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Viewing Child Sexual Abuse Material for the First Time: Findings From an Anonymous Survey of Internet Users. 第一次观看儿童性虐待材料：来自互联网用户匿名调查的结果。

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Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment Pub Date : 2025-04-12 DOI: 10.1177/10790632251326550

Sarah Napier, Michael C Seto, Rita Shackel, Judith Cashmore, Kevin McGeechan

{"title":"Viewing Child Sexual Abuse Material for the First Time: Findings From an Anonymous Survey of Internet Users.","authors":"Sarah Napier, Michael C Seto, Rita Shackel, Judith Cashmore, Kevin McGeechan","doi":"10.1177/10790632251326550","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10790632251326550","url":null,"abstract":"The number of reports of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) detected on online platforms has increased dramatically in the last decade. Research has suggested that some individuals engage in a progression from typical adult pornography to atypical adult pornography (e.g., bondage, discipline, sadism, and masochism (BDSM), bestiality) to CSAM. Examining the onset to adult pornography and CSAM can therefore help identify intervention points for prevention and disruption. To investigate first exposure to adult pornography and CSAM, we anonymously surveyed a community sample of 5512 adults in five different countries: 742 (13.5%) survey participants self-reported viewing CSAM; 77% were male, 19.5% were female and 3.5% identified as another gender/sex. Majorities of respondents who viewed CSAM (71.2%), BDSM adult pornography (66.6%), and bestiality adult pornography (62.4%) were first exposed to this material prior to age 18. Females were significantly more likely than males to view adult content at younger ages. Younger age of exposure to typical and atypical adult pornography predicted younger age of exposure to CSAM, and respondents aged under 40 years were significantly more likely to view CSAM at younger ages (p < .001). Self-reported CSAM viewers predominantly first discovered CSAM unintentionally (86.1%) and when alone (76%). The findings suggest a need for increased interventions that prevent exposure to CSAM and illegal adult content among adolescents.","PeriodicalId":21828,"journal":{"name":"Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment","volume":" ","pages":"10790632251326550"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143982957","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Construction and Validation of the Implicit Theories of Sexual Offense Questionnaire (ITSOQ) in a General and (sub)Clinical Population Sample. 性犯罪内隐理论问卷（ITSOQ）在普通人群和（亚）临床人群中的构建与验证。

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Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment Pub Date : 2025-04-10 DOI: 10.1177/10790632251326555

Mirthe G C Noteborn, Martin Hildebrand, Jelle J Sijtsema, Jaap J A Denissen, Stefan Bogaerts

{"title":"Construction and Validation of the Implicit Theories of Sexual Offense Questionnaire (ITSOQ) in a General and (sub)Clinical Population Sample.","authors":"Mirthe G C Noteborn, Martin Hildebrand, Jelle J Sijtsema, Jaap J A Denissen, Stefan Bogaerts","doi":"10.1177/10790632251326555","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10790632251326555","url":null,"abstract":"This study developed and assessed the psychometric properties of a questionnaire assessing Implicit Theories (ITs) of sexual offense (Polaschek & Ward, 2002; Ward & Keenan, 1999), named the Implicit Theories of Sexual Offense Questionnaire (ITSOQ). We used existing cognition questionnaires to create a potential item pool, and selected items based on item properties (e.g., mean, SD, range) from three male general population samples (n = 427) and three (sub)clinical population samples (n = 69), i.e., pedophilia-supportive forum users (n = 20), and sexual (n = 28) and violent (n = 21) forensic mental health system clients. A principal component analysis for the general population sample supported a four-component solution for the ITSOQ, including two victim-specific ITs (Factor 1: Children 14-16 years, Factor 2: Women), a sexual social desirability index (SSDI; Factor 3), and a component reflecting the antisocial uncontrollability IT (Factor 4). Analyses indicated measurement invariance, and higher scores for the (sub)clinical population were found for the antisocial uncontrollability and SSDI factors, with low to moderate effect sizes. Additionally, (small) associations between self-reported sexual interest in children and adults and the victim-specific child and women factors were found. Implications and directions for future research are discussed.","PeriodicalId":21828,"journal":{"name":"Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment","volume":" ","pages":"10790632251326555"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144037791","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Understanding Social Judgments of and Proclivities to Commit Upskirting. 了解对调戏行为的社会判断和倾向。

