SOCIOMETRIC STUDY OF SEX OFFENDER

65 pedophiles and rapists, living in a segregated treatment center, were identified by a diagnostic procedure and placed into a clinical, descriptive classification. A sociometric procedure was used to study differences in social effectiveness to test the usefulness of the classification. The diagnostic procedure identified 4 groups of rapists and 3 groups of pedophiles. Results indicate that the clinical classification is able to clarify sociometric differences and is of greater research value than the medicolegal grouping. (19 ref.) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved). © 1969 American Psychological Association.