Attitudes Supportive of Sexual Offending Predict Recidivism: A Meta-Analysis
Attitudes Supportive of Sexual Offending Predict Recidivism: A Meta-Analysis
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DOI：
10.1177/1524838012462244
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发表时间：
2013-01-01
影响因子：
6.4
通讯作者：
Mann, Ruth E.
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作者：
Helmus, Leslie;Hanson, R. Karl;Mann, Ruth E.
支持性侵犯的态度在性侵犯理论以及当代性犯罪者的评估和治疗实践中占有突出地位。基于46个样本（n = 13,782），这项荟萃分析发现，支持性侵犯的态度与性再犯的关系不大，但相当一致（Cohen的d = .22）。就观察到的差异而言，态度对猥亵儿童者的再犯的预测比对强奸犯的预测更准确。在治疗前和治疗后评估的态度的预测准确性没有差异。目前的研究表明，支持性侵犯的态度是性犯罪者心理上有意义的风险因素。然而，鉴于许多不同的构念被指定为性犯罪者态度，需要进一步的研究和理论来理解这些不同的构念是如何促成再犯的。
Attitudes supportive of sexual offending figure prominently in theories of sexual offending, as well as in contemporary assessment and treatment practices with sex offenders. Based on 46 samples (n = 13,782), this meta-analysis found that attitudes supportive of sexual offending had a small, yet reasonably consistent, relationship with sexual recidivism (Cohen's d = .22). To the extent that differences were observed, attitudes predicted recidivism better for child molesters than for rapists. There was no difference in the predictive accuracy of attitudes assessed at pretreatment or at posttreatment. The current study indicates that attitudes supportive of sexual offending is a psychologically meaningful risk factor for sex offenders. However, given that many different constructs have been designated as sex offender attitudes, further research and theory is needed to understand how these various constructs contribute to recidivism.