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Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment Pub Date : 2025-04-01 Epub Date: 2024-08-06 DOI: 10.1177/10790632241268469

Dean Fido, Craig A Harper, Simon Duff, Thomas E Page

{"title":"Understanding Social Judgments of and Proclivities to Commit Upskirting.","authors":"Dean Fido, Craig A Harper, Simon Duff, Thomas E Page","doi":"10.1177/10790632241268469","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10790632241268469","url":null,"abstract":"Against a backdrop of legislative change that sees the taking of private sexual images underneath the clothing of a non-consenting other being made a criminal offence - upskirting - there is a need to understand the public's judgments of and motivations to perpetrate said behavior. In this study (N = 490), we investigated whether judgments of upskirting differed as a function of the sex of the person who was upskirted (male, female) and their perceived attractiveness (attractive, unattractive), as well as how variation in voyeuristic interest, belief in a just world, and dark personality traits predicted judgments of and proclivity to engage in upskirting. We consistently observed more lenient judgments of upskirting behavior when the person who was upskirted was attractive and male, with such judgements predicted by older age across all conditions. Moreover, proclivity to engage in upskirting was predicted by past voyeuristic behaviors, higher psychopathic personality, and being male and of older age. We discuss our findings in the context of needing to qualitatively understand the rationale underpinning these judgments, combating barriers to disclose victimization, and practitioner implications.","PeriodicalId":21828,"journal":{"name":"Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment","volume":" ","pages":"339-367"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141894356","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Other Specified Paraphilic Disorder: Patterns of Use in Sexually Violent Predator Evaluations. 其他特定嗜淫障碍：性暴力犯罪评估中的使用模式。

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Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment Pub Date : 2025-04-01 Epub Date: 2024-08-09 DOI: 10.1177/10790632241271086

Nicole Graham, Cynthia Calkins, Elizabeth Jeglic

{"title":"Other Specified Paraphilic Disorder: Patterns of Use in Sexually Violent Predator Evaluations.","authors":"Nicole Graham, Cynthia Calkins, Elizabeth Jeglic","doi":"10.1177/10790632241271086","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10790632241271086","url":null,"abstract":"\"Sexually violent predator\" (SVP) legislation requires, in part, that an individual has a mental abnormality that causes difficulty in controlling sexual behavior. Previous research has found paraphilia not otherwise specified (NOS) as one of the most prevalent diagnoses proffered in SVP evaluations. However, the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-5) modified paraphilia NOS diagnosis in two ways. First, this diagnosis was divided into two new diagnostic categories: other specified paraphilic disorder (OSPD) and unspecified paraphilic disorder. Second, OSPD required an added specifier to indicate the individual's source of sexual arousal. To date, no study has systematically explored how the revision to paraphilia NOS has affected diagnoses within SVP evaluations. The current study explored the frequency and diagnostic reliability of paraphilic disorders in a sample of 190 adult men evaluated for SVP civil commitment using the DSM-5. Results indicated that OSPD was the second most common paraphilic disorder, next to pedophilic disorder. However, there was poor to fair agreement (kappa = 0.21, p < .01) between independent evaluators in providing this diagnosis. Additionally, the two most common OSPD specifiers were non-consent and hebephilia, despite recent debate and rejection of these constructs from the DSM-5. While these constructs were the most prevalent, the specifiers contained quite varied terminology, suggesting vague diagnostic tendencies within these evaluations. Given that the presence of a mental abnormality is the cornerstone to the constitutionality of SVP commitment, diagnostic practices should be based in reliable and valid techniques.","PeriodicalId":21828,"journal":{"name":"Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment","volume":" ","pages":"309-338"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141914051","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The Relation Between Sexual Fantasies and Offense-Supportive Cognitions in People Convicted of Sexual Offenses: A Preliminary Study. 被判定犯有性犯罪的人的性幻想与犯罪支持认知之间的关系：初步研究。

