@article{ref1,
title="Narrative roles among contact versus noncontact sexual offenders",
journal="Sexual abuse: a journal of research and treatment",
year="2018",
author="Hamilton, Emma and Sanchez, Delida",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="1079063218769651-1079063218769651",
abstract="The current study explored narrative roles among individuals convicted of a sexual offense. Narrative roles in a criminal context are defined as specific personal accounts utilized by offenders to justify illegal behavior. The chosen theoretical framework recognized four primary offender roles: Revengeful Mission/Romantic Quest, Professional, Victim, and Tragic Hero. A total of 23 interviews were conducted with individuals convicted of a sexual offense ( n = 11 contact, n = 12 noncontact) to explore and compare narrative roles between contact and noncontact offenders. Interviews were conducted using a phenomenological approach and coded via Framework Analysis, a qualitative data analytic method. <br><br>FINDINGS revealed a general pattern of narrative themes among offenders, along with a tendency for contact offenders to endorse Revengeful Mission/Romantic Quest narrative roles and noncontact offenders to endorse Tragic Hero narrative roles. <br><br>FINDINGS suggest that incorporating narrative roles into conceptualization and treatment of sexual offenders may help with tailoring treatments more effectively.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1079-0632",
doi="10.1177/1079063218769651",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1079063218769651"
}