What, if any, are the most likely psychological aspects or mental illnesses seen among sex offenders?
In another thread I mentioned how only a small minority of men are rapists. This article says 6%.
However I’m wondering if cluster B personality disorders are highly overrepresented among sex offenders.
The stats I’m seeing are all over the place. This site says 66%.
But other sites claim lower rates, or claim cluster C like avoidant personality disorder is overrepresented, while the article above claims it is barely 10% of sex offenders who are cluster C.
Also that article claims BPD and ASPD are overrepresented, this claims NPD is overrepresented (it doesn’t give figures).
In theory, it makes sense for cluster B types to be overrepresented among sex offenders. Narcissists and sociopaths have no empathy, and narcissists delude themselves that everyone wants to have sex with them. I’m not sure if it is mostly NPD, BPD and ASPD who make up sex offenders in the cluster B or if histrionics are also overrepresented.
But what about men who do not have cluster B disorders, but who strongly subscribe to stereotypes of masculinity, you’d assume levels of sex offenses (at least rape) would be higher among them.
What about men who feel defective and inadequate, this article implies they are overrepresented among serial rapists.
I really don’t know. I guess if I had to guess, I’d assume a lot of sex offenders fall into one of the 3 categories
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[li]Cluster B personality types[/li][li]Men who subscribe to stereotypes of toxic masculinity[/li][li]Men who feel defective and weak, and use sexual abuse to feel powerful and strong.[/li][li]People who were sexually abused as kids, and now are compelled to repeat the trauma as adults[/li][/ul]
I know women commit sex offenses too, I’m not sure if they fit the same profiles or not. Also I’m assuming it varies by sex offense. Child molesters are not date rapists who are not stranger rapists. The profiles may by different for each group.