Sexual Perpetration History Predicting Men's Empathy with a Rapist

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-26
Author(s):  
Suzanne L. Osman ◽  
Ruby L. Orth
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Perpetration

Hidden challenges: Sex offenders legislated into homelessness

2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 348-363 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jill S Levenson
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Sex Offenders ◽  
Policy Reform ◽  
Grand Challenge ◽  
Criminal Offenders ◽  
The Past ◽  
Empirically Supported ◽  
Close Proximity ◽  
Sexual Perpetration ◽  
History Of

Summary Zoning laws that prevent sex offenders from living within close proximity to schools and other places where children congregate have proliferated over the past 10 years. In many communities, few dwellings are compliant with these laws, causing sex offenders to become homeless. First, a brief history of residence restriction laws will be provided and then the research around their impact and effectiveness will be summarized, followed by empirically supported recommendations for reform. Findings Legislating individuals into homelessness is not sound social policy, nor is it humane. These laws do not conform to what is known about patterns of sexual perpetration and victimization, and thus do little to prevent recidivistic sexual violence. In fact, these policies may undermine the very factors shown by research to be associated with positive reentry and reduced recidivism. Applications The grand challenge of social justice requires social workers to advocate on behalf of those who are marginalized in our communities including criminal offenders. Research-based policy reform can result in improved public safety outcomes and social justice in our communities.

scholarly journals Initial Evidence for the Reliability and Validity of the Sexual Experiences Survey-Short Form Perpetration (SES-SFP) in College Men

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
RaeAnn Elizabeth Anderson ◽  
Shawn P Cahill ◽  
Douglas L. Delahanty
Keyword(s):  
Partner Violence ◽  
Short Form ◽  
College Men ◽  
Sexual Experiences ◽  
Retest Reliability ◽  
Sexually Aggressive ◽  
Severity Scores ◽  
Sexual Perpetration ◽  
Rape Empathy ◽  
Test Retest Reliability

Introduction: Estimates of sexual perpetration in college men vary widely, partially due to a lack of reliable and valid measures of sexual perpetration. This study provides psychometric data on the Sexual Experiences Survey – Short Form Perpetration (SES-SFP), a revision of one of the most widely used measures of sexual perpetration, in a sample of college men. Methods: Participants (n = 402) completed a web survey containing the study measures; a subset of 66 participants completed the SES-SFP again two weeks later.Results: In examining test-retest reliability, most (90.7%) participants were classified correctly using dichotomous scores of sexually aggressive behavior (yes/no). However, test-retest agreement for category scores was poor (0 – 50.0%). Test-retest correlations were largest for lifetime category scores, r = .69 and smallest for lifetime dichotomous scores, r = .59. Regarding validity, SES-SFP scores were positively associated with measures of partner violence and trait aggression and negatively associated with a measure of rape empathy. Conclusions: Our results provide initial evidence of internal consistency and convergent evidence of validity for the SES-SFP in college men but question the measure’s test-retest reliability. The severity of tactics used to coerce sexually aggressive behaviors was more strongly associated with rape empathy than sexual outcome severity scores, indicating utility of assessing coercive tactics. Additional research is needed regarding the psychometric properties of the SES-SFP and other measures of sexual perpetration in order to accurately assess rates of these behaviors and inform preventive interventions.

scholarly journals The Prevalence of Sexual Violence Perpetration in Sexual Minority Men: A Secondary Analysis of Systematic Review Data

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
RaeAnn Elizabeth Anderson ◽  
Sara K Kuhn ◽  
Amanda M. Vitale ◽  
Alyssa M. Ciampaglia ◽  
Kristin E. Silver
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Sexual Violence ◽  
Sexual Minority ◽  
Secondary Analysis ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Sexual Minority Men ◽  
Sexual Perpetration ◽  
Violence Perpetration ◽  
Minority Men ◽  
Minority People

Purpose: Prior literature illustrates that sexual minority people (e.g., bisexual, gay, queer) are at increased vulnerability for sexual violence victimization compared to heterosexual peers, including while in college. However, the study of sexual violence perpetration in sexual minority populations, much less specifically sexual minority college men, has been neglected. This article reviews the literature and presents a secondary data analysis of a systematic review on college men’s sexual perpetration rates and associated methodology. We also conducted analyses to summarize available literature regarding publishing dates, authors, and data inclusivity. Methods: We downloaded the dataset and associated materials from Mendeley.com’s data archive. Results: To our surprise, we could not analyze sexual perpetration prevalence rates in sexual minority men using the systematic review data due to absence of reported data across all 77 independent samples including over 5,500 male participants. We found no significant relationship between inclusion of sexual minority men and the use of measurement strategies specialized to assess sexual minority needs. We did find a positive relationship between recency of publication and the inclusion of sexual minority men, r(76) = .24, p = .03, and that most authors/co-authors were women (72%). Conclusions: Preventing perpetration is central to ending sexual violence; therefore, future research should include sexual minority people and use appropriate methodology in the investigation of sexual perpetration characteristics and patterns.

