Impaired Decision Making in Pedophilic Offenders

Neuropsychological Approach of Pedophilic Behaviors, a Pilot Study in a Population of Inmates Pedophilic Offenders

Pedophilic behaviors represent a public health problem with serious consequences. The investigators hypothesize a disruption in the decision-making strategies among sex offenders pedophiles. Highlight this type of abnormality would offer a specific treatment of a possible neuropsychological deficit (with cognitive remediation for instance) and perhaps avoid recurrences of this type of behavior.

Cross-sectional study, comparing a group of 64 pedophilic offenders inmates condamned with a group of 64 volunteers non-pedophiles matched by age and level of study.

Inclusion Criteria:

• For the controls, lack of diagnosis of disorders of sexual behavior (paraphilias) current or past (DSM IV)

• For the pedophilic offenders:

  • Placement and conviction for rape or sexual assault of a minor under 15 years
  • Recognition of the facts
  • Existence of a current or past diagnosis of pedophilia (according to the DSM IV).

Exclusion Criteria:

• Presence of a current major depressive episode (DSM IV - MINI)
• History of cerebral neurological disorder or a cranial trauma with loss of consciousness current
• IGT test already done
• Schizophrenia or Other current psychotic disorders(according to the criteria DSM IV of MINI test).
• taking psychoactive drug