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Do professionals show a bias specific to treatment for people who have sexually offended in their interpretation of ambiguous evidence?
Kevin L. Nunes & Cassidy E. Hatton
Published online: 05 Jun 2024
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The dark tetrad in relationships: sexual coaxing, sexual coercion and rape myth acceptance
Nicola Beckett & Nicholas Longpré
Published online: 23 May 2024
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Frotteurism and exhibitionism: an updated examination of their prevalence, impact on victims, and frequency of reporting
Silvia Fraga Dominguez, Elizabeth L. Jeglic, Cynthia Calkins & Leah Kaylor
Published online: 20 May 2024
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Educators’ perspectives on harmful sexual behaviour
Verity Norman & Zoe Stephenson
Published online: 17 May 2024
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An examination of sexual coercion experiences among Latinx female college students
Stacey Piedad Morales & Chitra Raghavan
Published online: 30 Apr 2024
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Recidivism outcomes for young people who have committed a sexual offence and received treatment: A systematic narrative review of studies conducted in Australia and New Zealand
James L. Finney, Natalie Gately & Suzanne Rock
Published online: 01 Apr 2024
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Paraphilic offending: another privilege of White men?
Nora Thompson & R. Karl Hanson
Published online: 29 Mar 2024
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“Your world, everything just implodes, it really is a life-changing experience”: how do relatives of Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) offenders navigate life following discovery of the offence?
Elaine Kavanagh, Elaine L. Kinsella & Patrick Ryan
Published online: 28 Mar 2024
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An exploration of racial and ethnic differences in paraphilic interests and behaviours among a nonoffending sample
Ashley H. Spada, Georgia M. Winters, Elizabeth L. Jeglic, Benjamin N. Johnson & Cecilia Allan
Published online: 28 Mar 2024
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Protective + Risk Observations For Eliminating Sexual Offense Recidivism (PROFESOR): rationale for development and an initial investigation of reliability
James R. Worling & Paula Minske
Published online: 27 Mar 2024
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Historical child sexual abuse cases reported to the police by Indigenous adults in a northern Canadian territory: an exploration of factors affecting the likelihood of charges and convictions
Kate Chenier, Andrea Shawyer, Andrew Williams & Rebecca Milne
Published online: 26 Mar 2024
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Barriers and opportunities for gender-based violence prevention & response at universities in Sub-Saharan Africa
Michelle L. Munro-Kramer, Karley Morris, Sinegugu Duma, Akanni Akinyemi, Sibongile Kamusoko, Judith A. Chamisa, Darlington S. David, Ruth Owusu-Antwi, Tatiana Omolo, Eugene K. M. Darteh, Moreoagae Bertha Randa & Sarah D. Compton
Published online: 26 Mar 2024
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Victims’ experiences of cyberflashing: an explorative study
Bianca Jeacock, Ioan Ohlsson & Simon Jafari
Published online: 06 Mar 2024
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Sexual and gender-based harassment against police employees in European countries: a scoping review
Arian Rostami, Monica Burman, Mehdi Ghazinour & Jonas Hansson
Published online: 20 Feb 2024
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Young men’s attendance in alcohol intensive environments and its association with sexual aggression tactics
Tiffany L. Marcantonio, Kristen N. Jozkowski, Brandon L. Crawford & Jacqulyn D. Wiersma-Mosley
Published online: 22 Jan 2024
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The impact of interpersonal traumas in Portuguese women’s psychological wellbeing: predictors of depression and post traumatic stress symptoms
Eleonora C. V. Costa, Joana Simões, Paulo Correia, Teresa McIntyre & M. Graça Pereira
Published online: 19 Jan 2024
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An investigation of the linguistic and deceptive characteristics of online grooming types
Laura Jayne Broome, Cristina Izura & Jason Davies
Published online: 10 Jan 2024
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Development and validation of the MIDSA-SC scale
Ann-Pierre Raiche, Manon Duval, Léanne Dauphinais, Raymond Knight & Jean-Pierre Guay
Published online: 23 Dec 2023
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Training bar staff to serve as active bystanders in the prevention of substance-involved sexual assault: a quasi-experimental field evaluation of behavioural effects of the Raise the Bar programme
Heather Hensman Kettrey, Alyssa J. Davis, Madison Leslie, Summer B. Quinn, Cat Flood, Erin A. Jones, Taylor Behuniak, Garland K. Vinson, Eliana Lazzara, Piper Koontz, Kayley DeGrappo, Devyn Wishon & Grace Brown
Published online: 20 Oct 2023
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“I read about it in that book” – towards a child safe approach to literature
Shona L. Innes
Published online: 19 Sep 2023
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Factors related to motivation to change and therapeutic alliance among men early in treatment following perpetration of child sexual abuse
