OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Sexual Abuse-A Journal of Research and Treatment is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Addressing Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Research	22
Men’s Narratives of Sexual Intimate Partner Violence in Urban Mwanza, Northwestern Tanzania	17
Online Sexual Offending Against Children: Recidivism Rates and Predictors	14
The Impact of Mental Illness and Intellectual Disability Information on General Public Perceptions of a Person Convicted of a Child Sex Offence	13
Understanding the Risk of Sexual Reoffending in Adult Men: A Network-Based Model	12
Sexism, Moral Disengagement, and Dark Triad Traits on Perpetrators of Sexual Violence Against Women and Community Men	12
Serious Mental Illness and Sexual Offending in Forensic Psychiatric Patients	11
Dynamic Individual Risk Networks: Personalized Network Modelling Based on Experience Sampling Data	11
Child Sexual Abuse Material Users on the Darknet: Psychiatric Morbidities Related to Offence Behavior	10
Construction and Validation of the Implicit Theories of Sexual Offense Questionnaire (ITSOQ) in a General and (sub)Clinical Population Sample	10
Long Term Recidivism Rates Among Individuals at High Risk to Sexually Reoffend	10
“Falling Through the Cracks”: A Retrospective Exploration of the Barriers to Help-Seeking Among Men Convicted of Sexual Crimes	10
Multiple-Perpetrator and Solo-Offender Sexual Assaults Between Strangers: Differences and Predictive Variables	9
Child Sexual Abuse in the Catholic Church in Poland From 1950 to 2021. Methodology and Results	9
Evaluating a Theory-Based Online Program for Preventing Sexual Aggression: An Experimental-Longitudinal Study With German University Students	9
Similar Age Preference but Different Attentional Control in Mandatory Hospitalized Individuals who Have Committed Sexual Offenses Against Children and Non-hospitalized Individuals With Self-Reported S	9
The Development, Content Validation, and Pilot Testing of the Paraphilic Interests and Disorders Scale	9
Paraphilias, Sociodemographic and Forensic Profiles of Men Convicted of Sexual Offenses in Turkey	8
That The Powerful Play Goes On	8
A Multi-Perspective Qualitative Study About Working With Autistic Individuals in Prison-Based Interventions to Address Sexual Offending	8
The Risk, Need, and Responsivity Relevance of Working Alliance in a Sexual Offense Treatment Program: Its Intersection With Psychopathy, Diversity, and Treatment Change	8
Latent Profile Analysis Predicting Recidivism Among Women Who Have Sexually Offended	7
Validation of the Revised Screening Scale for Pedophilic Interests (SSPI-2) in Portugal	7
Violent Partners or a Specific Class of Offenders? A Criminal Career Approach to Understanding Men Involved in Intimate Partner Sexual Violence	6
Between Sanctity and Real Life: Child Sexual Abuse in the Catholic Church in Spain	6

Modus Operandi in Sexual Assaults of Female Strangers Does Not Change Over Time	6
Associations Between Self-Regulation, Experiences of Childhood Adversity, and Problematic Sexual and Aggressive Behaviors	6
Who’s at the Bottom of the Hiring List? Exploring the Compounding Effects of Applicant Race and Offense History on Employability	6
“That Doesn’t Define Who I Am”: Strategies of Resistance to Stigmatization Among a Sample of U. S. Individuals Convicted of a Sexual Offense	6
Paraphilic Interests Versus Behaviors: Factors that Distinguish Individuals Who Act on Paraphilic Interests From Individuals Who Refrain	5
Nonstranger and Stranger Sexual Homicides in Mainland China: Comparing the Modus Operandi of Male Sexual Murderers	5
Are Sex Offending Allegations Viewed Differently? Exploring the Effect of Offense Type and Conviction Status on Criminal Stigmatization	5
Attending to the Positive: A Retrospective Validation of the Structured Assessment of Protective Factors-Sexual Offence Version	5
“It was in Control of Me”: Notions of Addiction and Online Child Sexual Exploitation Material Offending	5
Looping Disruption: A Relational Mechanism Enhancing Treatment Readiness among Individuals Convicted of Sexual Offending?	5
Reliability and Factor Structure of the Sex Offender Treatment Intervention and Progress Scale	5
Public Perception of Men Who Have Committed Intrafamilial and Extrafamilial Sexual Offences Against Children	4
Unveiling the Elephant in the Room: How do Psychologists Perceive Individuals Convicted of Sexual Offenses?	4
Sexual Recidivism During Treatment: Impact on Therapists	4
