Pub Date : 2022-05-06DOI: 10.1080/13552600.2022.2071490
Jorge A. Bruera, A. Bobbio, K. Arbach
ABSTRACT Sexual aggression (SA) is a recognised global public health problem. Among the theoretical models that have attempted to conceptualise SA, the Confluence Model of Sexual Aggression (CM) stands out. This work aims to review the studies that tested it in samples of adult males from general and college populations and to analyse their results. Following the PRISMA-P protocol, 18 studies published between 1986 and 2022 were identified that tested the CM. Overall, the CM appears to be a robust model to account for characteristics of SA in adult males in the general and university populations. The main postulates of the CM have been empirically supported in most of the studies analysed. Also, the CM is flexible in incorporating contextual variables relevant to SA. Implications of the findings for future research and SA prevention are discussed.
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Pub Date : 2022-04-29DOI: 10.1080/13552600.2022.2070293
Melanie E. Mivshek, Jennifer L. Schriver
ABSTRACT Sex offender treatment providers face unique challenges in their work, and the risks for burnout in this population are significant. Decreased therapist empathy is associated with burnout, and empathy is a key factor in successful sex offender treatment. This study explored whether attitudes toward treatment among 92 sex offender therapists were related to levels of burnout and therapist empathy. Higher levels of burnout were associated with lower levels of empathy, and attitudes toward treatment significantly predicted aspects of burnout and empathy. Demographic variables were unrelated to attitudes toward treatment, but treatment providers working in correctional settings more often believed that sex offenders should remain incarcerated. The importance of understanding factors associated with burnout in this population is discussed, and use of the Attitudes Toward Treatment of Sex Offenders (ATTSO) scale is also considered. Practice Impact Statement This study suggests that attitudes about treatment for sex offenders can affect levels of burnout and empathy for those who provide treatment. Because high burnout and low empathy are both associated with negative outcomes for treatment providers and clients, it is important to understand factors that are related to these experiences.
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Pub Date : 2022-04-06DOI: 10.1080/13552600.2022.2057605
J. Lloyd, V. Bradbury
ABSTRACT In 2020, student disclosure of sexual harm through the website “Everyone’s Invited” reignited discussions of sexual harm in schools with many calling for “zero tolerance” approaches to sexual harm. This article considers the impact of zero tolerance policies drawing upon school policies and practices, coupled with students experiences. The article draws upon findings from a mixed-methods study conducted from 2018–2020 within four local authority areas in England: focus groups with staff and students, surveys with students and parents, case review, observations, and school self-assessments. Analysis evidenced that where schools drew on punitive and sanctions-based approaches these impacted student disclosure, limited staff decision making, and were not seen to be effective by students. Rather than zero tolerance policies, the findings evidence the need to: tackle environments where sexual harm is tolerated; consider systemic barriers to disclosure, and expand what justice means for responses to sexual harm in schools.
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Pub Date : 2022-03-26DOI: 10.1080/13552600.2022.2053889
Kenzie J. Hurley, Valerie J. Morganson
ABSTRACT As COVID-19 spread and organisations shut down, many workers continued working through adverse conditions. This study appropriates Stockholm syndrome to highlight privilege and power differentials between essential and non-essential workers during the pandemic. One hundred and twelve U.S. workers (Mage = 35.91, 50.9% female, 49% essential workers, Mhours worked per week = 48.11) completed an online survey during the height of national lockdowns (April to June of 2020). Results of correlations and a one-way multivariate analysis of variance suggest that Stockholm syndrome and sexual harassment are strongly related and that essential workers scored higher on both Stockholm syndrome and sexual harrassment than non-essential workers. The present study supports Stockholm syndrome as a framework for studying workplace injustice and contributes to novel literature regarding how the pandemic has exacerbated social inequities. Practical implications draw from existing literature on sexual harrassment and demonstrate the need for awareness of worker mistreatment during challenging times.
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Pub Date : 2022-03-26DOI: 10.1080/13552600.2022.2052770
Sophie King‐Hill
ABSTRACT A critical discussion of the Brook Traffic Light Tool (TLT) is provided. The TLT supports professionals assessing sexual behaviour in children and young people (CYP). This critical commentary formed part of a wider evaluation of the TLT. The approach taken uses evidence-based, policy transfer and policy success frameworks. Conceptually, questions were raised about empirical research that underpins the TLT. The transfer of the TLT to the UK gave varied results with questions raised in relation to the suitability of the TLT for the UK context. Both successes and failures were evident within the UK. The findings suggest that more work needs to be done on TLT. Rigorous planning needs to be conducted when transferring to differing contexts. A more robust evidence base is required for the UK context and continuous evaluation is required. Yet the TLT exists where no other tool related to CYP and sexual behaviours is available for professionals.