Laurent Bélanger & Tamsin Higgs
Published online: 05 Sep 2023
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Prevalence of unwanted sexual experiences and their associations on university students in the United States, United Kingdom, and Ireland: a systematic review
Megan Reynolds, Ngozi Anyadike-Danes, Susan Lagdon, Áine Aventin & Cherie Armour
Published online: 28 Aug 2023
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An investigation of the relationship between female rape myths, child sexual abuse myths and personality disorders
Anne E. Nickell, Frederick L. Coolidge & Andrew Lac
Published online: 28 Aug 2023
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The impact of empathy priming on the Rape Myth Acceptance Scale for those with antisocial/psychopathic traits
Serra Baskurt & Leigh Harkins
Published online: 27 Jul 2023
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Public attitudes toward teenagers with paedophilia: a qualitative examination
Laura E. Jimenez-Arista & Karla Caldera
Published online: 20 Jul 2023
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Alcohol, drug use and experiences of sexual violence victimisation among first-year college students in Ireland
Lorraine Burke, Kate Dawson, William F. Flack, Siobhán O’Higgins, Charlotte McIvor & Pádraig MacNeela
Published online: 27 May 2023
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“Shamba”: understanding and responding to the drivers and dynamics of same-sex sexual activity, sexual violence, and HIV risk in the Malawi prison system
Marie Claire Van Hout, Ruth Kaima, Apatsa Mangwana, Victor Mhango, Chrissie Thakwalakwa & Stephanie Kewley
Published online: 18 May 2023
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Policy barriers to child sexual abuse secondary prevention programs in Australia
Kelly Maree Austin & Michael Alan Salter
Published online: 17 May 2023
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Examining psychologically meaningful risk factors for detected sexual offending in a community sample of individuals with and without sexual interest in children
Skye Stephens, Ian V. McPhail, Ainslie Heasman & Cory Gerritsen
Published online: 11 Apr 2023
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Tensions between police training and practice for the risk assessment of registered sex offenders in England and Wales
Leona Mydlowski & Rhys Turner-Moore
Published online: 28 Mar 2023
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Mindfulness-based interventions for adult survivors of sexual assault: a scoping review
Donna Scott Tilley, Cara C. Young, Misty Richmond & John Humphrey
Published online: 16 Mar 2023
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“I don’t really see any kind of change” – multi-perspective analysis of a circle of support and accountability for young people who have previously demonstrated harmful sexual behaviour
Nicholas Blagden, Belinda Winder & Lauren Leigh
Published online: 12 Mar 2023
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Sexting coercion within romantic context: a test of Akers’ social learning theory
Arta Dodaj & Kristina Sesar
Published online: 28 Feb 2023
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An inclusive typology of youths convicted of sexual or non-sexual crime
Geneviève Parent, Marie-Ève Piché, Catherine Laurier, Jean-Pierre Guay & Raymond A. Knight
Published online: 20 Feb 2023
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How aware are college students of sexual harassment and assault in Turkey?
Diğdem Müge Siyez, Özlem Belkıs & Erol Esen
Published online: 14 Feb 2023
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Aotearoa New Zealand adolescents with harmful sexual behaviours: the importance of a holistic approach when working with Rangatahi Māori
Rhieve Grey, Ian Lambie & Julia Ioane
Published online: 20 Jan 2023
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Dodging justice: characteristics of men with multiple victims who evade detection for long periods
Samuel J. Nicol, James Ogilvie, Mark R. Kebbell, Danielle A. Harris & Ashley Phelan
Published online: 26 Dec 2022
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Rape myth acceptance and psychopathy as interacting predictors of rape proclivity
Philipp Süssenbach & Frank Euteneuer
Published online: 02 Dec 2022
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The Good Lives Model and restorative justice: combined potential in cases of sexual violence
Marie Keenan, Tony Ward & Estelle Zinsstag
Published online: 20 Oct 2022
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Life course outcomes and developmental pathways for children and young people with harmful sexual behaviour
Simon Hackett, Andrea J. Darling, Myles Balfe, Helen Masson & Josie Phillips
Published online: 21 Sep 2022
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Clusters of risk associated with harmful sexual behaviour onset for children and young people: opportunities for early intervention
Gemma McKibbin, Cathy Humphreys, Matt Tyler & Anneliese Spiteri-Staines
Published online: 05 Sep 2022
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“Frantic online searches for help”: design considerations for an online early intervention service addressing harmful sexual behaviour
Gemma McKibbin, Matt Tyler, Esther Gallois, Anneliese Spiteri-Staines, Cathy Humphreys & Julie Green
Published online: 22 Jul 2022
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