Women Convicted of Promoting Prostitution of a Minor Are Different From Women Convicted of Traditional Sexual Offenses
| Autor: | Franca Cortoni, Jeffrey C. Sandler, Naomi J. Freeman |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Poison control Criminology Computer security computer.software_genre Risk Assessment Suicide prevention Occupational safety and health Young Adult Injury prevention Humans Child General Psychology Recidivism Sex Offenses Human factors and ergonomics Child Abuse Sexual Criminals Social Control Policies Sex Work Arson Psychiatry and Mental health Female Crime Psychology computer Social control |
| Zdroj: | Sexual Abuse. 27:324-334 |
| ISSN: | 1573-286X 1079-0632 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/1079063214554959 |
| Popis: | Some jurisdictions have legally decreed that certain nonsexual offenses (e.g., promoting prostitution of a minor, arson, burglary) can be considered sexual offenses. Offenders convicted of these crimes can be subjected to sexual offender–specific social control policies such as registration, as well as be included in sexual offender research such as recidivism studies. No studies, however, have systematically examined differences and similarities between this new class of sexual offenders and more traditional sexual offenders. The current study used a sample of 94 women convicted of sexual offenses to investigate whether women convicted of promoting prostitution of a minor differed on demographic and criminogenic features from those convicted of more traditional sexual offenses. Results show that women convicted of promoting prostitution offenses have criminal histories more consistent with general criminality and exhibit more general antisocial features than women convicted of traditional sexual offenses. These results support the notion that the inclusion of legally defined sexual offenders with traditional ones obscures important differences in criminogenic features among these women. |
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