Differentiating Between Sexual Offending and Violent Non-sexual Offending in Men With Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders Using Machine Learning	3
Examining Sexual Crime Severity in China: A General-Specific Model on Sex Offending Against Adults	3
Problematic Sexual Behavior in Children: The Influence of Transgressions of Interpersonal Boundaries and Family Adversity Across Generations	3
Viewing Child Sexual Abuse Material for the First Time: Findings From an Anonymous Survey of Internet Users	3
Adolescents in the Dunkelfeld: A Study of Help Seeking Minors Who Use Child Sexual Abuse Materials	3
The Prevalence of Sexual Grooming Behaviors in a Large Sample of Clergy	3
Perspectives, Treatment Goals, and Approaches of Prevention-Specialist Mental Health Professionals in Working With Clients Attracted to Children	3
A Descriptive Model of Voyeuristic Behavior	3
The Relevance of Hypersexuality and Impulsivity in Different Groups of Treatment-Seekers With and Without (Exclusive) Pedophilia	3
Psychopathic Personality as a Moderator of the Relationship Between Atypical Sexuality and Sexual Coercion Proclivity in the General Population	3
“It’s a Slippery Slope”: Antecedents of Female-Perpetrated Sexual Abuse of Adolescents in Australian Educational Settings	3
Public Perceptions of Individuals Attracted to Children: The Impact of the Person’s Gender, Child Gender, and Preferentiality on Stigma and Perceived Risk to Offend	3
Moderators of Sexual Recidivism as Indicator of Treatment Effectiveness in Persons With Sexual Offense Histories: An Updated Meta-analysis	3
“I Know It’s Hard to Believe, But the Monster Who Abused Me is My Mother:” Experiences of Being Sexually Abused as a Child by a Female	3
Online Communities for Child-Attracted Persons as Informal Mental Health Care: Exploring Self-Reported Wellbeing Outcomes	3
Typologies of CSEM Offending in South Korean Court Judgments	3
Perpetration-Focused Prevention: The Perceptions of Victim-Survivors	3
General Criminal Dynamic Risk and Strength Factors Predict Short-Term General Recidivism Outcomes Among People Convicted of Sexual Crime During Community Supervision	3
The Nature and Scope of Educator Misconduct in K-12	3
Does Being Over 60 Years Old at Index Offense Impact Sexual Recidivism Risk? A Large-Scale Comparison of Men Released Over the Age of 60	3
Comparison of Community and Expert Samples in the Perceived Risk of Individuals Who Have Sexually Offended	2
Emotional Congruence with Children: An Empirical Examination of Different Models in Men with a History of Sexually Offending Against Children	2
Power-Related Emotions, Alcohol Intoxication, and Nonconsensual Sex Intentions: The Role of Fear of Intimacy	2
Unmasking the Men Who Produce Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM): Criminal Diversity and Sociodemographic Characteristics	2
Predictive Validity of Static-99R Among 8,207 Men Convicted of Sexual Crimes in South Korea: A Prospective Field Study	2
Getting Lucky or Getting Abused: A Content Analysis of Public Comments on News Articles About Sexual Abuse	2
The Roles of Empathy and Theory of Mind in Sexual Violence Perpetration: An Integrated Social Information Processing Framework	2
Motives for Sex and Sexual Perpetration in College Men: An Exploratory Study	2
Community Member Attitudes Toward Sexual Offenses and Trauma-Oriented Care: A Qualitative Exploration	2
Realization, Self-View, and Disclosure of Pedophilia: A Content Analysis of Online Posts	2
A Grounded Theory Model of Relationship Decision-Making in Non-Offending Partners of Individuals Accused of Sexual Offending	2
The Predictive Validity of the Revised Screening Scale for Pedophilic Interests (SSPI-2)	2
Relationships Between Early Maladaptive Schemas and Emotional States in Individuals With Sexual Convictions	2
A Qualitative Examination of School Counselors’ Experiences of Sextortion Cases of Female Students in Israel	2
Correspondence of Child Age and Gender Distribution in Child Sexual Exploitation Material and Other Child Content With Age and Gender of Child Sexual Assault Victims	2
Sexual Offense Disclosure Assessment in Youth Referred to Community Treatment: A Latent Class Analysis	2

Motives and Self-Reported Propensity for Sexual Offending in Community Men and Women	2
Pedohebephilia and Perceived Non-coercive Childhood Sexual Experiences: Two Non-matched Case-Control Studies	2
Open Versus Closed Group Treatment of Men with a History of Sexual Offenses	2
Enter, Stage Right	2