Sex Offenders

1 Introduction.- 1.1 Sexual Delinquency and Therapy: The Current State of Affairs.- 1.2 The History and Development of the Research Project.- 1.3. Survey of Literature.- 2 Description of the Research Project.- 2.1 Sample Selection.- 2.2 Design.- 2.3 Data Evaluation.- 2.4 Waiting-List Dropouts.- 2.5 Description of Therapy Sample According to External Criteria.- 3 Diagnosis: The Structure and Psychodynamics of Patients' Inner Problems.- 3.1 Research Strategy and Problems of Method.- 3.2 The Meaning and Function of Perverse Symptoms.- 3.3 The Problems Underlying a Perverse Symptom.- 3.4 The Intensity of the Disturbance and Personality Pathology.- 3.5 Coping Strategies.- 3.6 Assigning Patients to Groups (Cluster Analysis).- 4 Therapy.- 4.1 Formal Framework.- 4.2 Motivation for Therapy: A Discussion.- 4.3 The Therapist-Patient Relationship.- 4.4 The Therapeutic Approach.- 4.5 Results of Therapy.- 5 Conclusions and Perspectives for Patient Welfare.- References.