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long-term prisoners in Berlin-Tegel, and data of one cohort-study unveiled for the first time in2011. The survey, which is based on results of a questionnaire by voluntary study participants,has a special focus on the occurrence of consensual homoerotic contacts between heterosexualinmates. The emphasis is on the potential impact of such contacts on role behaviour duringconfinement and sexual identity after release. Different forms of homosexual contact betweeninmates include prostitution and “protective pairing“, both characterized as “dark” issues –nonconsensual sexual acts – which still have not been scientifically researched. Furthermore thesurvey reveals first data on the incidence and prevalence of sexual violence and coercion withina German correctional facility. The complete data of both cohort-studies of the survey will bepresented for the first time.132. Prison Psychiatry IISexual Offending in Schizophrenia: Discussion and Implications in ComparingPrevious and Recent FindingsSonja Pitum, Bundeswehrkrankenhaus, Berlin, Germany (sonja_pitum@web.de)Studies suggest a complex relationship between schizophrenia and sexually offensive behaviour.Partly conforming to previous findings, we found in this study similarities in demographic andpsychosexual variables as well as in sex offence features and behaviours in schizophrenic andnon schizophrenic sex offenders. Furthermore, differences in offending variables becameapparent within the heterogenous schizophrenic offender group. We compared illness relatedvariables, comorbidity, psychosexual, demographic and offense related variables from our studywith recent findings. Recent studies have found a relationship between psychosis and violentsexual offending, the direction of which remains unclear. Specific psychotic symptoms inschizophrenic offenders are an area for further research. According to our data, psychotic sexualoffenders tended to have a history of sexual and non sexual offending, a psychiatric history,comorbidity with dissocial personality and substance abuse disorders impaired psychosexualvariables and adverse childhood experiences. The presence of a personality or substance usedisorder seemed to increase the risk for violent and non-violent sexual offending. Focusedstudies are needed to elaborate on effective strategies of treatment and risk assessment.Developing Trends in the European Prison SystemKlaus Rabe, LVR-Klinik Dueren, Germany (walther-raBE@gmx.de)In Europe approximately 524,000 people are in prison, approximately 0.1% of the generalpopulation in the European Union. Per country there are, on average, 137.8 people incarceratedper 100,000 inhabitants. This study will describe the development of the prison population in 24313