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dc.contributor.authorLeclerc, Benoit
dc.contributor.authorWortley, Richard
dc.contributor.authorDowling, Christopher
dc.date.accessioned2018-08-14T03:28:30Z
dc.date.available2018-08-14T03:28:30Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.identifier.issn0093-8548
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/0093854816660144
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/143048
dc.description.abstractWe investigated the role of situational precipitators in sexual offenses in relation to the use of physical force by offenders, penetration of the victim, and physical injuries to the victim. We used self-report data obtained from a Canadian sample of 553 incarcerated adult male sexual offenders. All data used in this study were gathered through a semi-structured interview conducted with each participant. First, we found that 75.8% of sexual crime events were somehow precipitated, or characterized, by the presence of precipitators before crime. Second, the relationship between each precipitator and the type of offense was statistically significant except for one precipitator. Third, although a number of precipitators were associated with the dependent variables, we also found two interaction effects that illuminated the complexity of the role of precipitators in sexual offenses. Interaction analysis can increase our understanding of sexual crime events and better inform prevention practices, such as relapse prevention.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherSage Publications
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom1600
dc.relation.ispartofpageto1618
dc.relation.ispartofissue11
dc.relation.ispartofjournalCriminal Justice and Behavior
dc.relation.ispartofvolume43
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCriminology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCriminology not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPsychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4402
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode440299
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode52
dc.titleSituational Precipitators and Interactive Forces In Sexual Crime Events Involving Adult Offenders
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyArts, Education & Law Group, Key Centre for Ethics, Law, Justice and Governance
gro.rights.copyrightBenoit Leclerc et al., Situational Precipitators and Interactive Forces in Sexual Crime Events Involving Adult Offenders, Criminal Justice and Behavior, Vol. 43, No. 11, 2016, 1600–1618. Copyright 2016 The Authors. Reprinted by permission of SAGE Publications.
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gro.griffith.authorLeclerc, Benoit


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