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dc.contributor.authorPurvis, Mayumi
dc.contributor.authorWard, Tony
dc.contributor.authorJ. Devilly, Grant
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T11:46:01Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T11:46:01Z
dc.date.issued2003
dc.date.modified2010-08-02T07:20:12Z
dc.identifier.issn10538712
dc.identifier.doi10.1300/J070v11n04_06
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/29047
dc.description.abstractThe present research examined gender differences in community corrections officers' (CCOs') attributions for child sexual offending. Eighty-five CCOs were asked to write down the reasons why they thought men sexually abused children, and then rate their reasons using Benson's Attributional Dimensions Scale. The results found that CCOs' reasons regarding why men sexually abuse children strongly paralleled current scientific theories on the etiology of child sexual abuse. Also, significant gender differences were found regarding the frequency with which participants cited certain types of reasons for child sexual abuse. Female CCOs were more likely to cite power and control as a reason, while male CCOs were more likely to cite psychopathology as a reason for child sexual abuse. No other gender differences were found. The research, clinical, and educational implications pertaining to these findings are discussed.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherRoutledge
dc.publisher.placeUSA
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom101
dc.relation.ispartofpageto123
dc.relation.ispartofissue4
dc.relation.ispartofjournalJournal of Child Sexual Abuse: research, treatment & program innovations for victims, survivors & offenders
dc.relation.ispartofvolume11
dc.subject.fieldofresearchSocial work
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4409
dc.titleCommunity Corrections Officers’ Attributions for Sexual Offending Against Children
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.date.issued2003
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorDevilly, Grant J.


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