Emotional Congruence With Children Is Associated With Sexual Deviancy in Sexual Offenders Against Children

2015 ◽  
Vol 61 (12) ◽  
pp. 1311-1334 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chantal A. Hermann ◽  
Ian V. McPhail ◽  
L. Maaike Helmus ◽  
R. Karl Hanson
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factor ◽  
Sexual Offenders ◽  
Adult Male ◽  
Sexual Offending ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Community Supervision ◽  
Sexual Deviancy ◽  
Distorted Cognitions ◽  
Social Loneliness

Emotional congruence with children is a psychologically meaningful risk factor for sexual offending against children. The present study examines the correlates of emotional congruence with children in a sample of 424 adult male sexual offenders who started a period of community supervision in Canada, Alaska, and Iowa between 2001 and 2005. Consistent with previous work, we found sexual offenders against children high in emotional congruence with children were more likely to be sexually deviant, have poor sexual self-regulation, experience social loneliness, and have more distorted cognitions about sex with children. Overall, our findings are most consistent with a sexual deviancy model, with some support for a blockage model.

Treatment Progress and Behavior Following 2 Years of Inpatient Sex Offender Treatment

Sexual Abuse ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jill D. Stinson ◽  
Judith V. Becker ◽  
Lee Ann McVay
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Offenders ◽  
Sex Offender ◽  
Sexual Offending ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Offender Treatment ◽  
Sex Offender Treatment ◽  
Regulatory Ability ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Over Time

Emerging research highlights the role of self-regulation in the treatment of sexual offenders. Safe Offender Strategies (SOS) is a manualized sex offender treatment program that emphasizes the role of self-regulation and self-regulatory skills development in sex offender treatment, particularly for offenders with serious mental illness and intellectual/developmental disabilities. The current study involves 156 adult male sexual offenders in an inpatient psychiatric setting who received SOS treatment for a period ranging from 6 months to 1 year. Participants’ baseline and treatment data were obtained from archival medical records describing 1 year pre-treatment and up to 2 years of treatment participation. Dependent variables included monthly count rates of verbal and physical aggression and contact and noncontact sexual offending, as well as sexual deviancy attitudes, self-regulatory ability, and cooperation with treatment and supervision, as measured by the Sex Offender Treatment Intervention and Progress Scale (SOTIPS). Data were examined via paired-samples t tests, regression, and multilevel modeling, examining the impact of overall percentage of SOS groups attended over time, comparing participants’ baseline measures to data from 2 years of treatment. The impact of predicted risk was also evaluated. Significant treatment dose effects were identified for improvements in aggression, sexual offending, and indicators of treatment compliance and change. These findings suggest that the skills-based, self-regulation approach utilized in SOS may be effective in improving clients’ aggressive and sexual behaviors, attitudes toward their offenses and treatment, and self-regulatory ability over time. Implications for further research and treatment generalizability are discussed.

scholarly journals Implicit Theories and Offender Representativeness in Judgments About Sexual Crime

Sexual Abuse ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 276-295 ◽  
Author(s):  
Craig A. Harper ◽  
Ross M. Bartels
Keyword(s):  
Adult Female ◽  
Sexual Offenders ◽  
Adult Male ◽  
Implicit Theories ◽  
Sexual Offending ◽  
Sexual Offender ◽  
Moral Character ◽  
Political Orientation ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Future Research

Implicit theories structure the way people understand and respond to various human actions. Typically, people believe attributes are either fixed (entitists) or malleable (incrementalists). The present study aimed to examine (a) whether attitudes toward sexual offenders differ depending upon one’s implicit theory about human nature and sexual offenders, and (b) whether implicit theories are associated with judgments made about different types of child abusers. A sample of 252 community participants was recruited. Their attitudes, implicit theories, and political orientation were assessed via self-report. One of three vignettes describing an incidence of child sexual abuse was then presented. The cases were identical except the perpetrator was either an adult male, an adult female, or a male juvenile. Participants then made judgments about the offender’s deserved sentence and moral character. Entitists (across both domains) held more negative attitudes than incrementalists, although the magnitude of the difference was greatest when examining implicit theories about sexual offenders. Compared with those with an incremental theory of sexual offenders, entity theorists judged sexual offending to be more (a) indicative of the perpetrator’s moral character and (b) deserving of punishment. However, scores were greater toward the adult male relative to the adult female and juvenile. The findings suggest that implicit theories about sexual offenders are domain specific. They also indicate that judgments made by those with an entity theory (about sexual offenders) are affected by whether a case is representative of a stereotypical sexual offender. Implications of the findings are discussed, along with limitations and future research.