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Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment Pub Date : 2025-04-01 Epub Date: 2024-08-04 DOI: 10.1177/10790632241271226

María Riberas-Gutiérrez, María Prieto Ursúa, José Ángel Martínez-Huertas, Nereida Bueno-Guerra

{"title":"The Relation Between Sexual Fantasies and Offense-Supportive Cognitions in People Convicted of Sexual Offenses: A Preliminary Study.","authors":"María Riberas-Gutiérrez, María Prieto Ursúa, José Ángel Martínez-Huertas, Nereida Bueno-Guerra","doi":"10.1177/10790632241271226","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10790632241271226","url":null,"abstract":"The main objective of this research is to study the relationships of offense-supportive cognitions and sexual fantasies with sex crime. The research involved 48 men: 26 convicted of sexual offenses against minors and 22 convicted of sexual offenses against adults from different prisons in the Community of Madrid, Spain. We used the RAPE Scale and the Sex With Children Scale to evaluate offense-supportive cognitions and an ad hoc adaptation of the Multidimensional Developmental, Sex and Aggression Inventory to evaluate sexual fantasies with minors and sadomasochistic fantasies. The results show that both groups present similar offense-supportive cognitions, while each group had significantly more sexual fantasies related to their specific crime. Participants who had sexual fantasies about minors presented significantly more offense-supportive cognitions justifying child sexual abuse than those who did not present these fantasies, while participants with sadomasochistic fantasies did not present more offense-supportive cognitions about rape. After collecting this information, we ran four mediation models to assess potential relationships between fantasies, offense-supportive cognitions, and specific sexual crime. The mediation models showed that both sexual fantasies with minors and sadomasochistic fantasies had direct relationships with sex crimes. Upon further confirmation with studies with larger sample sizes, our findings support the importance of dealing with sexual fantasies in treatment of people convicted of sexual offenses and imply a need for differentiated treatment, since the content of sexual fantasies was different in each group.","PeriodicalId":21828,"journal":{"name":"Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment","volume":" ","pages":"251-281"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141890163","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Looping Disruption: A Relational Mechanism Enhancing Treatment Readiness among Individuals Convicted of Sexual Offending? 循环中断：加强性犯罪罪犯治疗准备的关系机制？

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Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment Pub Date : 2025-04-01 Epub Date: 2023-12-28 DOI: 10.1177/10790632231224380

Stina Lindegren

{"title":"Looping Disruption: A Relational Mechanism Enhancing Treatment Readiness among Individuals Convicted of Sexual Offending?","authors":"Stina Lindegren","doi":"10.1177/10790632231224380","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10790632231224380","url":null,"abstract":"Many convicted individuals do not enter or complete treatment programs in prisons, which limits effective rehabilitation and prevention of recidivism. Treatment readiness is suggested to be an important construct when addressing this problem. Nevertheless, the underlying processes (e.g., how readiness factors interact) are not well studied, and even less is known regarding readiness in the sub-population of individuals convicted of sexual offenses. This paper aims to open up the \"black box\" and explore psychosocial and context-specific processes behind treatment readiness from the vantage point of the individuals' lived experiences. In-depth interviews were conducted with 19 adult men convicted of sexual offenses in Swedish prisons, treatment participants (N = 13) as well as non-participants (N = 6). The thematic analysis illustrates readiness obstacles in terms of unintended antagonistic forces in the correctional system operating in the opposite direction of rehabilitative objectives. Nonetheless, a hypothesized relational mechanism, looping disruption, initiated by a non-punitive and supportive response (from prison staff, therapists, close ones, or inmates) to the convicted individual's negative behaviors or emotions, appeared to reverse such negative, punitive loops, contributing to the mobilization of treatment readiness. Implications for theory, policy, and practice are discussed.","PeriodicalId":21828,"journal":{"name":"Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment","volume":" ","pages":"282-308"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11804145/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139058699","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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An Analysis of the Effectiveness of a Psychotherapy Program for Individuals Convicted of Sexual Crimes in South Korean Prisons: A Two-Wave Latent Change Score Approach. 韩国监狱性犯罪罪犯心理治疗项目的有效性分析：两波潜在变化评分方法。

