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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Addressing Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Research	19
The Impact of Mental Illness and Intellectual Disability Information on General Public Perceptions of a Person Convicted of a Child Sex Offence	17
MeToo and Sexual Violence Among Women in Zambia	14
Men’s Narratives of Sexual Intimate Partner Violence in Urban Mwanza, Northwestern Tanzania	13
Balancing Political and Criminogenic Needs: Evaluating the New Zealand Department of Corrections’ Response to Men Assessed With a Below Average Risk for Sexual Recidivism	13
Understanding Sexual Aggression in UK Male University Students: An Empirical Assessment of Prevalence and Psychological Risk Factors	12
Sexism, Moral Disengagement, and Dark Triad Traits on Perpetrators of Sexual Violence Against Women and Community Men	11
The Experience of Working With Individuals Who Sexually Offend	10
Online Sexual Offending Against Children: Recidivism Rates and Predictors	10
Dynamic Individual Risk Networks: Personalized Network Modelling Based on Experience Sampling Data	9
Serious Mental Illness and Sexual Offending in Forensic Psychiatric Patients	9
Understanding the Risk of Sexual Reoffending in Adult Men: A Network-Based Model	9
Construction and Validation of the Implicit Theories of Sexual Offense Questionnaire (ITSOQ) in a General and (sub)Clinical Population Sample	8
Child Sexual Abuse Material Users on the Darknet: Psychiatric Morbidities Related to Offence Behavior	8
“Falling Through the Cracks”: A Retrospective Exploration of the Barriers to Help-Seeking Among Men Convicted of Sexual Crimes	8
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	8
Long Term Recidivism Rates Among Individuals at High Risk to Sexually Reoffend	8
Multiple-Perpetrator and Solo-Offender Sexual Assaults Between Strangers: Differences and Predictive Variables	8
The Risk, Need, and Responsivity Relevance of Working Alliance in a Sexual Offense Treatment Program: Its Intersection With Psychopathy, Diversity, and Treatment Change	7
Evaluating a Theory-Based Online Program for Preventing Sexual Aggression: An Experimental-Longitudinal Study With German University Students	7
A Multi-Perspective Qualitative Study About Working With Autistic Individuals in Prison-Based Interventions to Address Sexual Offending	7
The Development, Content Validation, and Pilot Testing of the Paraphilic Interests and Disorders Scale	7
That The Powerful Play Goes On	7
Between Sanctity and Real Life: Child Sexual Abuse in the Catholic Church in Spain	6
Latent Profile Analysis Predicting Recidivism Among Women Who Have Sexually Offended	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
Paraphilias, Sociodemographic and Forensic Profiles of Men Convicted of Sexual Offenses in Turkey	6
Validation of the Revised Screening Scale for Pedophilic Interests (SSPI-2) in Portugal	6
Who’s at the Bottom of the Hiring List? Exploring the Compounding Effects of Applicant Race and Offense History on Employability	5
Violent Partners or a Specific Class of Offenders? A Criminal Career Approach to Understanding Men Involved in Intimate Partner Sexual Violence	5
California Sexually Violent Predator (SVP) Evaluations in the Field: Static-99R and Diagnostic Field Reliability	5
Associations Between Self-Regulation, Experiences of Childhood Adversity, and Problematic Sexual and Aggressive Behaviors	5
Modus Operandi in Sexual Assaults of Female Strangers Does Not Change Over Time	5
Attending to the Positive: A Retrospective Validation of the Structured Assessment of Protective Factors-Sexual Offence Version	4
Reliability and Factor Structure of the Sex Offender Treatment Intervention and Progress Scale	4
Are Sex Offending Allegations Viewed Differently? Exploring the Effect of Offense Type and Conviction Status on Criminal Stigmatization	4
Unveiling the Elephant in the Room: How do Psychologists Perceive Individuals Convicted of Sexual Offenses?	4
Paraphilic Interests Versus Behaviors: Factors that Distinguish Individuals Who Act on Paraphilic Interests From Individuals Who Refrain	4
Improving Our Risk Communication: Standardized Risk Levels for Brief Assessment of Recidivism Risk-2002R	4
Looping Disruption: A Relational Mechanism Enhancing Treatment Readiness among Individuals Convicted of Sexual Offending?	4
“It was in Control of Me”: Notions of Addiction and Online Child Sexual Exploitation Material Offending	4
Predicting Risk of Reoffending in Persons with Child Sexual Exploitation Material Offense Histories: The Use of Child Pornography Offender Risk Tool in a Scottish Population	4
Public Perception of Men Who Have Committed Intrafamilial and Extrafamilial Sexual Offences Against Children	3
Perpetration-Focused Prevention: The Perceptions of Victim-Survivors	3
A Descriptive Model of Voyeuristic Behavior	3
Sexual Recidivism During Treatment: Impact on Therapists	3
Nonstranger and Stranger Sexual Homicides in Mainland China: Comparing the Modus Operandi of Male Sexual Murderers	3
Online Communities for Child-Attracted Persons as Informal Mental Health Care: Exploring Self-Reported Wellbeing Outcomes	3
The Relevance of Hypersexuality and Impulsivity in Different Groups of Treatment-Seekers With and Without (Exclusive) Pedophilia	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
Moderators of Sexual Recidivism as Indicator of Treatment Effectiveness in Persons With Sexual Offense Histories: An Updated Meta-analysis	2
A Grounded Theory Model of Relationship Decision-Making in Non-Offending Partners of Individuals Accused of Sexual Offending	2
Emotional Congruence with Children: An Empirical Examination of Different Models in Men with a History of Sexually Offending Against Children	2
Sexual Offense Disclosure Assessment in Youth Referred to Community Treatment: A Latent Class Analysis	2
General Criminal Dynamic Risk and Strength Factors Predict Short-Term General Recidivism Outcomes Among People Convicted of Sexual Crime During Community Supervision	2
The Nature and Scope of Educator Misconduct in K-12	2
Differentiating Between Sexual Offending and Violent Non-sexual Offending in Men With Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders Using Machine Learning	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
Comparison of Community and Expert Samples in the Perceived Risk of Individuals Who Have Sexually Offended	2
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	2
Power-Related Emotions, Alcohol Intoxication, and Nonconsensual Sex Intentions: The Role of Fear of Intimacy	2
The Prevalence of Sexual Grooming Behaviors in a Large Sample of Clergy	2
“It’s a Slippery Slope”: Antecedents of Female-Perpetrated Sexual Abuse of Adolescents in Australian Educational Settings	2
Psychopathic Personality as a Moderator of the Relationship Between Atypical Sexuality and Sexual Coercion Proclivity in the General Population	2
Viewing Child Sexual Abuse Material for the First Time: Findings From an Anonymous Survey of Internet Users	2
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	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
Perspectives, Treatment Goals, and Approaches of Prevention-Specialist Mental Health Professionals in Working With Clients Attracted to Children	2
Adolescents in the Dunkelfeld: A Study of Help Seeking Minors Who Use Child Sexual Abuse Materials	2
“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	2
Neighborhood-Level Predictors of Sexual Violence Across Intimate Partner and Non-Intimate Partner Relationships: A Case–Control Study	2