Sex Offender Registration: Implications and Difficulties for Ireland

2000 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anne-Marie McAlinden
Keyword(s):  
Sex Offenders ◽  
Sexual Offenders ◽  
Sex Offender ◽  
Sexual Offending ◽  
Social Constructionist ◽  
Sex Offender Registration ◽  
Socially Constructed ◽  
Justice Process ◽  
Criminal Justice Process ◽  
The Media

This paper explores the implications and difficulties of a system of sex offender registration for the two jurisdictions of Ireland. From the orthodox perspective, registration appears justified. Sexual offending has increase and this is used by the media to generate a ‘moral panic’. However, in terms of Blumer's (1971) developmental perspective, sexual offenders in the community have been socially constructed in Ireland, as a problem requiring specific action. This perspective most adequately explains the formulation of legislation. Arguments expounded in favour of registration include the supposedly high recidivism among sex offenders, the inadequacy of supervision provisions and the resulting need to ‘track’ the offender for public protection. Yet a plethora of obstacles which were not considered at the time the legislation was being formulated, such as cost and inadequate policing resources, may impede its effectiveness in aiding law enforcement and reduce it to symbolic significance only. Given these difficulties, I argue that registration is not an appropriate response to the problem of released sexual offenders in Ireland. Rather, from the social constructionist perspective, I suggest that it is better to ‘treat’ the sex offender through less formal and stringent means in the community, away from the criminal justice process.

scholarly journals EFEK PEMBERIAN JUST TOMAT (LYCOPERSICUM PYRIPORME) TERHADAP SPERMATOGENESIS PADA TIKUS PUTIH (RATTUS NORVERGICUS) JANTAN DEWASA HYPERKHOLESTROLEMIA

2011 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eliza Anas ◽  
Asterina Asterina
Keyword(s):  
Enzyme Activity ◽  
Risk Factor ◽  
Adult Male ◽  
Control Design ◽  
Not Given ◽  
Treatment Groups ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Randomized Control ◽  
Vegetables And Fruits ◽  
Coa Reductase

AbstrakHiperkolesterolemia merupakan faktor resiko penyebab kematian di usia muda. Salah satu terapi yang sekarang dikembangkan adalah dengan banyak mengkonsurnsi sayur dan buah-buahan. Tomat mengandung zat-zat gizi antara lain likopen. Likopen memegang peranan penting didalam pengaturan kolesterol, yaitu dengan menghambat kerja enzim HMG-CoA reduktase, yang berperan dalam proses sintesis kolesterol sehingga berefek hipokolesterolemia. Sedangkan hormone testoteron dibentuk dari kolesterol. Tujuan penelitian ini ingin melihat efek pemberian jus tomat (Lycopersicum pyriporme) kukus terhadap spermatogenesis tikus (Rattus norvegikus) putih jantan hiperkolesterolemia.Desain penelitian adalah eksperimental dengan rancangan pretest and postest randomized control design, Sampel berjurnlah 24 ekor tikus hiperkolesterol, dilakukan pada 4 kelompok dimana 3 kelompok perlakuan diberikan jus tomat kukus selama lebih kurang 14 hari, sedangkan pada kelompok kontrol tidak diberikan just tomat kukus, hanya diberikan aquades.Dari hasil penelitian ditemukan bahwa pada pemberian dosis 2ml/200gr BB dan 2,5ml/200gr BB tidak ada perbedaan yang bermakna terhadap jumlah spermatogonium bila dibandingkan dengan kontrol sedangkan pada dosis 3ml/200gr BB ada perbedaan yang bemakna (P<0,05) terhadap jumlah spermatogonium dibandingkan dengan kontrol. Pada jumlah spermatosit pakiten, spermatid dan spermatozoa pada ke tiga dosis memperlihatkan perbedaan yang sangat bermakna (P.<0,01) bila dibandingkan dengan kontrol.Dari hasil yang didapatkan dapat disimpulkan, dengan pemberian jus tomat kukus dapat memperbaiki spermatogenesis tikus yang hiperkolesterolemia.Kata Kunci : Hiperkolesterolemia, Lycopersicum pyriporme, spermatogenesisAbstractHypercholestrolemia are the cause risk factor of the death in young ages. One of therapy current develop are many consuming vegetables and fruits. Tomatoes contain nutrient including lycopene. Lycopenes have important roleARTIKEL PENELITIAN28in regulation of cholesterol, which is inhibit enzyme activity, HMG-CoA reductase, which serve in process of synthesis so that have effect hypocholesterolemia, whereas testosterone is processed from cholesterol. The aim to this study is to show effect of giving the steam of tomato juices (Lyeopersieum pyripome) to spermatogenesis in adult male white mice (Rattus novergicus) with hypercholesterolemia.The design of study is experimental with pretest design and posted randomized contro design. 24 mice with cholesterolemia is performed to 4 groups, where three treatment groups are given the steam of tomato juices for abot 14 days, whereas the control is not given , but given aquadest only.Of the result is found that in giving both doses 2 ml/200 g b.w. and 2,5 ml/200 g b.w. is not significant difference to number of spermatogoium rather than control, whereas at dosage 3 ml/g b.w. there are significant difference to number of spermatogonium (13 <0,05), rather than control. In number of spermatocyte pachyten, spermatid and spermatozoa in all three doses show significant difference (P<0,01) rather than control. From the result we can be concluded that giving the steam of tomato juices can improve spermatogenesis in mice with hypercholesterolemia.Key word : Hypercholesterolemia, Lycopersicum pyriporme, spermatogenesis

