction
Carries, P. J. (1999) · Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity The Journal of Treatment and Prevention · doi:10.1080/10720169908400173
Title The effects of child sexual abuse
MacIntyre, D., & Carr, A. (2015)
Stinson, J. D. (2006) · UA Campus Repository (The University of Arizona)
Metadata
- Authors
- Herman, J. L.
- Corresponding author
- Herman, Judith Lewis
- Venue
- Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Published
- 1988-07
- Volume
- 13
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 695-724
- ISSN
- 0097-9740 (ISSN-L)
- 1545-6943
- OpenAlex
- W2094906918
- Cited by
- 31
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 1 · 2013: 1
- FWCI
- 1.09
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Signs (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Crime, Deviance, and Social Control
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Keywords
- sexual offenders, addiction, addiction models, sexual offending
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