Child Abuse Increases Risk For Later Sexually Coercive Behavior In Some Men

Sunday, October 26, 2008 - 10:14 in Psychology & Sociology

Researchers trying to identify factors that put men at risk for committing sexual coercion have found that being victims of both childhood physical and sexual abuse made them 4.5 times more likely to engage in sexually coercive behavior than men who were not abused.

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