Psychometric Properties of the Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability Scale With Adult Male Sexual Offenders

Sexual Abuse ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony W. Tatman ◽  
Marc T. Swogger ◽  
Keisha Love ◽  
Michelle D. Cook
Keyword(s):  
Psychometric Properties ◽  
Social Desirability ◽  
Sexual Offenders ◽  
Adult Male ◽  
Social Desirability Scale

Rape Treatment: An Overview of Current Knowledge

2010 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 227-250 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jo Thakker ◽  
Theresa A. Gannon
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Offenders ◽  
Current Knowledge ◽  
Sexual Offending ◽  
Sexual Offender ◽  
Research Literature ◽  
Treatment Programs ◽  
Offender Treatment ◽  
Sexual Offender Treatment ◽  
Behaviour Therapy ◽  
Cognitive Behaviour

AbstractSexual offending is frequently seen by the lay person as being a result of an innate abnormality that is relatively fixed and unchangeable. Accordingly, sexual offenders are seen as more likely to recidivate than other types of offenders. In fact, this is not the case, and most sexual offenders do not re-offend. Also, contemporary research has shown that treatment programs driven by cognitive behaviour therapy significantly reduce rates of sexual offender recidivism. Nevertheless, while there has been a great deal of research on the treatment of child sexual offenders, the treatment of rapists has received comparatively less attention. Thus, the main aim of this article is to summarise current knowledge of sexual offender treatment, paying specific attention to the needs of rapists. In particular, we pay attention to the content of sexual offender treatment programs, and the relevance of this content to rape. We also discuss therapeutic issues of relevance for rapist treatment that are typically ignored or underestimated in the research literature. Finally, based upon our analysis of the literature, we present a schematic overview of rape treatment and identify important areas for further research.

A Preliminary Descriptive Model of Expertise Related Competence in Child Sexual Offending

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Patrice A Bourke
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Sex Offenders ◽  
Sexual Offenders ◽  
Sexual Offending ◽  
Sexual Offender ◽  
Developmental Model ◽  
Therapeutic Interventions ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Offender Rehabilitation

<p>Child sexual offending is a great area of concern to the public and researchers alike. The damaging effects of Child Sexual Abuse are numerous and frequently enduring. Research in sexual offending has tended to focus on therapeutic interventions and effectiveness as well as the aetiological aspects of offending. Much of this research has focused on offender deficits associated with sexual crimes that are the target of intervention programs. There has been little attention paid to the view that sexual offenders appear to learn from their previous offending and in some cases acquire a considerable degree of offence related competency. In other words, some sexual offenders appear to develop high levels of expertise. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether there are 'expert' offenders within the child sexual offending arena who display greater competence in utilising grooming techniques, selecting targets, interpreting and evaluating social and environmental cues, and who possess extensive offence scripts. In this exploratory study, 47 male child sexual offenders were interviewed in New Zealand prison based Sexual Offender Rehabilitation Units about their offences as well as their lives prior to and post offending. Semi-structured interviews were conducted and analysed using Grounded Theory to generate a model of offence specific decision making. Results indicated that child sex offenders vary on the above dimensions and effectively span the range from 'novice' to 'expert' offenders with respect to the quality of their decision making and their domain relevant knowledge structures. By using the general principles of expertise as a conceptual framework, a developmental model of expertise in child sex offenders in New Zealand was constructed. The implications of the constructed model for theory and treatment are discussed and suggestions are made for the direction of future research.</p>

A Preliminary Descriptive Model of Expertise Related Competence in Child Sexual Offending

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Patrice A Bourke
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Sex Offenders ◽  
Sexual Offenders ◽  
Sexual Offending ◽  
Sexual Offender ◽  
Developmental Model ◽  
Therapeutic Interventions ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Offender Rehabilitation

<p>Child sexual offending is a great area of concern to the public and researchers alike. The damaging effects of Child Sexual Abuse are numerous and frequently enduring. Research in sexual offending has tended to focus on therapeutic interventions and effectiveness as well as the aetiological aspects of offending. Much of this research has focused on offender deficits associated with sexual crimes that are the target of intervention programs. There has been little attention paid to the view that sexual offenders appear to learn from their previous offending and in some cases acquire a considerable degree of offence related competency. In other words, some sexual offenders appear to develop high levels of expertise. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether there are 'expert' offenders within the child sexual offending arena who display greater competence in utilising grooming techniques, selecting targets, interpreting and evaluating social and environmental cues, and who possess extensive offence scripts. In this exploratory study, 47 male child sexual offenders were interviewed in New Zealand prison based Sexual Offender Rehabilitation Units about their offences as well as their lives prior to and post offending. Semi-structured interviews were conducted and analysed using Grounded Theory to generate a model of offence specific decision making. Results indicated that child sex offenders vary on the above dimensions and effectively span the range from 'novice' to 'expert' offenders with respect to the quality of their decision making and their domain relevant knowledge structures. By using the general principles of expertise as a conceptual framework, a developmental model of expertise in child sex offenders in New Zealand was constructed. The implications of the constructed model for theory and treatment are discussed and suggestions are made for the direction of future research.</p>

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