Sex Offenders Emerging from Long-Term Imprisonment. A Study of Their Long-term Reconviction Rates and of Parole Board Members' Judgements of Their Risk

Hood, Roger; Shute, Stephen; Feilzer, M.Y.; Wilcox, Aidan

doi:10.1093/bjc/42.2.371

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“…The label of 'sex offender' itself is a challenging one, and it is unsurprising that over a third of sexual offenders deny outright that they have committed an offence (Hood, Shute, Feilzer & Wilcox, 2002), with many more minimising and attempting to justify or neutralise their offences (Hudson, 2005;Scully & Marolla, 1984). The reason for such high levels of denial, minimisation and justification post-sentencing for sexual offenders can be partly explained through difficulties with the adoption of this identity (OBPU, 2002;Blagden, Winder, Gregson & Thorne, 2011).…”

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Stumbling into Sexual Crime: The Passive Perpetrator in Accounts by Male Internet Sex Offenders

2014

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Public reactions to internet child offending remains ambivalent in that, whilst there is vocal condemnation of contact child sex offending, there is less indignation about internet child abuse; this is potentially due to a lack of recognition of this type of offence as sexual offending per se. This ambiguity is reflected by internet sex offenders themselves in their verbalisations of their offending, and this paper presents a qualitative analysis of the accounts offered by individuals convicted of internet-based sexual offences involving the downloading and viewing of images of children (N=7). In particular, this paper presents an analysis of the explanations of offenders for the commencement of internet activity and the progression to more illicit online materials. The data was collected through semi-structured interviews, and analysed using discursive methods, paying close attention to language use and function. The analysis documents the practices that internet child abusers employ in order to manage their identities, distance themselves from the label of sex offender, and/or reduce their personal agency and accountability. Implications of this analysis are discussed with reference to the current minimisation of the downloading of sexually explicit images of children as a sexual crime per se by the public and offenders alike, and the risk assessment and treatment of individuals convicted of these offences.

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Stumbling into Sexual Crime: The Passive Perpetrator in Accounts by Male Internet Sex Offenders

2014

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“…In most of the studies, the area under the curve (AUC) ranged from .70 to .80 (Barbaree, Seto, Langton, & Peacock, 2001;Beech, Friendship, Erikson, & Hanson, 2002;Hood, Shute, Feilzer, & Wilcox, 2002;McGrath, Cumming, Livingstone, & Hoke, 2000;Nunes, Firestone, Bradford, Greenberg, & Broom, 2002;Sjöstedt & Langström, 2001), which reflects a satisfactory to good prognostic accuracy. Bartosh, Garby, Lewis, and Gray (2003) compared the results of four actuarial prognosis instruments-the Static-99, the Rapid Risk Assessment for Sex Offence Recidivism, the Minnesota Sex Offender Screening Tool, and the Sex Offender Risk Appraisal Guide-on groups of sex offenders.…”

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Accuracy of the Static-99 in Predicting Recidivism in Switzerland

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Urbaniok²,

Held

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Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol

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The Static-99 is a widely used actuarial risk assessment instrument. Various international validation studies have found satisfactory to good predictive validity for the Static-99, with the area under the curve (AUC) between 59% and 95%. This study is the first evaluation of the predictive accuracy of the Static-99 among sex offenders in Switzerland. The Static-99 scores of 69 violent/sex offenders in Switzerland were assessed using data from their psychiatric assessments. Recidivism was operationalized as reconviction assessed from penal records. The Static-99 risk levels were predictive for recidivism (AUC = .758) among our population. The results are discussed on the basis of the literature.

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“…It helps to explain the emphasis placed on accepting responsibility for criminal activity and why failure to do so might, for example, act as an aggravating factor in sentencing decisions (Rumsey, 1976;Weisman, 1999;Bagaric and Amarasekara, 2001;Wood and MacMartin, 2007), or negatively affect progress through a prison sentence (Hood et al, 2002;Waldram, 2007;Crewe 2011). Neutralization theory has also framed wider movements within contemporary criminal justice practice and particularly correctional therapy.…”

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“…However, they conclude 'that there is no well-articulated model of change for the popular treatment target of taking responsibility' -something that would be forgivable if empirical studies indicated an association between taking responsibility and reduced recidivism (or other positive outcomes such as non-disruptive behaviour or retention in treatment) (Ware and Mann, 2012: 282). But this position is more problematic since, as Ware and Mann (2012) go on to discuss, extant empirical studies find little support for the proposition that those who deny offending are more likely to reoffend than those who admit responsibility (Hood et al, 2002;Henning and Holdford, 2006;Mann et al, 2010). Indeed, some studies have found high levels of denial to be associated with reduced recidivism (Harkins et al, 2010).…”

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Responding to denial, minimization and blame in correctional settings: The ‘real world’ implications of offender neutralizations

Bullock

Condry

2013

European Journal of Criminology

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Neutralization may not preclude enrolment on to a correctional programme, is not always challenged in a confrontational way by practitioners, and does not automatically result in suspension and the application of more punitive criminal sanctions. Second, it demonstrates the difficulties that practitioners and participants face in tackling neutralizations in this context. Our findings suggest a need to rethink the central role that neutralizations play in aspects of contemporary criminal justice practice.

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Sex Offenders Emerging from Long-Term Imprisonment. A Study of Their Long-term Reconviction Rates and of Parole Board Members' Judgements of Their Risk

Cited by 152 publications

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Stumbling into Sexual Crime: The Passive Perpetrator in Accounts by Male Internet Sex Offenders

Stumbling into Sexual Crime: The Passive Perpetrator in Accounts by Male Internet Sex Offenders

Accuracy of the Static-99 in Predicting Recidivism in Switzerland

Responding to denial, minimization and blame in correctional settings: The ‘real world’ implications of offender neutralizations

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