Quels sont les problèmes de régulation sexuelle des délinquants sexuels? : Une recension systématique des écrits
Object : Sexual offenses are getting attention from a considerable amount of researchers due to the gravity of consequences for the victims. A large proportion of researches on sexual offending focuses on cognitive and behavioral processes. One of the current processes researchers begin to show attention is the sexual regulation. The following internship report aim is finding what are the sexual regulation problems amongst sex offenders in order to enhance the quality of clinical treatment and assessment of recidivism.   Method : This study is a systematic review made with 28 English key words used on five databases and 12 French key words used on three databases. After a selection of scientific publications directly linked with the present study subject regarding only adult male sexual offenders without any specificities (e.g. intellectual disabilities), 12 articles were singled-out to be part of this analysis.    Results : The results show that there are five sexual regulation problems amongst sexual offenders: the use of sex as a coping mechanism, the association between sexual preoccupation and negative emotions, the use of masturbation – with or without consumption of pornography – to cope with negative emotions, the association between deviant sexual fantasies and negative emotions as well as the use of sexual aggression as a way to cope with negative emotions.
Sexual offender Coping Sexual preoccupation Sexual regulation