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Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment Pub Date : 2025-03-31 DOI: 10.1177/10790632251326535

Eun Seo Park, Young Il Cho, Won Young Song, Ji Hye Kwon

{"title":"An Analysis of the Effectiveness of a Psychotherapy Program for Individuals Convicted of Sexual Crimes in South Korean Prisons: A Two-Wave Latent Change Score Approach.","authors":"Eun Seo Park, Young Il Cho, Won Young Song, Ji Hye Kwon","doi":"10.1177/10790632251326535","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/10790632251326535","url":null,"abstract":"Prisons in South Korea have implemented psychotherapy programs for people convicted of sexual offenses to reduce sexual crime recidivism post-release. This study evaluated the effectiveness of the treatment by analyzing data from 13,200 men convicted of sexual offenses released from 2015 to 2019. We estimated the latent change score (LCS) for rape myths acceptance (RMA) and child sexual assault supportive attitudes (CSA) utilizing the 2W-LCS model. We examined the relationship between the LCS and sexual crime recidivism. Additionally, we employed multigroup analysis to compare the results based on program completion status. The results showed that regardless of completion, the LCSs for both RMA and CSA were significant and negative, indicating a decrease in both levels of cognitive distortion after treatment. In addition, the absolute values of the LCSs for both RMA and CSA were larger in the fully-treated group than in the partially-treated group. The CSA LCSs exhibited a significant relationship with sexual crime recidivism only in the fully-treated group. Overall, the study supports the treatment's effectiveness and underscores the importance of treatment completion.","PeriodicalId":21828,"journal":{"name":"Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment","volume":" ","pages":"10790632251326535"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143754534","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Violent Partners or a Specific Class of Offenders? A Criminal Career Approach to Understanding Men Involved in Intimate Partner Sexual Violence. 暴力伴侣还是特殊罪犯？从犯罪生涯的角度理解卷入亲密伴侣性暴力的男性》（A Criminal Career Approach to Understanding Men Involved in Intimate Partner Sexual Violence.

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Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment Pub Date : 2025-03-01 Epub Date: 2023-12-27 DOI: 10.1177/10790632231224356

Julien Chopin, Francis Fortin, Sarah Paquette, Jean-Pierre Guay, Olivier Péloquin, Eric Chartrand

{"title":"Violent Partners or a Specific Class of Offenders? A Criminal Career Approach to Understanding Men Involved in Intimate Partner Sexual Violence.","authors":"Julien Chopin, Francis Fortin, Sarah Paquette, Jean-Pierre Guay, Olivier Péloquin, Eric Chartrand","doi":"10.1177/10790632231224356","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10790632231224356","url":null,"abstract":"The current study investigates the criminal career of individuals involved in intimate partner sexual violence (IPSV). Specifically, the goal is to determine whether men who engage in IPSV can be distinguished from those who engage in intimate partner non sexual violence (IPNSV) only and whether criminal trajectories in the resulting subgroup are heterogeneous. The sample comes from a Canadian database including a total of 12,458 individuals involved in IPSV and 32,474 individuals involved in IPNSV). Bivariate and multivariate analyses are performed to examine the differences in the two groups while latent profile analysis allows examining the heterogeneity of characteristics of men who engaged in IPSV. Findings indicate that the criminal career of men who engage in IPSV follows a pattern that is clearly distinct from that of men who engage in IPNSV only and is more specialized in terms of sexual offenses. Results also show that the criminal trajectories followed by the men who engage in IPSV are heterogeneous. Four profiles of different trajectories were identified. Both theoretical and practical implications are discussed.","PeriodicalId":21828,"journal":{"name":"Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment","volume":" ","pages":"153-180"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11731407/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139040492","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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"It's a Slippery Slope": Antecedents of Female-Perpetrated Sexual Abuse of Adolescents in Australian Educational Settings. "这是一个滑坡"：澳大利亚教育环境中女性对青少年实施性虐待的前因。

