The Influence of a Juvenile’s Abuse History on Support for Sex Offender Registration

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dc.contributor.authorStevenson, M. C., Najdowski, C. J., Salerno, J. M., Wiley, T. R., Bottoms, B. L., & Farnum, K. S.
dc.date.accessioned2015-07-23T17:53:02Z
dc.date.available2015-07-23T17:53:02Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractWe investigated whether and how a juvenile’s history of experiencing sexual abuse affects public perceptions of juvenile sex offenders in a series of 5 studies. When asked about juvenile sex offenders in an abstract manner (Studies 1 and 2), the more participants (community members and undergraduates) believed that a history of being sexually abused as a child causes later sexually abusive behavior, the less likely they were to support sex offender registration for juveniles. Yet when participants considered specific sexual offenses, a juvenile’s history of sexual abuse was not considered to be a mitigating factor. This was true when participants considered a severe sexual offense (forced rape; Study 3 and Study 4) and a case involving less severe sexual offenses (i.e., statutory rape), when a juvenile’s history of sexual abuse backfired and was used as an aggravating factor, increasing support for registering the offender (Study 3 and Study 5). Theoretical and practical implications of these results are discussed. (Author Abstract)en_US
dc.identifier.citationStevenson, M. C., Najdowski, C. J., Salerno, J. M., Wiley, T. R., Bottoms, B. L., & Farnum, K. S. (2015). The influence of a juvenile’s abuse history on support for sex offender registration. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 21(1), 35-49.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4445407/pdf/law_21_1_35.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11212/2358
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherPsychology, Public Policy, and Lawen_US
dc.subjectchild sexual abuseen_US
dc.subjectsex offendersen_US
dc.subjectattributionen_US
dc.subjectlegal decision makingen_US
dc.subjectpolicyen_US
dc.titleThe Influence of a Juvenile’s Abuse History on Support for Sex Offender Registrationen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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