1. Out of a total of 306 legal charges against sex offenders accused of child sexual abuse (CSA: n = 145), rape or sexual assault (n = 89), exhibitionism (n = 39), sexual abuse of adolescents, mentally defective, physically helpless or warded persons (n = 18) that were admitted by a criminal court in 2001 in the German federal state of Schleswig-Holstein, 209 (95.6 %) were analyzed regarding the following questions: how often was the accused examined by a mental health professional regarding mental responsibility?

Diese Frage ist nicht nur angesichts heftiger Diskussionen bezüglich der Rückfälligkeit einschlägig vorbestafter Täter von Bedeutung. Hinzu kommt, dass Kenntnisse über Sexualstraftäter nahezu ausschließlich aus Schuldfähigkeitsgutachten stammen.