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Showing 1 to 20 of 25 for “"Male offenders"”.
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The sexual assault and rape of male offenders and awaiting-trial detainees
… and extent of the sexual assault and rape of male sentenced offenders and awaiting-trial detainees in Pretoria Local Correctional Centre were investigated. Prison gangs, overcrowding of correctional centres, the involvement of correctional officials and the sexual orientation of the potential …
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Adverse Childhood Experiences, Attachment, and PTSD Symptoms Among Male Offenders in Court-Ordered Diversion
There are millions of adult male offenders currently involved with U.S. corrections system, many of which report a wide range of mental health difficulties and a history of traumatic experiences. Mental health and trauma-related difficulties are important considerations in the treatment and …
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Exploring relationships between moral reasoning, distorted cognitions and problem solving in male offenders with intellectual disabilities
… distorted cognitions and problem solving in male offenders and non-offenders with intellectual disabilities (IDs). The psychometric properties for an adapted measure of distorted cognitions for people with IDs were explored. The difference in cognitive distortions, moral reasoning and problem …
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The perceptions and experiences of male offenders regarding social and rehabilitation services at Chikurumbi Farm Prison in Zimbabwe
… on the rehabilitation programmes offered to offenders in African prisons. The main focus of this study was to explore the perceptions of sentenced male offenders on the social services and rehabilitation programmes offered at Chikurubi Farm Prison in Zimbabwe. An exploratory qualitative …
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Acknowledging offender trauma at intake: a qualitative thematic analysis of Canadian correctional policy
… predominantly on the trauma experiences of female offenders. The current study examined the written policies that guide the Offender Intake Assessment (OIA) process in Canada to assess the extent to which trauma is being considered at point of intake, particularly for male offenders. A …
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Treatment Providers' Perceptions of Treatment Effectiveness with Female Juvenile Sex Offenders
… treatment providers working with juvenile sexual offenders perceive treatment effectiveness of current treatment modalities for juvenile female sexual offenders. According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation statistics from 2008, juvenile offenders, particularly juvenile female sexual …
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Older Federal Inmates: Needs, Institutional Treatment, and Legal Implications
… of life of older Canadian federally incarcerated offenders and whether their rights are being respected. For this study I used social science empirical methodology to answer certain legal questions, such as: what are the needs of older male offenders and how are these needs influencing the …
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An exploration into what works in effectively engaging young adult offenders in probation supervision: practitioners and probationers perspectives
… practitioners might better engage young adult offenders in order to help prevent them from re-offending. While male adults between 18 and 25 comprise around 10% of the population in England and Wales, they account for up to 40% of UK crime (House of Common Justice Committee, 2018). Evidence …
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Psychopathy Symptom Profiles and Neuropsychological Measures Sensitive to Orbitofrontal Functioning
… between the OF functioning of 100 incarcerated male offenders and their psychopathy symptoms. The study's rejected hypothesis had predicted a significant relationship between measures of OF functioning and the Defective Affective Experience (DAE) and Impulsive and Irresponsible Behavioral Style …
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Shame, guilt, and denial in offenders
… and denial in sexual, violent, and general offenders, aiming to reach a clear conceptualisation of these concepts. Hence a measure of shame, guilt, and denial was developed for use with offenders. The research also examined the association of shame, guilt, and denial with more stable …
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Educator Sexual Misconduct: An Examination of Sanction Disparities among Texas Female and Male Educators
… Moreover, research on ESM has largely focused on male offenders, making it difficult to assess the sanction differences by sex. Therefore, sanction disparities between females and males who are accused of ESM are assessed in this research using data from the Texas Education Agency (TEA) database. …
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Educator Sexual Misconduct: An Examination of Sanction Disparities Among Texas Female and Male Educators
… Moreover, research on ESM has largely focused on male offenders, making it difficult to assess the sanction differences by sex. Therefore, sanction disparities between females and males who are accused of ESM are assessed in this research using data from the Texas Education Agency (TEA) database. …
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Assessment of Psychopathy in Incarcerated Females
… The literature addressing this syndrome among male offenders is quite extensive. In contrast, psychopathy and its underlying factor structure remains understudied among female offenders. Research has suggested marked gender differences in the prevalence, clinical characteristics, and underlying …
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The Applicability of the Megargee Classification System for the MMPI-A
… a classification system for MMPI profiles for male offenders, and eventually expanded this system to also accommodate the MMPI profiles of female offenders (Megargee, 1992). Recently Megargee expanded and modified this system for use with the MMPI-2 (Megargee, Carbonell, Bohn, and Sliger, …
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OFFENDER MEMORIES OF THEIR CRIMES: EXPLORING THE FACTORS INVOLVED IN THE EXPERIENCE OF INTRUSIVE MEMORIES
… The aim of the current study was to examine offenders’ memories about their crimes, and explored potential factors involved in the experience of intrusive memories. Method: One hundred adult male offenders serving provincial sentences completed a questionnaire package examining …
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Judges’ Gender and Judging in China
… not only advance feminists’ aspirations that female judges can translate symbolic representation into substantive representation of women, but contribute to the long-standing observations about how judges of different backgrounds actually decide cases. This PhD dissertation follows this research …
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Examining the violentisation process and the likelihood of first time offenders becoming dangerous violent perpetrators, amongst offenders diverted from various courts in the Western Cape
… process with a group of first time adult male offenders charged with Assault Common or Assault GBH diverted from various courts in the Western Cape. The results of the study were compared to that of a similar study conducted by Holtzhausen (2015) which was done on a group of male youths …
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The dynamics of female offending: case studies in Scotland.
This research examines female offending in Scotland, and assesses our current understanding of its nature and causes. It acknowledges the importance of work carried out in the area of female criminality in the last twenty years, but stresses that our knowledge of the subject is still limited in …
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Title Investigation of the moral reasoning of offending and non-offending adolescents using the sociomoral reflection measure-short form
… in depth investigation of the moral reasoning of male offending and male and female non-offending adolescents in the UK using the Sociomoral Reflection Measure-Short Form (Gibbs, Basinger & Fuller, 1992). In Chapter I a review of the research relevant to field of study was presented. In Chapter 2 …
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