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The criminal fantasy technique: A comparison of sex offenders and substance abusers
Author(s) -
Schlesinger Louis B.,
Kutash Irwin L.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(198101)37:1<210::aid-jclp2270370143>3.0.co;2-o
Subject(s) - psychology , fantasy , projective test , psychodynamics , sexual abuse , sex offense , sexual addiction , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , sexual behavior , poison control , injury prevention , psychotherapist , psychoanalysis , medical emergency , medicine , art , literature
Presented a newly developed projective technique that utilizes criminal fantasy in an attempt to help in the prediction of crime and to gain psychodynamic insights into such offenders. Protocols of 37 compulsive sex of fenders were compared to a group of 13 substance abusers who served as clinical controls. Statistical significance regarding the difference in number of judged pathological stories for the two groups was reached for all cards that were designed to elicit sexual fantasy. Cards depicting crimes of a non‐sexual nature were not seen differently by the two groups, which was an expected finding. Raw data that highlighted the richness of the elicited projective material also were presented.