{"title":"Knowledge translation and evidence-informed policy challenges: the implementation of the Brook Traffic Light Tool in Cornwall","authors":"Sophie King‐Hill","doi":"10.1080/13552600.2022.2052770","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/13552600.2022.2052770","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT A critical discussion of the Brook Traffic Light Tool (TLT) is provided. The TLT supports professionals assessing sexual behaviour in children and young people (CYP). This critical commentary formed part of a wider evaluation of the TLT. The approach taken uses evidence-based, policy transfer and policy success frameworks. Conceptually, questions were raised about empirical research that underpins the TLT. The transfer of the TLT to the UK gave varied results with questions raised in relation to the suitability of the TLT for the UK context. Both successes and failures were evident within the UK. The findings suggest that more work needs to be done on TLT. Rigorous planning needs to be conducted when transferring to differing contexts. A more robust evidence base is required for the UK context and continuous evaluation is required. Yet the TLT exists where no other tool related to CYP and sexual behaviours is available for professionals.","PeriodicalId":46758,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Sexual Aggression","volume":"29 1","pages":"208 - 225"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2022-03-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48649472","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}
Pub Date : 2022-03-21DOI: 10.1080/13552600.2022.2052769
D. Knapp, M. Hogue, Greta L. Polites
ABSTRACT While copious research considers the health outcomes of sexual harassment experiences and investigates how individuals respond to sexual harassment, it has not investigated the concomitant effects of sexual harassment experiences and responses on their wellbeing. Further, no research has applied the biopsychosocial (BPS) framework to consider how sexual harassment impacts wellbeing. Hence, we present a framework to guide research examining the concomitant effects of experiences with and responses to sexual harassment on wellbeing. By viewing sexual harassment as a stressor, we integrate literature related to sexual harassment appraisals and responses, and expand existing sexual harassment literature to include the BPS framework, thereby advancing the theoretical foundation of the wellbeing effects of sexual harassment. The resulting theoretically integrative model provides a means of categorising individuals’ experiences with sexual harassment by considering the concomitant effects of the individual’s appraisal and response choice on wellbeing as well as the recursive effects that response choice and wellbeing have on one another.
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Pub Date : 2022-03-09DOI: 10.1080/13552600.2022.2038712
E. Hamilton, Jaymes Fairfax-Columbo
ABSTRACT The relationship between collateral consequences and recidivism among individuals who sexually offend continues to be proffered in the literature, yet empirical evidence of these links has yet to be established. This exploratory study investigated the correlational and predictive relationships between social and psychological collateral consequences and overall recidivism, sexual recidivism specifically, and probation/parole/registry violations among a sample of 180 registrants. Results revealed significant relationships between demographic indicators (age, years registered, education), social and psychological collateral consequences, overall recidivism, and sexual recidivism and violations. Results of the hierarchical logistic regressions indicated that neither social nor psychological collateral consequences significantly improved model fit for overall recidivism or sexual recidivism. Social collateral consequences, however, predicted an individual’s likelihood to accrue probation, parole, or registry violations post-offence. Practical implications are discussed within the context of building an empirical basis for the potential contributory effects of the registry on recidivism, via collateral consequences.
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Pub Date : 2022-02-25DOI: 10.1080/13552600.2022.2044525
Carollyne Youssef
ABSTRACT The challenges faced by those who are returning to the community after prison are well documented. Community re-entry, especially for those who have sexually offended, is particularly stressful and fraught with many difficulties. Community maintenance programmes (CMPs) are community programmes designed to assist those who are released from prison, who have generally completed an offence-specific custodial treatment programme. There remains however no known published research that has examined the programmatic features of CMPs, their efficacy, the experiences of those who facilitate and participate in CMPs, and little is known about the theoretical underpinnings of CMPs. This paper reviews some of the factors that may contribute to behaviour change and the maintenance of that change, with a particular focus on CMPs for those who have sexually offended. Stemming from two recent qualitative studies interviewing CMP participants and service providers in Australia’s largest CMP, this paper proposes Self-Determination Theory (SDT) as an underpinning for CMPs. There will also be a consideration of implications for practice as well as future research. Practice impact statement This paper proposes Self-Determination Theory as a framework for the delivery of community maintenance programmes (CMPs) for those who have sexually offended. It is the first time a framework for the delivery of CMPs is considered, with practical implications related to the content and focus of the programme discussed.
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Pub Date : 2022-02-22DOI: 10.1080/13552600.2022.2041824
(2022). Thank You to 2021 Reviewers. Journal of Sexual Aggression: Vol. 28, No. 1, pp. i-iii.
(2022)。感谢2021位审稿人。《性侵犯杂志》，第28卷，第1期，第1 - 3页。
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Pub Date : 2022-02-15DOI: 10.1080/13552600.2022.2034999
Nicholas Scurich, Şule Güney, P. Dietz
ABSTRACT Two studies using large samples of jury-eligible adults tested whether hindsight influences perceptions of potential grooming behaviours. In study 1, participants (n = 371) were presented with vignettes describing five different interactions between an adult and children and rated the likelihood that these behaviours were indicative of sexual abuse in foresight and in hindsight. In hindsight, the ratings of the behaviours doubled in size, evidence of hindsight bias. This finding held even for participants who had received training on how to identify possible sexual abuse. Study 2 used the same stimuli but randomly assigned participants (n = 159) to a hindsight or not condition; estimates of the likelihood that the adult is a child molester were double the size in the former group compared to the latter group. These findings have implications for civil lawsuits occasioned by sexual abuse that occurs within youth-serving organisations.
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