Religious affiliations among adult sexual offenders.  

Oleh:

Eshuys, Donna ; Smallbone, Stephen

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Sexual Abuse vol. 18 no. 3 (Jul. 2006), page 279.
Topik: Sexual Offenders; Religiosity ; Social Control Theory
Fulltext: 279.pdf (661.7KB)

Isi artikel

This article examines associations between self-reported religious affiliations and official offense histories among 111 incarcerated adult male sexual offenders. Four categories of religiosity were devised according to self-reported continuities and discontinuities in lifecourse religious affiliations: atheists, dropouts, converts, and stayers. ANCOVAs indicated that stayers (those who maintained religious involvement from childhood to adulthood) had more sexual offense convictions, more victims, and younger victims, than other groups. Results challenge assumptions that religious involvement should, as with other crime, serve to deter sexual offending behavior. Results are discussed in terms of social control and situational theories of crime.

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