Is Prison Sexual Offending Indicative of Community Risk?
| Autor: | Sean Ahlmeyer, Peggy Heil, Kim English, Linda Harrison |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Prison rape Recidivism Sex offender media_common.quotation_subject Poison control Prison social sciences Computer security computer.software_genre Suicide prevention Pathology and Forensic Medicine mental disorders Injury prevention medicine population characteristics Sex offense Psychology Psychiatry Law computer General Psychology media_common |
| Zdroj: | Criminal Justice and Behavior. 36:892-908 |
| ISSN: | 1552-3594 0093-8548 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/0093854809338989 |
| Popis: | This study examines whether prison sexual offending behaviors are predictive of violence upon release. Recidivism rates for four groups of male sex offenders were compared: (a) offenders convicted of community sex crimes, (b) community sex offenders who were convicted under non-sex-crime charges, (c) offenders known only to commit sexually abusive misconduct in prison, and (d) offenders with both community and prison sex offenses. The findings reveal that prison sex offenders are significantly more likely to be arrested for violent offenses upon release. They pose a similar risk to convicted sex offenders on arrests for sexual offenses; however, the average time to arrest was much shorter for prison sex offenders. Using nontraditional data sources (e.g., Accurint, the Colorado and National Sex Offender Registries) considerably increased the known recidivism rate. Implications for prevention and treatment are discussed. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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