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Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment Pub Date : 2025-03-01 Epub Date: 2024-10-10 DOI: 10.1177/10790632241290507

Amanda L Robertson, Danielle A Harris

{"title":"\"It's a Slippery Slope\": Antecedents of Female-Perpetrated Sexual Abuse of Adolescents in Australian Educational Settings.","authors":"Amanda L Robertson, Danielle A Harris","doi":"10.1177/10790632241290507","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10790632241290507","url":null,"abstract":"Sexual victimization of students endures-especially in secondary schools-and women's perpetration in this setting is increasingly recognized. Nonetheless, our understanding of this population and contemporary cases remains limited, and research in the Australian context is lacking. This study contributes to the evidence base and represents the first Australian study of its kind. We draw on (1) legal documents (N = 19) describing 18 established cases of female-perpetrated sexual abuse against 20 adolescent students (aged 13-17 inclusive) and (2) semi-structured expert interviews with professionals possessing specialized experience of female-perpetrated cases involving adolescent students (N = 8). These data are integrated in a reflexive thematic analysis to identify the personal, contextual, and situational antecedents of female-perpetrated cases thereby exploring the 'why' and 'how' of their perpetration. Taken together, the results indicate a key interaction between individual emotional and relational needs, environmental opportunities, and contextual tolerance. Practical implications for targeting and disrupting these dynamics are discussed.","PeriodicalId":21828,"journal":{"name":"Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment","volume":" ","pages":"215-247"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11731399/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142475141","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Explaining Male Sex Offender Recidivism: Accounting for Differences in Correctional Supervision. 解释男性性犯罪者的累犯行为：解释男性性犯罪者的累犯行为：矫正监督的差异。

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Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment Pub Date : 2025-03-01 Epub Date: 2023-12-22 DOI: 10.1177/10790632231224347

M A Kowalski, Z Baumgart, C Bergner, M Jones

{"title":"Explaining Male Sex Offender Recidivism: Accounting for Differences in Correctional Supervision.","authors":"M A Kowalski, Z Baumgart, C Bergner, M Jones","doi":"10.1177/10790632231224347","DOIUrl":"10.1177/10790632231224347","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose: Contrary to public opinion, empirical studies have consistently shown that persons convicted of a sexual offense (PCSO) are less likely to recidivate with a general offense. While researchers often point toward the surreptitiousness of sexual offending to explain low rates of recidivism, this paper tests a novel explanation: SOs recidivate at lower rates than persons convicted of a non-sexual offense (PCNSO) because they are more often revoked to prison before they are able to commit a new crime, perhaps owing to more restrictive post-release supervision guidelines.Methods: Using a sample of 196,468 unique male releases, the difference in general and sexual recidivism between PCSO (n = 29,420) and PCNSO was assessed through survival analyses (Cox regression models).Results: Results demonstrated that PCSO were significantly less likely to be reconvicted for a general crime, but more likely for a sex offense. They were also more likely to be reincarcerated due to a revocation without a new sentence. Accounting for revocations, the difference in reconviction risk lessens between the groups but does not disappear.Conclusions: This analysis provides evidence that differences in community supervision are contributing to the difference in recidivism rates between PCSO and PCNSO. Implications and future research are discussed.","PeriodicalId":21828,"journal":{"name":"Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment","volume":" ","pages":"123-152"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138886010","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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