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"I Couldnt Do It to a Kid Knowing What It Did to Me": The Narratives of Male Sexual Abuse Victims Resiliency to Sexually Offending
Research has shown that child sexual abuse victims are overrepresented among sexual abuse offenders, leading to the sexually abused–sexual abuser hypothesis. However, a large proportion of child sexual abuse victims do not go on to sexually offend, and such individuals are labeled as resilient victims. Surprisingly few studies have looked at why some male victims of sexual abuse do not go on to offend. In-depth qualitative interviews were conducted with 47 resilient men focusing on their beliefs as to why they had not gone on to sexually abuse others. Results revealed four themes for why the victims did not offend: e...
Source: International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology - April 21, 2016 Category: Criminology Authors: Lambie, I., Johnston, E. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

On the Association Between Repeat Bully Victimizations and Carrying a Firearm: Evidence in a National Sample
Bullying is a significant public concern. The purpose of the present study is to investigate whether being repeatedly victimized by a bully during childhood and adolescence is associated with gun carrying in adolescence and adulthood. Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997, we found that just over one fourth of the respondents reported carrying a gun at some point in their lifetime. Respondents experiencing repeat bully victimizations reported higher rates of gun carrying during the last 12 months and the last 30 days. No support was found for the association of repeat bully victimizations and carry...
Source: International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology - April 21, 2016 Category: Criminology Authors: Turner, M. G., Phillips, M. D., Tigri, H. B., Williams, M. A., Hartman, J. L. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Erratum
David, E. G. (2013). Art on trial: Art therapy in capital murder cases. New York, NY: Columbia University Press,116 pp. ISBN 978-0-231-16250-0 cloth $37.89; ISBN 978-0-231-53427-7 e-book $23.15 The author name mentioned in the above book review published in Vol. 59(13) should be David E. Gussak (2013). (Source: International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology)
Source: International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology - April 7, 2016 Category: Criminology Tags: Erratum Source Type: research

The Development and Validation of an Actuarial Risk Assessment Tool for the Prediction of First-Time Offending
For prevention purposes, it is important that police officers can estimate the risk for delinquency among juveniles who were involved in a criminal offense, but not in the role of a suspect. In the present study, the Youth Actuarial Risk Assessment Tool for First-Time Offending (Y-ARAT-FO) was developed based solely on police records with the aim to enable Dutch police officers to predict the risk for first-time offending. For the construction of this initial screening instrument, an Exhaustive Chi-squared Automatic Interaction Detector (Exhaustive CHAID) analysis was performed on a data set that was retrieved from the Dut...
Source: International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology - April 7, 2016 Category: Criminology Authors: Assink, M., van der Put, C. E., Stams, G. J. J. M. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Strain, Negative Emotions, and Level of Criminality Among Chinese Incarcerated Women
General strain theory (GST) has been one of the most frequently tested criminological theories. According to GST, strain tends to generate negative emotions, which create pressures for corrective action, such as crime and delinquency. Although GST has received strong empirical support, one under-addressed issue is the lack of diversity in sampling population in assessing the generalizability of the theory. Using survey data collected from 335 incarcerated women in four Chinese prisons, this study examined the impact of strain and negative emotions on the level of female criminality. The strain variable, physical abuse, and...
Source: International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology - April 7, 2016 Category: Criminology Authors: Sun, I. Y., Luo, H., Wu, Y., Lin, W.-H. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

The Importance of the Mentor-Mentee Relationship in Womens Desistance From Destructive Behaviors
According to the literature on desistance, the process of reentering society after imprisonment is distinct from the process of desistance as the former is a broader, institutional process that may influence the latter. Scholars have also acknowledged gendered differences in both reentry and desistance processes. Among the array of players in the lives of formerly incarcerated individuals, mentors have become an increasingly popular form of social support in postincarceration programs—particularly for women in reentry. Given the increasing interest in mentoring programs, this study uses semistructured interviews with...
Source: International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology - April 7, 2016 Category: Criminology Authors: Garcia, J. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

