Legislation for a few rather than the many: Testing assumptions of sex offender legislation among men who sexually assaulted children

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dc.contributor.advisorMiller, Holly A.
dc.creatorSteele, Sarah Alexis
dc.creator.orcid0000-0002-0432-3144
dc.date.accessioned2018-12-10T16:47:20Z
dc.date.available2018-12-10T16:47:20Z
dc.date.created2018-12
dc.date.issued2018-11-26
dc.date.submittedDecember 2018
dc.date.updated2018-12-10T16:47:21Z
dc.description.abstractSexual offender legislation contains assumptions of sexual offending that are largely based on prolific cases of sexual abuse, which typically involved an adult male stranger perpetrator abducting, sexually abusing, and killing a child victim. The current thesis examined assumptions of sexual offending in sexual offense legislation pertaining to sexual offense characteristics, sexual recidivism risk, and sexual recidivism to determine whether or not they were supported in a sample of 2,074 adult male offenders who were incarcerated for a contact sexual offense against a child and were released into the community between 1996 and 2007. The findings of this thesis indicated that the assumptions examined were not supported among the majority of the offenders in the sample. The findings of this thesis suggest that current policies based on these assumptions would better serve the community if they were based on the nature of the majority of cases.
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11875/2526
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectSexual offense legislation
dc.subjectChild molester
dc.subjectVictim-offender relationship
dc.subjectOffense location
dc.subjectSexual recidivism risk
dc.subjectSexual recidivism
dc.titleLegislation for a few rather than the many: Testing assumptions of sex offender legislation among men who sexually assaulted children
dc.typeThesis
dc.type.materialtext
thesis.degree.departmentCriminal Justice and Criminology
thesis.degree.grantorSam Houston State University
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts

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