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dc.contributor.authorLeclerc, Benoit
dc.contributor.authorProulx, Jean
dc.contributor.authorMcKibben, Andre
dc.contributor.editorDr. Sarah Brown
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T16:58:12Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T16:58:12Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.date.modified2009-12-05T05:18:38Z
dc.identifier.issn13552600
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/13552600412331321314
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/27114
dc.description.abstractThe aim of this study was to provide the first empirical description of the modus operandi of sexual offenders working or doing voluntary work with children and adolescents across all aspects of offender-victim interactions. The modus operandi was studied along the offence continuum, which included strategies used for gaining the victim's trust, getting the victim to participate in sexual activity and keeping the victim from telling someone about the sexual contact. Twenty-three offenders agreed to participate in this study. They were recruited from prisons, probation and parole services, penitentiaries and treatment programs. Three sources of information were used. The most important source was the Modus Operandi Questionnaire (MOQ) developed by Kaufman. Data were also obtained from semi-structured interviews conducted with the offenders and from official sources, such as police reports and victim statements. Our results suggest that the modus operandi of these sexual offenders depended on their position of trust in relation to their victim. In fact, they used non-coercive strategies to achieve victim compliance. Implications for prevention strategies are also highlighted.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherRoutledge
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom187
dc.relation.ispartofpageto195
dc.relation.ispartofissue2
dc.relation.ispartofjournalJournal of sexual aggression
dc.relation.ispartofvolume11
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCriminology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCriminology not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4402
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode440299
dc.titleModus operandi of sexual offenders working or doing voluntary work with children and adolescents
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.date.issued2005
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorLeclerc, Benoit


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