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The Screening Scale for Pedophilic Interests (SSPI): Construct, Predictive, and Incremental Validity [PDF]
, 2014 This study of 410 adult male sex offenders against children, using data from the Dynamic Supervision Project (Hanson, Harris, Scott, & Helmus, 2007), examined the construct, predictive, and incremental validity of the Screening Scale for Pedophilic ...
Seto, Michael C. +4 more
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Safety Assessment in Child Protection—A Survey Study With Dutch Child Protection Workers
Child &Family Social Work, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Safety assessment is a crucial part of child protective services to estimate acute and chronic danger in families that are at risk for child abuse in order to determine whether and which steps need to be taken to protect the child's safety. This study aimed to gain insight into the usefulness of the safety assessment procedure at Dutch child ...
B. Erens, H. Gerger, E. Simon
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Child &Family Social Work, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Türkiye has experienced a notable increase in juvenile delinquency in recent years, raising serious concerns about child welfare and juvenile justice systems. This qualitative study examines the socio‐economic and structural dimensions of recidivism based on the field experiences of 20 social workers working with children drawn into crime ...
Hüseyin Batman +3 more
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Probation service recidivism study 2007-2011. [PDF]
, 2012 The Probation Service and Central Statistics Office have established a partnership to conduct research on recidivism and related issues among offenders on supervision in the community.
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Growing up otherwise: Situated ethics and pathways to non‐violence in Southern Brazil
Ethos, EarlyView.Abstract This paper proposes a reframing of how young men become embroiled—or not—in the systemic violence that infuses their daily lives. Most frameworks in health and social policy tend to approach violence as rooted in psycho‐developmental problems and/or social and structural determinants.
Dominique P. Béhague +3 more
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Alcohol ignition interlock programmes for reducing drink driving recidivism (Review)
, 2004 BACKGROUND: An ignition interlock device is part of a multi-dimensional programme aimed at reducing recidivism in convicted drink drivers. To operate a vehicle equipped with an ignition interlock device, the driver must first provide a breath specimen ...
Bellamy, Nicholas +2 more
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The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Drawing on qualitative data among a sample of people leaving prison in Aotearoa New Zealand, this article explores how post‐prison transitional housing impacts desistance from crime and motivation to desist. While transitional housing is designed to support reintegration, our findings reveal that it can also produce unintended impacts—or ...
Alice Mills +2 more
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The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Current legislation and safeguarding principles are bound by narrow and inflexible constructions of childhood and adulthood. The criminal age of responsibility in England and Wales has been criticised for the responsibilisation of children from age 10 years.
Jayne Price
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The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Documenting how judges explain child sexual abuse (CSA) perpetration is an important task as sentencing decisions are informed by their explanatory understandings. Despite this, the research into judges’ explanations for CSA perpetration is piecemeal and dated.
Kelly Richards
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The prediction of criminal recidivism using routinely available file information
International Journal of Psychological Research, 2013 Objective. The aim of the present study was to cross-validate the investigation of Buchanan and Leese (2006) into the prediction of criminal recidivism. Method.
Diana Fries +3 more
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