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Auteur Elizabeth JEGLIC |
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Kseniya KATSMAN, Auteur ; Elizabeth JEGLIC, Auteur |Suicide is the leading cause of preventable death in US jails and prisons, with rates three to nine times higher than those of the general population. Although suicide in correctional settings has been recognised as a serious problem, the resear[...]![]()
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Elizabeth JEGLIC, Auteur ; Ashley SPADA, Auteur ; Cynthia CALKINS MERCADO, Auteur |Little is known about suicide attempts among sex offenders. This study examines the rates of nonfatal suicide attempts among a sample (N = 3,030) of incarcerated male sex offenders. Overall, the authors found that 14% of sex offenders in the stu[...]![]()
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Stephen P QUESADA, Auteur ; Cynthia CALKINS, Auteur ; Elizabeth JEGLIC, Auteur |Many studies have validated the psychometric properties of the Static-99, the most widely used measure of sexual offender recidivism risk. However much of this research relied on instrument coding completed by well-trained researchers. This stud[...]![]()
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Holly KLEBAN, Auteur ; Megan S. CHESIN, Auteur ; Elizabeth JEGLIC, Auteur ; Cynthia CALKINS MERCADO, Auteur |Studies have produced equivocal findings regarding whether sex offenders are stable in their choice of victims. Indeed, it remains unclear whether a sex offenders subsequent victims are typically of the same gender, age range, and victimperpet[...]![]()
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Brandy L. BLASKO, Auteur ; Elizabeth JEGLIC, Auteur ; Cynthia CALKINS MERCADO, Auteur |This study examined whether evaluators use actuarial risk scores and risk information to make determinations about sex offender risk status for the purpose of enhanced registration and notification. Although it was expected that sexual offenders[...]![]()
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Silvia FRAGA DOMINGUEZ, Auteur ; Elizabeth JEGLIC, Auteur ; Cynthia CALKINS, Auteur ; Alejandro LEGUIZAMO, Auteur |Research examining ethnic and cultural differences among individuals who commit sex offenses remains limited. Specifically, literature focusing on sex offenses committed by Latinos is scarce. Using archival data from a large sample of individual[...]![]()
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Lauren RUBENSTEIN, Auteur ; Olivia M TABACZYK, Auteur ; Elizabeth JEGLIC, Auteur |Although education has been demonstrated to promote desistance, a person with a sex offense conviction faces numerous obstacles when pursuing a postsecondary education. In the present study, we investigated perceptions of university administrato[...]![]()
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Giovanna A. JARA, Auteur ; Elizabeth JEGLIC, Auteur |Child sexual abuse is a prevalent problem within our communities, yet policies that address it are mostly responsive rather than preventive. Given its impact on victims, it is important to move toward secondary prevention strategies, such as tar[...]![]()
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Mahathi D KOSURI, Auteur ; Elizabeth JEGLIC, Auteur |Child sex tourism is a multi-billion dollar industry that affects over 2 million children per year. While thousands of these sex tourists are American, this has been an issue that is largely neglected in the United States (U.S.). This study inve[...]![]()
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Ashley SPADA, Auteur ; Elizabeth JEGLIC, Auteur |One of the strongest predictors of sexual recidivism is sexual deviance [Hanson, R. K., & Bussière, M. T. (1998). Predicting relapse: A meta-analysis of sexual offender recidivism studies. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 66, 3483[...]![]()
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Dorota WNUK, Auteur ; Jason E. CHAPMAN, Auteur ; Elizabeth JEGLIC, Auteur |In recent years public attitudes toward sex offenders have become increasingly punitive. Consequently, new legislation pertaining to the sentencing and treatment of convicted sex offenders has been focused on containment and monitoring rather th[...]![]()
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Holly KLEBAN, Auteur ; Elizabeth JEGLIC, Auteur |The public desires more punitive sentencing for sex offenders; however, treatment has been shown to be most effective in increasing public safety. It has been suggested that public education about the benefits of sex offender treatment could inf[...]![]()
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Anthony D. PERILLO, Auteur ; Ashley SPADA, Auteur ; Cynthia CALKINS, Auteur ; Elizabeth JEGLIC, Auteur |Research has suggested questionable reliability of diagnosing mental abnormality during Sexually Violent Predator (SVP) evaluations, despite this being a necessary requirement for SVP commitment. Findings have been inconsistent across studies, a[...]![]()
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Kimberly J. SAHLSTROM, Auteur ; Elizabeth JEGLIC, Auteur |This study investigated attitudes toward juvenile sex offenders and factors influencing those attitudes. Additionally, the influences of perpetrator characteristics such as age, gender, and ethnicity on societal attitudes towards intervention re[...]![]()
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Stephanie K CLARK, Auteur ; Elizabeth JEGLIC, Auteur ; Cynthia CALKINS, Auteur ; Joseph R TATAR, Auteur |Despite indications that acts of frotteurism and exhibitionism are frequent occurrences, these sexual paraphilias have received little empirical attention. To address this gap in our knowledge about these paraphilias, 459 undergraduate students [...]![]()
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Seung C. LEE, Auteur ; R. Karl HANSON, Auteur ; Cynthia CALKINS, Auteur ; Elizabeth JEGLIC, Auteur |There has been little research on the sexual offending behavior of different racial groups. This study compares the characteristics and risk factors for American, non-Hispanic Whites (n =797) and Blacks (n = 788) who had been convicted of a sexu[...]![]()
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Nicole COLOMBINO, Auteur ; Cynthia CALKINS MERCADO, Auteur ; Jill LEVENSON, Auteur ; Elizabeth JEGLIC, Auteur |Recently, legislative initiatives to prevent sex crime recidivism include the passage of child safety zones (also called loitering zones) that prohibit sex offenders from lingering near places where children congregate. The ability of policies s[...]![]()
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Stacey KATZ SCHIAVONE, Auteur ; Elizabeth JEGLIC, Auteur |This study examines the public perception of sex offender policies and the perceived impact of sex offender policies on the sex offenders themselves. Specifically, this study explores how the community feels about the effectiveness of policies s[...]![]()
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Diana M. FALKENBACH, Auteur ; Antonia FOEHSE, Auteur ; Elizabeth JEGLIC, Auteur ; Cynthia CALKINS, Auteur ; Linsey RAYMAEKERS, Auteur |Child sexual abuse (CSA) is a serious problem not only in the community but also in institutional settings such as youth-serving organizations, churches, and schools. Although research has started to examine the problem of abuse in institutional[...]![]()
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Georgia M WINTERS, Auteur ; Leah E KAYLOR, Auteur ; Elizabeth JEGLIC, Auteur |The present study investigated transcripts of adults sexually grooming decoy victims on the Internet. One hundred transcripts were coded for offender characteristics, victim characteristics, and dynamics of the conversation. The results revealed[...]