Understanding Sexual Perpetration Against Children: Effects of Attachment Style, Interpersonal Involvement, and Hypersexuality

Sexual Abuse ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 58-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael H. Miner ◽  
Beatrice E. Robinson ◽  
Raymond A. Knight ◽  
Dianne Berg ◽  
Rebecca Swinburne Romine ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Attachment Style ◽  
Sexual Perpetration

66 College men’s perceptions of sexual perpetration behaviour

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
RaeAnn Anderson ◽  
Shawn Cahill ◽  
Doug Delahanty
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Perpetration

Why Did She Do It? College Women’s Motives for Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration

Partner Abuse ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 425-441 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angela M. Neal ◽  
Kristiana J. Dixon ◽  
Katie M. Edwards ◽  
Christine A. Gidycz
Keyword(s):  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Sexual Arousal ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Emotion Dysregulation ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Loss Of Control ◽  
Prevention Programming ◽  
Sexual Perpetration ◽  
Sexual Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Ipv Perpetration

The goal of this study was to examine young adult women’s motives for engaging in psychological, physical, and sexual intimate partner violence (IPV). Participants were 484 college women in relationships who had engaged in at least 1 form of psychological, physical, or sexual IPV perpetration. Women who reported engaging in psychological and physical IPV typically reported motives of anger, retaliation for being hit first or for emotional hurt, and an inability to express themselves verbally, whereas women who reported sexual IPV perpetration reported motives of sexual arousal, to prove love, and a loss of control. These results suggest that women engage in psychological and physical perpetration for many of the same reasons and that women’s motives for sexual perpetration are somewhat different. These findings have implications for the ways in which interventions are tailored, suggesting that there are likely important factors that need to be addressed for all types of IPV (e.g., emotion dysregulation), and some types of IPV (e.g., sexual) might require tailored prevention and intervention efforts (e.g., education about appropriate ways of expressing sexual arousal and love). These findings also underscore the importance of investigating multiple forms of perpetration when studying motives for IPV and the relevance of motives in the development of IPV prevention programming with young women.

scholarly journals Staff Perceptions of Risk for Prison Rape Perpetration and Victimization

2012 ◽  
Vol 92 (2) ◽  
pp. 253-273 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valerie M. Gonsalves ◽  
Kate Walsh ◽  
Mario J. Scalora
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Sexual Violence ◽  
Perceived Risk ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Staff Perceptions ◽  
Perceptions Of Risk ◽  
Prison Rape ◽  
Prison Rape Elimination Act ◽  
Sexual Perpetration ◽  
Male Inmates

Since the inception of the Prison Rape Elimination Act in 2003, increased attention has been directed toward identifying and eliminating acts of institutional sexual violence. However, few empirical studies have systematically explored risk factors that staff perceive as important when ascertaining risk for prison sexual perpetration and victimization. This study examined ratings from 10 staff for 315 female and 1,842 male inmates screened for admission to correctional facilities in a Midwestern state. Overall, findings indicate that a low proportion of inmates were rated medium–high risk for either perpetration or victimization. In addition, results suggest that staff perceived risk factors for sexual violence somewhat differently for female and male inmates. Furthermore, data revealed that staff considered presentation characteristics more relevant than empirically derived risk factors when determining vulnerability to prison rape. Implications for institutional policy and prison sexual assault screening are discussed.

scholarly journals Discordance between the Sexual Experiences Surveys-Short Forms and the Revised Conflict Tactics Scales in College Men

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
RaeAnn Elizabeth Anderson ◽  
Shawn P Cahill ◽  
Douglas L. Delahanty
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Violence ◽  
Sexual Coercion ◽  
Sexual Victimization ◽  
Short Form ◽  
College Men ◽  
Order Effect ◽  
Sexual Experiences ◽  
Sexual Perpetration ◽  
Conflict Tactics Scales ◽  
Conflict Tactics

Objective: Sexual victimization affects at least one in five college women and up to one in six college men; however, the exact rates of sexual perpetration are difficult to ascertain because of inconsistencies in the measurement of these behaviors. The present study is the first to evaluate the extent to which three commonly used measures of sexual violence (The Sexual Experiences Survey- Short Form Victimization (SES-SFV), The Sexual Experiences Survey-Short Form Perpetration (SES-SFP) and the Revised Conflicts Tactics Scales-Sexual Coercion Subscale (CTS2-SC)) concurred in identifying cases of sexual victimization and sexual perpetration. This is the first study to simultaneously examine victimization and perpetration, provide kappa estimates of discordance, and control for order of survey administration effects.Methods: Undergraduate men (N = 397) completed the study measures in a randomized order.Results: The SES-SFV identified 109 cases of sexual victimization (27.5% of the sample) while the CTS2-SC identified 164 cases (41.3% of the sample). Results were similar for sexual perpetration. There was no effect of the order of administration on sexual victimization reports. However, there was an order effect for sexual perpetration. When the CTS2-SC was administered first response rates on the CTS2-SC were higher.Conclusions: These results highlight the lack of precision in the measurement of sexual violence. Conceptually, the SESs should identify a greater number of cases; yet we consistently found that the CTS2-SC identified more cases of sexual violence. We suggest that differences in the instructional cues, internal item structure, and measure structure may account for these differences.

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