BACKGROUND: Always raising attention has been devoted to sexual victimization of the juveniles and to its consequences lately. This report was aimed for learning frequency of the phenomenon in our country. METHODS AND RESULTS: Twenty-two men (mean age 22-45 years, mean year 37), are accused of sexual victimization of their step-daughters were examined. Contrary to other groups of sexual delinquents, their mean intellect was slightly above average, their sexual development was accelerated, sexual activity elevated. Three quarters of them were already previously prosecuted. Attention is drawn to the necessity to the evaluate "incestogenic families as a whole. In all instance it is necessary to make a considerate but detailed somatic and psychiatric examination of the victim with documentation which can be used also for criminal proceedings and psychiatric and sexuological assessment of the accused, incl. phallography. Accusations which indicate always grossly pathological relations are not necessarily always true. CONCLUSIONS: Incest and sexual victimization of children seem to be a little fashionable but even so a major affair we will probably face more frequently in next years.

Psychiatrická klinika 1 LF UK Praha