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Data were collected on correlates of sexual abuse cited in the literature. In a little more than half the sample, sexual abuse in the family of origin was noted. The overwhelming majority of perpetrators used chemicals, and more than half were described as having a substance problem or addiction. More than three-fourths of the offenders were involved in some additional form of maltreatment, physical maltreatment of children, spouse abuse, and/ or other sexual abuse. Some type of marital problem could be found in more than half the cases, although in only 10 percent of cases was there evidence of hostility between the perpetrator and the partner.

The perpetrator chooses as a victim, a child, who by definition is weaker than the perpetrator and vulnerable to exploitation. Often he feels the need to exert such control because of his own sense of powerlessness in other situations. He may be a man who is under the control of others at work, is generally ineffectual in the world outside the family, has some disability, or has a dominant wife. Because he feels impotent in these arenas, he will strive for potency in encounters with the child. VI.

There were eight possible levels of coercion which could be present in the sexual abuse. Table 2. 7 displays those data. 0% Total, cols. 9% The eighth category, "victim initiated," was one into which none of the cases fit. 1 percent of cases actual physical injury resulted. This indicates that the interaction with the perpetrator, quite apart from the meaning of the act and the feelings it engendered, was traumatic and unpleasant. The adult was threatening or forcing the child to engage in these behaviors.

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