Conceptualising success and failure in Circles of Support and Accountability

Dwerryhouse, Michelle; Winder, Belinda; Bladgen, Nicholas; Lievesley, Rebecca

doi:10.1016/j.avb.2020.101492

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“…Given the links between negative social attitudes about those with sexual convictions and long-term outcomes for those who are subject to them, including informal restrictions on residency, poorer quality personal relationships, and difficulties with employment ( Göbbels et al, 2012 ; Harper et al, 2017 ; Willis et al, 2010 ), it is plausible to argue that stigma could inhibit positive outcomes for both those acquitted of sexual offense allegations (in relation to social relationships) and those who are criminally convicted (in terms of reintegration and desistance). Positive psychological frameworks such as the Good Lives Model ( Ward et al, 2007 ) or Circles of Support and Accountability ( Dwerryhouse et al, 2020 ) have been applied to the rehabilitation of people convicted of sexual offences in relation to assisting with long-term desistance from crime (see Göbbels et al, 2012 ). In this framework, affording such groups the opportunity to rebuild their lives and their identities through work, education, and forming authentic interpersonal relationships is the key to both emotional wellbeing and preventing future re-offending.…”

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Are Sex Offending Allegations Viewed Differently? Exploring the Effect of Offense Type and Conviction Status on Criminal Stigmatization

2023

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Attitudes towards individuals with sexual convictions play a major role in the formation of legislative action, including sentencing policies and registration and notification procedures. However, there is little research about stigmatization directed at those who are accused of such offenses prior to conviction. In this work we explored this gap by comparing stigmatization (e.g., a desire for social distance, and negative personality attributions) towards people accused of a range of crimes (sexual, violent, and acquisitive), and whether this was further impacted by whether or not allegations led to a conviction. We recruited 403 community-based participants for a between-subjects experimental survey. We found support for the conclusion that people accused of and convicted for sexual offenses are more heavily stigmatized than allegations related to other crime types, and especially so when allegations involved child victims. Stigmatization took the form of greater levels of support for police-initiated notifications about allegations before conviction, increased desires for social distance, and attributions of negative personality traits. We discuss the theoretical and applied implications of these findings in relation to stigma research and issues related to anonymity for those accused of sexual offenses.

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Are Sex Offending Allegations Viewed Differently? Exploring the Effect of Offense Type and Conviction Status on Criminal Stigmatization

2023

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“…Its correlation with most of the other therapeutic variables could be indicating that the treatment of the feelings of loneliness of those incarcerated for sexual abuse should be a critical ingredient of the programs since it seems to have broad therapeutic effects (Maniglio, 2012; Stansfield et al, 2020). In this way, new community interventions with released sex offenders, such as the Circles of Support and Accountability, one of whose main objectives is to counteract their loneliness and isolation after prison, have shown to favor the social reintegration of these individuals (Dwerryhouse et al, 2020; Stansfield et al, 2020; Wilson et al, 2009).…”

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Treatment and Therapeutic Change of Individuals Imprisoned for Child Abuse in the Barcelona Study on Sex Offenders

Martínez-Catena

Redondo

2021

J Interpers Violence

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The sexual abuse of children is a serious social problem that must be prevented through distinct measures. Among them is the application of treatments to those who have already committed sex crimes in order to prevent them from committing a new one. To assess the efficacy of sexual offense treatment, the most common method has been to compare the recidivism rates of treated and untreated groups. Several meta-analyses in this regard—as well as some specific studies in Spain—have shown that the application of treatment is associated with lower recidivism rates. However, the analysis of the subjects’ recidivism alone does not reveal the therapeutic changes that the treatment may elicit in them. Some international studies have evaluated the therapeutic improvements resulting from the application of treatments to men who had sexually abused children. In this context, this study explores the therapeutic changes experienced by a sample of subjects imprisoned for child abuse ( N = 145), after participating in the treatment program applied in the Spanish prison system. Nine therapeutic variables were assessed (such as anxiety, cognitive distortions, impulsivity, and social self-esteem), before and after treatment, using an instrument named the Psychological Assessment Scale for Sex Offenders (PASSO). The obtained results show that most of the assessed therapeutic variables improved after treatment, with strong correlations between them. The implications of the results for treatment practice are discussed, as well as the main methodological limitations of this research.

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“…This study adds further impetus to the extant literature by exploring and analyzing the experts' perspectives. Theorization of success is a common practice in many disciplines, such as law, justice and global development (Saeed, 2008), organizational behavior (Heslin, 2005), public health and health communication (Dwerryhouse et al, 2020;King and Crisp, 2021), entrepreneurship (Razmus and Laguna, 2018) and business and management (Gorgievski et al, 2011). Success is not yet formally conceptualized in social marketing practice, identifying a significant research gap.…”

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Two-stage taxonomy for measuring success in social marketing practice

Akbar,

Amoncar,

Cateriano-Arévalo

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Purpose Given the lack of understanding of social marketing success in theory and practice, this study aims to investigate how social marketing experts conceptualize success. Design/methodology/approach In this qualitative study, the authors conducted an open-ended online questionnaire with 48 worldwide social marketing experts, most with more than 20 years of experience in the field. The authors analyzed data using topic modeling, a machine-learning method that groups responses/terms into cluster topics based on similarities. Keywords in each topic served to generate themes for discussion. Findings While behavior change is mentioned as paramount to conceptualizing success, participants prefer to use more tangible and less complex forms to define/measure success, such as campaign recall uptick. In addition, lack of funding was considered an important factor in measuring success. This study provides a two-stage taxonomy to better understand success in social marketing. Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this study is one of the first to conceptualize success in social marketing practice.

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Conceptualising success and failure in Circles of Support and Accountability

Cited by 5 publications

References 34 publications

Are Sex Offending Allegations Viewed Differently? Exploring the Effect of Offense Type and Conviction Status on Criminal Stigmatization

Are Sex Offending Allegations Viewed Differently? Exploring the Effect of Offense Type and Conviction Status on Criminal Stigmatization

Treatment and Therapeutic Change of Individuals Imprisoned for Child Abuse in the Barcelona Study on Sex Offenders

Two-stage taxonomy for measuring success in social marketing practice

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