Profiling the Incest Perpetrator: an Exploratory Study on Incest Inmates at the New Bilibid Prisons

Abstract

Some of the major characteristics of the incest perpetrator were highlighted in this study. This was done using a model that tried to determine and describe their sociodemographic background, social network, personality, and other predisposing factors to incest. In this particular study, case studies were done among six (6) incest convicts at the Maximum Security Compound of the New Bilibid Prisons. The researcher employed a semistructured interview schedule and the Philippine Thematic Apperception Test and Sack’s Sentence Completion Test as adjuncts. The results reveal that a) perpetrators often think that the incestuous behavior is improper and unnatural prior to involvement in incest, b) they have few close friends and generally describe themselves as moderately sociable; c) marital satisfaction is rated poor; d) dysfunctional family of orientation and negative experiences of upbringing; and e) poor sexual impulse control is used as a main reason for becoming involved in incest. Recommendations have been made in order to determine the gaps in the existing knowledge regarding the incest perpetrator and the need for more effective research methods.