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What social representations of sex offenders among prison officers?
Kinard, Annabelle; Glowacz, Fabienne
2019European Association of Criminology (ESC)
 

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Keywords :
social representations; prison officers; sex offenders
Abstract :
[en] Since the 1990s, there have been many legal and health advances in the intervention of sexual delinquency. In this way, studies have interested on professional and public attitudes associated with sex offenders and question their influence on social reintegration and engagement in a withdrawal process. Church II et al. (2008) showed that professionals working with sex offenders felt more positive attitudes towards them than police and prison officers who are not in direct contact with them. Our study focuses on the social representations of the general population regarding sexual offenders and those of prison officers who are or not in direct contact with incarcerated sex offenders. A questionnaire consisting of the ‘Community Atittude towards Sexe Offenders Scale’ and the ‘Atittude towards treatment of sex offenders Scale’ was distributed to officers of a penitentiary institution (n=53), 79% (n=42) of whom are in direct contact with sexual offenders. This questionnaire was also distributed online for people in the general population (n=248). Unlike the study by Church II et al. (2008), the results showed more negative representations (t = 4.50 and p = 0.0002) for all prison officers (M=58.38, SD= 8,47) compared to the general population (M=52.5, SD=9,39).
Disciplines :
Social, industrial & organizational psychology
Author, co-author :
Kinard, Annabelle ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de Psychologie > Psychol. de la Délinqu.,des inadapt.soc.& proces.d'insert.
Glowacz, Fabienne  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de Psychologie > Psychol. de la Délinqu.,des inadapt.soc.& proces.d'insert.
Language :
English
Title :
What social representations of sex offenders among prison officers?
Alternative titles :
[en] Quelles représentations sociales des délinquants sexuels chez les agents pénitentiaires ?
Publication date :
19 September 2019
Event name :
European Association of Criminology (ESC)
Event organizer :
Ghent University
Event place :
Gand, Belgium
Event date :
du 18 septembre 2019 au 21 septembre 2019
Audience :
International
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