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dc.contributor.authorWoods, L
dc.contributor.authorPorter, L
dc.contributor.editorSimon Hackett
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T16:56:17Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T16:56:17Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.date.modified2012-05-31T22:15:44Z
dc.identifier.issn1355-2600
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/13552600802056640
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/22958
dc.description.abstractThe present study examined the behavioural differences in sexual assault offences in relation to the offender-victim relationship (stranger versus non-stranger). These differences were examined specifically in the context of four interpersonal themes of interaction: dominance, submission, hostility and cooperation. The details of 100 sexual offence cases (50 stranger and 50 non-stranger) were content-analysed, generating 58 dichotomous variables, covering offender and victim behaviour during the offence. ?2 tests comparing the two samples found that offenders who were strangers to their victims were more likely than non-stranger offenders to display behaviours that indicate a hostile, violent offence style. In contrast, those offenders who knew their victims were more likely than strangers to display a less violent and more personal, compliance-gaining offence style. These findings are discussed in terms of their implications for offender rehabilitation and victim support.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
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dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherRoutledge
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom61
dc.relation.ispartofpageto75
dc.relation.ispartofissue1
dc.relation.ispartofjournalJournal of sexual aggression
dc.relation.ispartofvolume14
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchCriminology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4402
dc.titleExamining the relationship between sexual offenders and their victims: interpersonal differences between stranger and non-stranger sexual offences
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.rights.copyright© 2008 National Organisation for the Treatment of Abusers. This is an electronic version of an article published in Journal of sexual aggression, Vol. 14(1), 2008, pp. 61-75. Journal of sexual aggression is available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com with the open URL of your article.
gro.date.issued2008
gro.hasfulltextFull Text
gro.griffith.authorPorter, Louise E.


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