Recidivism Risk and Criminogenic Needs of Individuals Who Perpetrated Intimate Partner Sexual Violence Offenses

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Despite the common occurrence of sexual violence in intimate partner violence (IPV) and its association with increased risk of intimate partner homicide, intimate partner sexual violence (IPSV) is often overlooked in the literature. As a result, little is known about risk factors that may be unique to IPSV perpetrators. The present study utilizes a police-reported sample to compare the risk/need profiles of 36 IPSV and 36 IPV perpetrators by creating theoretically meaningful risk composites as proxies for a number of the central eight risk/need areas posited by Andrews and Bonta (2010, https://doi.org/10.1037/a0018362). Results indicate that the risk/need profiles of the IPSV group are more severe than the IPV group, with higher scores in measures of substance abuse, relationship instability, sexual aggression, and mental health concerns. Potential implications for IPSV assessment and intervention at the level of policing and correctional programming are discussed, including the need for higher intensity treatments and the treatment of non-criminogenic needs.

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Perpetrators of IPSV have more severe risk/need profiles than those who commit IPV.
Perpetrators of IPSV also demonstrate more mental health concerns than those who commit IPV.
Higher intensity treatment programs for perpetrators of IPSV may be warranted.
Future research may benefit from distinguishing perpetrators of IPSV and IPV.

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Journal

Journal ID (publisher-id): SOTRAP

Journal ID (nlm-ta): Sex Offending

Title: Sexual Offending: Theory, Research, and Prevention

Abbreviated Title: Sex. Offending

Publisher: PsychOpen

ISSN (Electronic): 2699-8440

Publication date (Electronic): 22 July 2020

Publication date Collection: 2020

Volume: 15

Issue: 1

Electronic Location Identifier: e3713

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[a ]Department of Psychology, University of Saskatchewan , Saskatoon, SK, Canada

[b ]Department of Psychology, MacEwan University , Edmonton, AB, Canada

[3]Centre for Criminology (Kriminologische Zentralstelle – KrimZ), Wiesbaden, Germany

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[* ]Department of Psychology, University of Saskatchewan, 9 Campus Drive, Arts 154, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada S7N 5A5. brandon.sparks@ 123456usask.ca

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Publisher ID: sotrap.3713

DOI: 10.5964/sotrap.3713

SO-VID: 4307a650-3aaa-4ed8-919d-a49456eb0fc1

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Date received : 27 February 2020

Date accepted : 24 April 2020

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