The Discriminatory Power of Correlates of Admission of Sexual Interest in Children (CASIC) in a Sample of Individuals Convicted of Child Sexual Exploitation Material (CSEM) Offenses

Alexander Seiser, Reinhard Eher, Daniel Turner, Martin Rettenberger, Directorate General for the Prison Service and Preventive Detention, Federal Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Austria, Federal Evaluation Centre for Violent and Sexual Offenders , Federal Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Austria, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medical Center Mainz, Centre for Criminology , Kriminologische Zentralstelle , Department of Psychology, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz

Sexual Abuse

Published online on March 10, 2026

Abstract

Sexual Abuse, Volume 38, Issue 6, Page 654-676, September 2026.
The Correlates of Admission of Sexual Interest in Children (CASIC) is a six-item proxy measure of sexual interest in children in individuals involved with child sexual exploitation material (CSEM) based on behavioral characteristics. Originally developed ...