Staff and Incarcerated Individuals’ Attitudes Toward Men Who Sexually Offend

Implications for Prison Social Climate

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ID21373304
AuthorsSarah Peart (0000-0003-2015-4405, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, Australia, corresponding author), Leon Van Niekerk (0000-0002-6641-5888, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, Australia), Kimberley Norris (0000-0003-3661-2749, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, Australia)
Year2026
Volume106
Issue2
Pages182-203
Publication date2026-03-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Prison Journal (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0032-8855 • E-ISSN: 1552-7522
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/00328855251413761
OpenAlexW7131119231
LanguageEN
References cited45

The attitudes of staff and of males incarcerated for non-sexual offences toward males incarcerated for sexual offences are measured using the Attitudes to Sex Offenders Scale ( Hogue & Harper, 2019 ). Overall, staff had more favorable attitudes toward males incarcerated for sexual offences than males incarcerated for non-sexual offences did. Results also demonstrated that staff and those incarcerated in the prison that does not segregate males incarcerated for sexual offences from the mainstream population had more favorable attitudes toward males incarcerated for sexual offences than staff and those incarcerated in the prison that segregates males incarcerated for sexual offences. Implications for prison administrators in creating rehabilitative prison social climates are discussed

Mainstream · Population · Prison · Prison population · Scale (ratio) · Sexual behavior · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending · Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies

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