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The Structure of Hypersexuality and Its Relation to Impulsivity by Du, Rui, Knight, Raymond A.

“…Among the multiple controversies surrounding hypersexuality is the important issue of whether it constitutes a univocal construct. Although an initial study…”
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The Effects of Psychopathy Facets on Treatment Involvement by Vasaturo, Anna, Krstic, Sonja, Knight, Raymond A

“…The current study explored the relations between patient characteristics and psychopathic traits in predicting treatment involvement. We rated treatment…”
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Comparison of Community and Expert Samples in the Perceived Risk of Individuals Who Have Sexually Offended by Calobrisi, Emily A., Knight, Raymond A.

“…Public and clinician attitudes are important to consider when studying the reentry of individuals who sexually offend. Uninformed public attitudes drive the…”
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The Structure, Covariates, and Etiology of Hypersexuality: Implications for Sexual Offending by Knight, Raymond A., Du, Rui

“…Purpose of Review A substantial increase in research on the structure, covariates, and etiology of hypersexuality has emerged during the last decade. It is the…”
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Sadistic Offender or Sexual Sadism? Taxometric Evidence for a Dimensional Structure of Sexual Sadism by Longpré, Nicholas, Guay, Jean-Pierre, Knight, Raymond A., Benbouriche, Massil

“…Severe sexual sadism is a disorder of sexual preferences that focuses on humiliation and domination of the victim, sometimes causing grievous injury or death…”
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The Relation of Childhood Abuse Experiences to Problematic Sexual Behaviors in Male Youths Who Have Sexually Offended by Davis, Kathryn A., Knight, Raymond A.

“…Psychological abuse and sexual abuse, either alone or in combination, have been implicated as developmental antecedents of problematic sexual thoughts and…”
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Comparing Perceptions of Individuals Who Sexually Offend Against Children Versus Adults by Calobrisi, Emily A., Knight, Raymond A.

“…Objective: We examined how the age of the victim influences the public's risk assessment and punishment attitudes for individuals who have sexually offended…”
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Psychopathy and Sexual Aggression: Management Implications by Krstic, Sonja, Harris, Danielle Arlanda, Knight, Raymond A.

“…The current study explored the association between psychopathic traits and release suitability decisions and examined the role of Psychopathy Checklist-Revised…”
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MTC Sadism Scale: Toward a Dimensional Assessment of Severe Sexual Sadism With Behavioral Markers by Longpré, Nicholas, Guay, Jean-Pierre, Knight, Raymond A.

“…Sadism was initially described as the experience of sexual pleasure produced by acts of cruelty and bodily punishment. Sadism was conceptualized as if sadists…”
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Differentiating Adults With Mixed Age Victims From Those Who Exclusively Sexually Assault Children or Adults by Rice, Jenna, Knight, Raymond A.

“…Although adults who have sexually offended against both child and adult victims (i.e., adults with mixed aged sexual offense victims [MASOVs]) have been found…”
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Childhood maltreatment experiences and problematic sexual outcomes in adult males who have sexually offended: Further evidence of the potency of male caregiver psychological abuse by Davis, Kathryn A., Knight, Raymond A.

“…Although research on the developmental antecedents of sexual offending has tended to focus on sexual abuse, recent research in juveniles and adults who have…”
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A taxometric investigation of psychopathy in women by Guay, Jean-Pierre, Knight, Raymond A., Ruscio, John, Hare, Robert D.

“…The taxonomic status of psychopathy is the topic of considerable research interest. The latent structure of psychopathy will latent structure will guide the…”
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Is a Diagnostic Category for Paraphilic Coercive Disorder Defensible? by Knight, Raymond A.

“…There is a proposal to establish a paraphilic coercive disorder as a new paraphilia in the DSM-V. The empirical data do not, however, support the hypothesis…”
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Construction and Validation of SRA-FV Need Assessment by Thornton, David, Knight, Raymond A.

“…This article describes the construction and testing of a newly designed instrument to assess psychological factors associated with increased rates of sexual…”
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Relating sexual sadism and psychopathy to one another, non-sexual violence, and sexual crime behaviors by Robertson, Carrie A., Knight, Raymond A.

“…Sexual sadism and psychopathy have been theoretically, clinically, and empirically linked to violence. Although both constructs are linked to predatory…”
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Hypersexuality: Equifinal, Cohesive, Clinical Presentation or Symptom Cluster with Multiple Underlying Mechanisms? by Knight, Raymond A., Graham, Franklyn J.

“…A commentary on "Hypersexuality: A critical review and introduction to the ‘‘Sexhavior Cycle’’ by Walton et al is presented…”
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Using Latent Variable- and Person-Centered Approaches to Examine the Role of Psychopathic Traits in Sex Offenders by Krstic, Sonja, Neumann, Craig S., Roy, Sandeep, Robertson, Carrie A., Knight, Raymond A., Hare, Robert D.

“…The current study employed both latent variable- and person-centered approaches to examine psychopathic traits in a large sample of sex offenders (N = 958)…”
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Is paraphilic coercion a different construct from sadism or the lower end of an agonistic continuum? by Longpré, Nicholas, Sims-Knight, Judith E., Neumann, Craig, Guay, Jean-Pierre, Knight, Raymond A.

“…It has been hypothesized that paraphilic coercive disorder (PCD) constitutes a distinct preference for coercion that can be discriminated from a preference for…”
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The Covariation of Sexual Fantasies and Behaviors Among Self-Identified Sexually Aggressive Criminal and Noncriminal Samples by Ronis, Scott T., Knight, Raymond A., Vander Molen, Lauryn

“…This study examined the association of sexually appetitive fantasies and sexually coercive behaviors among adult men convicted of nonsexual crimes (n = 159)…”
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Relations Between Self-Reported Adverse Events in Childhood and Hypersexuality in Adult Male Sexual Offenders by Kingston, Drew A., Graham, Franklyn J., Knight, Raymond A.

“…Hypersexuality, or extreme normophilic sexual urges and behaviors, is a controversial construct that was recently considered as a candidate disorder for the…”
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