Vasileia Karasavva, J. Swanek, A. Smodis, A. Forth
{"title":"From myth to reality: sexual image abuse myth acceptance, the Dark Tetrad, and non-consensual intimate image dissemination proclivity","authors":"Vasileia Karasavva, J. Swanek, A. Smodis, A. Forth","doi":"10.1080/13552600.2022.2032430","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13552600.2022.2032430","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Despite media attention on non-consensual intimate image dissemination (NCII), the literature on the personality traits, attitudes, and beliefs that predict NCII approval, enjoyment, and perpetration is limited. With a sample of 810 undergraduate students, we examined the relationship between dark personality traits, acceptance of image-based sexual abuse-related myths, and NCII. We found that 48.2% of our participants did not oppose NCII perpetration, 71.4% did not oppose NCII enjoyment, and 97.8% did not oppose NCII approval. Moreover, we found that being a man, heterosexual, and scoring higher in dark personality traits predicted acceptance of Image-Based Sexual Abuse (IBSA)-related myths. In turn, accepting such myths predicted not opposing NCII proclivity. Our results underscore the importance of demystifying technology-facilitated sexual violence and promoting educational material that highlights lived experience and dispelling IBSA-related myths. PRACTICAL IMPACT STATEMENT This article may assist educators, policymakers, and stakeholders in designing strategies for the prevention of non-consensual intimate image dissemination (NCII) perpetration by explaining how acceptance of image-based sexual abuse myths, personality traits, and demographic characteristics are related to the willingness to accept, enjoy, or engage in NCII perpetration.","PeriodicalId":46758,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Sexual Aggression","volume":"29 1","pages":"51 - 67"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2022-02-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45930816","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Laleh Dadgardoust, Alisia M. Palermo, L. Harkins, J. Abracen, Jan Looman
{"title":"Comparing distorted cognitions among university students and individuals convicted of sexual offences","authors":"Laleh Dadgardoust, Alisia M. Palermo, L. Harkins, J. Abracen, Jan Looman","doi":"10.1080/13552600.2021.2024287","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13552600.2021.2024287","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Very little contemporary research has investigated the similarities and differences between individuals convicted of sexual offences and community samples with reference to beliefs supportive of sexual violence. This study compared the rape supportive cognitions of a group of high-risk individuals incarcerated for sexual offences to a group of university students. Antisocial cognitions were also examined in order to determine if such views accounted for any observed findings. A group of 304 male university students were compared to 301 men convicted of sexual offences attending assessment or treatment in an inpatient based treatment programme. Results indicated no significant differences between the rape supportive cognitions and antisocial cognition of people convicted of sexual offences and university students. Further analyses revealed that students who endorsed more rape supportive and antisocial cognitions reported using more coercive and aggressive tactics. PRACTICE IMPACT STATEMENT This article will assist researchers and practitioners in designing strategies for prevention of sexual violence among university students by comparing students’ distorted cognition to individuals convicted of sexual offending and by shedding light on the association between distorted cognitions and perpetration of sexual violence.","PeriodicalId":46758,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Sexual Aggression","volume":"28 1","pages":"348 - 360"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2022-01-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43518822","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Katie Duncan, Andrea Wakeham, B. Winder, N. Blagden, R. Armitage
{"title":"“Grieving someone who’s still alive, that’s hard”: the experiences of non-offending partners of individuals who have sexually offended – an IPA study","authors":"Katie Duncan, Andrea Wakeham, B. Winder, N. Blagden, R. Armitage","doi":"10.1080/13552600.2021.2024611","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13552600.2021.2024611","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The non-offending partners (NOPs) of individuals who have committed sexual offences face significant repercussions following the discovery of their partner’s crimes. However, NOPs support needs have typically been overlooked, with priority instead placed on equipping NOPs with the skills to monitor their partner’s behaviour and/or protect their children from sexual abuse. The present study used Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis to qualitatively explore the accounts of women whose partners had committed a sexual offence (n = 9). Results highlighted that NOPs experience multiple losses, trauma, and dramatic shifts in their identities and cognitions following the discovery of their partner’s crimes via a “knock on the door” from the police. The findings highlight NOPs post-discovery support needs and have implications for professionals and agencies working with NOPs. PRACTICE IMPACT STATEMENT These findings indicate that the non-offending partners (NOPs) of those who sexually offend experience disenfranchised grief, trauma symptomology, social isolation, and shifts in identity and cognition following the discovery of their partner’s offence. NOPs are a population in need of clinical intervention, and a greater provision of support services are urgently needed to help NOPs cope with the ongoing devastation discovery wreaks on their lives. We hope this research bolsters understanding of NOPs experiences and contributes to a shift in conceptualising NOPs as secondary victims of their partner’s crimes, who are deserving of support and compassion.","PeriodicalId":46758,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Sexual Aggression","volume":"28 1","pages":"281 - 295"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2022-01-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45299209","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Clinical applications of the structured assessment of protective factors against sexual offending (SAPROF-SO), Version 1","authors":"S. Kelley, G. Willis, D. Thornton","doi":"10.1080/13552600.2021.2020345","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13552600.2021.2020345","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The Structured Assessment of PROtective Factors against Sexual Offending (SAPROF-SO) is a new assessment tool designed to capture protective factors for individuals with a history of sexual offenses and aligns with a strengths-based approach to treatment. The SAPROF-SO, Version 1 consists of 14 items across three subscales: Resilience, Adaptive Sexuality, and Prosocial Connection & Reward. The optional fourth subscale, Professional Risk Management, consists of six items. The current paper seeks to provide guidance in the applied clinical use of the SAPROF-SO by addressing three advantages of the use of this instrument: (1) Facilitating engagement: establishing collaborative treatment goals and a therapeutic alliance, especially with clients who remain ambivalent about treatment; (2) Using the SAPROF-SO for risk management decision: determining the readiness for decreased supervision / increased level of privileges and the development of a risk management plan; and (3) Release planning for individuals with special needs. Case examples are provided. PRACTICE IMPACT STATEMENT The current paper provides an overview of a new assessment tool, Structured Assessment of PROtective Factors against Sexual Offending (SAPROF-SO), Version 1. The SAPROF-SO is designed to offer clinicians an assessment tool that aligns with a strengths-based approach to treatment, provides a structured assessment of protective factors, and brings balance to risk assessments. The current paper provides clinical guidance in using the SAPROF-SO to increase treatment engagement, assist with risk management decisions, and better assess individuals with special needs.","PeriodicalId":46758,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Sexual Aggression","volume":"28 1","pages":"377 - 392"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2022-01-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42755166","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Jehovah’s witnesses response to child sexual abuse: a critique of organisational behaviour and management policies (1989–2020)","authors":"Faisal Rashid, I. Barron","doi":"10.1080/13552600.2021.2018513","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13552600.2021.2018513","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Because of limited academic literature, this study aims to encourage research into child sexual abuse (CSA) in the worldwide Christian Congregations of Jehovah’s Witnesses (JW). A hermeneutic analysis of literature in the public domain is conducted to evaluate JW’s policies to address CSA, since 1989. Analysis indicated that an institutional culture of secrecy was consistently developed and maintained over decades by managing CSA cases internally, avoiding intervention from secular authorities amid reputational, authoritarian, and financial concerns. Organisational management policies were rationalised on a literal interpretation of biblical law over secular law, allowing CSA to be treated as a sin, rather than a crime against child. This resulted in the reinstatement of those found guilty of abuse; whereas children were placed at further risk of harm. Finally, the JW consistently denied organisational liability for CSA; viewing child protection as a parental responsibility.","PeriodicalId":46758,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Sexual Aggression","volume":"29 1","pages":"118 - 139"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2022-01-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45527300","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ellen Gunst, M. Desmet, Jeanne C. Watson, J. Willemsen, T. Loeys, Siebrecht Vanhooren
{"title":"Sexual pleasure as forbidden secret: a single-case study into emotion-focused therapy with an emotionally avoidant client who committed sexual offences","authors":"Ellen Gunst, M. Desmet, Jeanne C. Watson, J. Willemsen, T. Loeys, Siebrecht Vanhooren","doi":"10.1080/13552600.2021.2019845","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13552600.2021.2019845","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT A major challenge in offender therapy is to facilitate clients’ emotional engagement, especially with clients who over-regulate their affect. It has been suggested that treatments that focus on improving clients’ affect regulation (AR) and deepen client’s emotional experience during treatment may enhance treatment outcomes. In this systematic mixed-methods case study the role of Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT) to change clients’ problems with AR during inpatient treatment for individuals who committed sexual offences against children was investigated. It was observed that clients’ over-regulation of affect was coupled with a lack of connection to a part of the self that was deemed unacceptable. Over the course of treatment, this hidden part of self that had instigated the misbehaviour became more accepted and integrated. Verbatim clinical vignettes are included to illuminate key interventions, hindrances, and possible mechanisms of change. Quantitative analysis showed significant change in AR based on self-report and observation.","PeriodicalId":46758,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Sexual Aggression","volume":"29 1","pages":"86 - 102"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2022-01-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45371105","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The association between sentencing and recidivism in men who have committed a sexual offence","authors":"Sarah K. Moss, Skye Stephens, M. Seto","doi":"10.1080/13552600.2021.2015467","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13552600.2021.2015467","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT There have been few studies examining the impact of sentencing decisions on recidivism in individuals who commit sexual offences, which is important as this population may face more stigma, and different conditions in the community, than individuals who have committed non-sexual offences. The present study examined how sentence type and custodial sentence length impacted the incidence of sexual, violent, and non-violent recidivism in 659 Canadian men who were convicted of a sexual offence. Findings suggested that custodial sentences were associated with a greater likelihood of reoffending for all types of recidivism, except sexual recidivism. Custodial sentences of less than two years were consistently associated with an increased likelihood of non-sexual recidivism compared with those who served no time in custody. There was more mixed evidence for whether custodial sentences and custodial sentence length added to the prediction of recidivism once risk and sexual offence type were accounted for. PRACTICE IMPACT STATEMENT Custodial sentences, including shorter custodial sentences, was associated with increased violent and non-violent reoffending. Accounting for risk and type of sexual offence introduced greater uncertainty regarding the relationship between sentencing factors and recidivism. These findings contribute to the larger body of literature that questions the rehabilitative impact of lengthy custodial sentences.","PeriodicalId":46758,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Sexual Aggression","volume":"28 1","pages":"407 - 424"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2022-01-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44643413","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Antonia, Abracen, Zainab, Allardyce, Stuart, Allen, Sieun, Anderson, Peter, E. Raeann, Antfolk, J. Antfolk, Archer, Elisabeth, Babchishin, Kelly, Balfe.
{"title":"Thank You to 2021 Reviewers","authors":"Antonia, Abracen, Zainab, Allardyce, Stuart, Allen, Sieun, Anderson, Peter, E. Raeann, Antfolk, J. Antfolk, Archer, Elisabeth, Babchishin, Kelly, Balfe.","doi":"10.4085/1062-6050-1001.22","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4085/1062-6050-1001.22","url":null,"abstract":"Abbey, Antonia Abracen, Jeffrey Ackerman, Alissa Afifi, Mohammed Al-Attar, Zainab Allardyce, Stuart Allen, Andrew An, Sieun Anderson, Peter Anderson, Raeann E. Antfolk, Jan Antfolk Archer, Elisabeth Babchishin, Kelly Balfe, Myles Balon, Richard Barry, Stephen Bartels, Ross Beauregard, Eric Beech, Anthony Beres, Melanie Blagden, Nicholas Blinkhorn, Victoria Bouffard, Leana Brouillette-Alarie, Sébastien Brown, Amy L. Brown, Sarah Canton-Cortes, David Chiang, Emily Chopin, Julien Christensen, Larissa Christofferson, Sarah Clancy, Elizabeth Cockbain, Ella Connell, Nadine Cortoni, Franca Craemer, Catherine Craig, Leam Craissati, Jackie Darjee, Rajan Davis, Kelly Cue Davis, Sarah K. Death, Jodi Decou, Christopher Desborough, Karen Draugedalen, Kjersti Duff, Simon Eke, Angela Elliott, Ian Epps, Kevin Erooga, Marcus Ey, Lesley-Anne Fanniff, Amanda Farley, Melissa Flack, William F. Flynn, Asher Ford, Hannah Freedman, Rosa Fritzon, Katarina Gallagher, Bernard Gannon, Theresa Gidycz, Christine Gillespie, Steven Glinski, Anna Gottschalk, Petter Grace, Randolf Grossi, Laura M. Grubb, Amy Hackett, Simon Hagemann, Cecilie Hallett, Sophie Harkins, Leigh Harper, Craig Harris, Andrew Harris, Danielle Harrison, Karen Hart, Stephen D. Helmus, Maaike Higgins, Daryl","PeriodicalId":46758,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Sexual Aggression","volume":"28 1","pages":"i - iii"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2022-01-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43716095","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. Strizzi, E. L. Mortensen, E. Hegelund, C. L. Wimmelmann, A. P. Folker, T. Flensborg-Madsen
{"title":"Experience of sexual violence and satisfaction with life: a 20-year prospective cohort study","authors":"J. Strizzi, E. L. Mortensen, E. Hegelund, C. L. Wimmelmann, A. P. Folker, T. Flensborg-Madsen","doi":"10.1080/13552600.2021.2013964","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13552600.2021.2013964","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This Danish prospective cohort study assessed associations between exposure to any kind of sexual violence (SV), exposure to labelled SV (self-labelled as rape, sexual abuse, or incest), and satisfaction with life (SWL) in young adulthood (approximately 32 years) (N = 688) and at midlife (up-to-20 years later) (n = 230). Data are from the Prenatal Development Project (a subsample of the Copenhagen Perinatal Cohort). Nearly 20% of participants reported experiencing some kind of SV before young adulthood. Exposure to any kind of SV before young adulthood was not significantly associated with the initial SWL assessment or with SWL at the up to 20-year follow-up. However, exposure to SV participants labelled as rape, incest, and/or serious sexual abuse was significantly associated with lower SWL during young adulthood but not at the midlife follow-up. These results could indicate that exposure to SV may not severely influence SWL over the long term. PRACTICE IMPACT STATEMENT The present research findings indicate that exposure to sexual violence before age 35, that the victim/survivor has labelled as rape, incest, and/or serious sexual abuse can negatively affect satisfaction with life during young adulthood. However, for many these associations were were not enduring. This finding suggests resilience among those exposed to sexual violence, and that exposure to sexual violence does not necessarily imply diminished life satisfaction across the life course.","PeriodicalId":46758,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Sexual Aggression","volume":"28 1","pages":"316 - 330"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2021-12-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45491781","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Personality features of sexual offenders who committed offences against children","authors":"Tineke Dillien, I. Brazil, B. Sabbe, K. Goethals","doi":"10.1080/13552600.2021.2015468","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13552600.2021.2015468","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT While attention has been given to maladaptive personality traits in the sexual offending literature, little is known about how individuals who engage in child sexual abuse (CSOs) score on general personality traits, and how subgroups of CSOs vary in these traits. This study investigated general personality traits of (subgroups of) CSOs (n=57) as compared to those who engage in nonsexual offending (n=33) and nonoffending controls (n=36) by using the HEXACO model and the Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory. Results revealed that the personality features of the CSOs are more similar to those of the nonoffending subgroup than to those of the nonsexual offending subgroup. Whereas the nonsexual offending subgroup showed personality traits that may affect their self-regulatory abilities, the CSOs showed traits that may impair their socio-affective functioning. However, the subgroup of CSOs that showed an enduring pattern of offending did display a constellation of personality traits typically found in antisocial individuals. These findings can inform treatment strategies for CSOs. Practice impact statement This article assists clinicians in designing tailored treatment strategies for individuals who perpetrate sexual offences against children (CSOs) by identifying how CSOs score on general personality traits. In contrast to nonsexual offenders who showed personality traits that may affect their self-regulatory abilities, CSOs showed personality traits that may affect their socio-affective functioning. This highlights the importance of addressing problems in the socio-affective domain such as intimacy deficits and emotional regulation difficulties in treatment programmes for CSOs. The present research also revealed personality differences within CSOs and showed how these differences should be taken into account when designing treatment strategies for CSOs.","PeriodicalId":46758,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Sexual Aggression","volume":"29 1","pages":"34 - 50"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2021-12-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49601536","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}