"I Wanted to Rebel, But There They Hit Me Even Harder": Discourse Analysis of Israeli Women Offenders Accounts of Their Pathways to Substance Abuse and Crime
This study examined women offenders’ accounts of their pathways to substance abuse and crime and the intersection between them, to reach a holistic understanding that captures the dynamics of victimization, agency, and gender. Discourse analyses of the accounts of 11 Israeli women offenders indicated differential use of two discourses. Five participants used the victimization discourse, which viewed substance abuse as an attempt to medicate the self that was injured following victimization experiences; two used the agency discourse, which viewed substance abuse as a way to experience pleasure, leisure, and control ov...
Source: International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology - April 7, 2016 Category: Criminology Authors: Gueta, K., Chen, G. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Taking the Good Life to the Institution: Forensic Service Users Perceptions of the Good Lives Model
This study explored the impact of a brief GLM program on forensic service users’ perceptions of rehabilitation, both within and beyond therapeutic programs, using a thematically linked, multiple-case study research design. Pre–post comparisons of participants’ perceptions of rehabilitation suggested three different outcomes: definite change, subtle change, and no change. Possible factors associated with participants’ divergent experiences included level of exposure to the GLM, readiness to change, and practitioners’ adherence to the GLM and experience with the model. The importance of attendin...
Source: International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology - April 7, 2016 Category: Criminology Authors: Barnao, M., Ward, T., Casey, S. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Sexual Violence and Abuse Against Children: A First Review Through the Lens of Environmental Criminology
In this study, we are taking the first steps to address this situation by (a) organising and reviewing for the first time the empirical knowledge on this phenomenon according to questions asked by environmental criminologists and crime analysts, that is, the who, what, where, when, and how this phenomenon occurs, and (b) discussing directions for future research. By engaging in this exercise, we argue that environmental criminology can substantially contribute to understanding and informing prevention practices in the field of sexual violence and abuse against children. (Source: International Journal of Offender Therapy an...
Source: International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology - April 7, 2016 Category: Criminology Authors: Leclerc, B., Chiu, Y.-N., Cale, J. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Investigating Two-, Three-, and Four-Factor Structures of the Korean PCL-R in Serious Offenders
There is no published work on different factor structures of the Psychopathy Checklist–Revised (PCL-R) for Korean offenders. The current study compared the two-, three-, and four-factor structures of the Korean version of the PCL-R. A total of 451 adult male serious offenders were included. The results suggested that both three- and four-factor models offered the best overall fit to the data. To gain better insight into the construct and predictive validities of the Korean version of the PCL-R, we recommend further analysis of the three- and four-factor models with recidivism and inmates’ implicit aggression le...
Source: International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology - March 30, 2016 Category: Criminology Authors: Sohn, J. S., Lee, S. J. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Posthospitalization Outcomes for Psychiatric Sex Offenders: Comparing Two Treatment Protocols
This study evaluates the effectiveness of safe offender strategies (SOS) in comparison with relapse prevention (RP) in a sample of 91 inpatient males in a secure psychiatric setting. All men evidenced a history of violent sexual offending and were diagnosed with serious psychiatric disorders and/or intellectual disabilities. Participants who received SOS (n = 58) and RP (n = 33) were followed from 6 to 36 months post release. SOS clients were significantly less likely to be arrested (0%) or rehospitalized (5.2%) than RP clients (9% arrested; 54.5% rehospitalized). In addition, SOS clients were more likely to transition con...
Source: International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology - March 30, 2016 Category: Criminology Authors: Stinson, J. D., McVay, L. A., Becker, J. V. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Treatment Attrition of Probationers With Mental Illness From an Enhanced Day Reporting Center
In this study, demographic (e.g., age, gender), clinical (e.g., psychiatric diagnosis), and criminogenic risk factors (measured using the Level of Service Inventory–Revised [LSI-R]) were compared by treatment completion status using 167 probationers with mental illness treated at an enhanced day reporting center. Bivariate and multivariate (i.e., forward entry logistic regression) analyses revealed that while the LSI-R total score was unrelated to treatment completion, higher scores on the LSI-R Alcohol and Drug use subscale (odds ratio [OR] = 1.25, 95% confidence interval [CI] = [1.01, 1.54]) and older age (OR = 1.0...
Source: International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology - March 30, 2016 Category: Criminology Authors: Carr, W. A., Cassidy, J. J. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

The Conscience as a Regulatory Function: Empathy, Shame, Pride, Guilt, and Moral Orientation in Delinquent Adolescents
This study examines an emotion-based theory of the conscience, which provides forensic practitioners tools for assessing the state of the conscience. It is operationalized as an emotion-regulating function, making use of empathy, self-conscious emotions, such as shame, pride or guilt, and moral judgment. This was put to test in a questionnaire survey with 59 delinquent and 275 non-delinquent juveniles. As was hypothesized, the functioning of the conscience of these groups differed, with offenders having lower levels of some aspects of empathic capacity, being less prone to experiencing shame and guilt, being more prone to ...
Source: International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology - March 30, 2016 Category: Criminology Authors: Schalkwijk, F., Stams, G. J., Stegge, H., Dekker, J., Peen, J. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

A Comparison of Pacific, Maori, and European Violent Youth Offenders in New Zealand
This study compared Pacific Island violent youth offenders with Māori and European violent youth offenders to determine whether similarities or differences existed in their offending, social, and demographic characteristics. Findings showed that Pacific Island violent youth offenders, in comparison with Māori and European violent youth offenders, were more likely to have grown up in the lowest socioeconomic deprivation areas in New Zealand, were more likely to be older when they first started offending, and their first offence was more likely to be of a serious, violent nature. Family violence was present amo...
Source: International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology - March 30, 2016 Category: Criminology Authors: Ioane, J., Lambie, I., Percival, T. Tags: Articles Source Type: research

Encouraging the Disuse of Illicit Drugs Among At-Risk Youth
Youth at risk of illicit drug abuse and other delinquent acts are the target of social work services. Preventing or discouraging the use of illicit drugs among at-risk youth is a long-standing practical and research concern. For this reason, the preventive function of courage is a research gap the present study seeks to fill. The study collected data from 169 at-risk youths and their social workers with two-wave panel surveys. Results show that courage in Wave 1 presented a strong negative effect on illicit drug use in Wave 2 in the youth, controlling for illicit drug use in Wave 1 and background characteristics. Moreover,...
Source: International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology - March 30, 2016 Category: Criminology Authors: Cheung, C.-k., Ngai, S. S.-y. Tags: Articles Source Type: research