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Does the LSI-R Have Utility for Sex Offenders? 8 Aug 2013 | 06:37 pm
Despite societal perception that sex offenders will repeat their crimes, research indicates these offenders are more likely to be generalists than sex offense–specific offenders. Sex offender–specific...
Measuring Deviant Sexual Interest Using the Emotional Stroop Task 8 Aug 2013 | 06:37 pm
The emotional Stroop task has been used to assess deviant sexual interests of sexual abusers. Two limitations noted in the literature are difficulties surrounding the choice of word stimuli and the ta...
The Protective Effects of Religious Coping and Spirituality on Delinquency: Results Among High-Risk and Gang-Involved Salvadoran Youth 8 Aug 2013 | 06:37 pm
While research conducted in Western nations suggests that religiosity and spirituality protect against delinquent behavior, few studies have examined these relationships in developing world contexts. ...
Characteristics of Canadian Youth-Perpetrated Homicides 8 Aug 2013 | 06:37 pm
Youth-perpetrated homicide has considerable impact on our society and justice system. Unfortunately, youth-perpetrated homicide is an understudied crime and even less research has been conducted speci...
Exposure to Violence within Home and Community Environments and Psychopathic Tendencies in Detained Adolescents 8 Aug 2013 | 06:37 pm
Prior studies have reported correlations between childhood abuse and antisocial behavior and psychopathy, which suggest that exposure to violence may be a risk factor for the development of psychopath...
Offenders' Perceptions of RiskFactors for Self and Others: Theoretical Importance and Some Empirical Data 8 Aug 2013 | 06:37 pm
Little research has examined offenders’ understanding of the factors that increase their likelihood of future criminal activity. Although social-psychological research has described many ways in which...
"I Just Wanted to Die": Preprison and Current Suicide Ideation Among Women Serving Life Sentences 25 Jul 2013 | 06:17 pm
For women serving life sentences, adjustments to prison are often marked by thoughts of suicide. Many enter prison with specific vulnerabilities that place them at risk for suicide. Using data on 214 ...
Are different Risk Factors Associated with Moderate and Severe Stalking Violence?: Examining Factors From the Integrated Theoretical Model of Stalking... 25 Jul 2013 | 06:17 pm
This study investigated risk factors from the integrated theoretical model of stalking violence (ITMSV) with 703 participants classified as relational stalkers from South-East Queensland (Australia). ...
Adults' Beliefs Regarding Nonverbal Cues Predictive of Violence 25 Jul 2013 | 06:17 pm
A dearth of scientific knowledge currently exists regarding human nonverbal predictors of violence. Using a sample of 178 adults, this study sought to identify a series of nonverbal behaviors the rese...
Improving Police Officers' Perceptions of Sexual Offending Through Intensive Training 25 Jul 2013 | 06:17 pm
We examined whether specialist police training on the dynamics of sexual offending can modify officers’ victim-blaming attitudes and negative perceptions regarding likely case authorization. The sampl...
