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Our regular survey of the research literature summarizes and reviews “Child Sexual Offenders Show Prenatal and Epigenetic Alterations of the Androgen System” by Tillmann Kruger, Christopher Sinke, Jonas Kneer, Gilian Tenbergen, Abdul Khan, Alexandra Burkert, Linda Müller-Engling, Harald Engler, Hannah Gerwinn, Nicole von Wurmb-Schwark, Alexander Pohl, Simone Weiß, Till Amelung, Sebastian Mohnke, Claudia Massau, Christian Kärgel, Martin Walter, Kolja Schiltz, Klaus M. Beier, Jorge Ponseti, Boris Schiffer, Henrik Walter, Kirsten Jahn, and Helge Frieling, published in the journal “Translational Psych” (2019); and “Rape Perpetrators on Trial: The Effect of Sexual Assault-Related Schemas on Attributions of Blame” by Shannon Stuart, Blake McKimmie, and Barbara Masser, published in “J. Interpersonal Violence” (2019).

Keywords: Interaction of Androgen System and Environmental Factors; Rape Stereotypes and “Blame”

Affiliations:  1: UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs.