Employing mixed methods to explore motivational patterns of repeat sex offenders

Joan A. Reid, Eric Beauregard, Karla M. Fedina and Emily N. Frith

Journal of Criminal Justice, 2014, vol. 42, issue 2, 203-212

Abstract: Understanding the motivation of sex offenders plays a key role in societal perception of victim culpability and offender responsibility. This study identified patterns of offender motivation, assessed motivation stability across offenses, and estimated the influence of offense/victim specific factors on motivation in comparison to offender factors.

Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2013.06.008

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