Andrej König (2023): Über 15 Jahre „Kein Täter werden“ – mehr Schaden als Nutzen? https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11757-023-00797-1 Abstract For more than a decade, the offender-oriented ’dark field’ approach of the prevention network ’Don’t Offend’ has been providing therapeutic support to help-seeking non-prosecuted pedophiles and/or hebephiles to prevent sexual violence against minors. However, critics point out methodological weaknesses in the self-evaluation studies conducted by the project leaders, which raise doubts about its effectiveness in preventing sexual crime. In a recent follow-up study, self-reported criminal behaviour is significantly higher compared to criminological studies involving legally prosecuted sexual offenders. From a forensic criminological perspective, the offender-oriented ’dark field’ approach established in Berlin raises substantial doubts on the effectiveness of its ability for sexual crime prevention. [@nonymouse] [Guardster] [Proxify] [Anonymisierungsdienst] |