DIFFERENCES AND SIMILARITIES BETWEEN SEXUAL FANTASIES OF MEN SEXUAL ABUSERS AND MEN FROM GENERAL POPULATION: A PRIMILARY STUDY
The principal objective was obtaining preliminary data with sexual offenders. Individual interviews were conducted with 17 male sexual offenders about their sexual fantasies prior to the index crime. Our analyses revealed the presence of two subgroups of offenders based on the predictive value (planning) and the fixity of their sexual fantasies. Whereas sexual fantasies of the first subgroup were more exclusive, fixed, and in line with the index crime, those of the second group were not associated with the acting out. Compared with the general population, the fantasy world of both sub-groups of offenders was poorer.