Violent Partners or a Specific Class of Offenders? A Criminal Career Approach to Understanding Men Involved in Intimate Partner Sexual Violence

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Serval ID
serval:BIB_4A4B79E93D5D
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Title
Violent Partners or a Specific Class of Offenders? A Criminal Career Approach to Understanding Men Involved in Intimate Partner Sexual Violence
Journal
Sexual Abuse
Author(s)
Chopin Julien, Fortin Francis, Paquette Sarah, Guay Jean-Pierre, Péloquin Olivier, Chartrand Eric
ISSN
1079-0632
1573-286X
ISSN-L
1079-0632
Publication state
In Press
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Language
english
Abstract
The current study investigates the criminal career of individuals involved in intimate partner sexual violence (IPSV). Specifically, the goal is to determine whether men who engage in IPSV can be distinguished from those who engage in intimate partner non sexual violence (IPNSV) only and whether criminal trajectories in the resulting subgroup are heterogeneous. The sample comes from a Canadian database including a total of 12,458 individuals involved in IPSV and 32,474 individuals involved in IPNSV). Bivariate and multivariate analyses are performed to examine the differences in the two groups while latent profile analysis allows examining the heterogeneity of characteristics of men who engaged in IPSV. Findings indicate that the criminal career of men who engage in IPSV follows a pattern that is clearly distinct from that of men who engage in IPNSV only and is more specialized in terms of sexual offenses. Results also show that the criminal trajectories followed by the men who engage in IPSV are heterogeneous. Four profiles of different trajectories were identified. Both theoretical and practical implications are discussed.
Keywords
Psychiatry and Mental health, General Psychology
Pubmed
Web of science
Open Access
Yes
Create date
10/01/2024 12:19
Last modification date
25/04/2024 7:00
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