TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2018//
TI  - Sociodemographic predictors of sex offender stigma: how politics impact attitudes, social distance, and perceptions of sex offender recidivism
JO  - International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology
A1  - DeLuca, Joseph S.
A1  - Vaccaro, John
A1  - Rudnik, Amalia
A1  - Graham, Nicole
A1  - Giannicchi, Anna
A1  - Yanos, Philip T.
SP  - 2879
EP  - 2896
VL  - 62
IS  - 10
N2  - Stigma toward general criminal offenders has been found to be particularly salient among community members who identify as politically conservative; however, less is known about how political identification relates to stigma toward sex offenders. This is a particularly important area of inquiry, given that criminal jurisprudence and politics legitimatize stigmatizing labels attributed to sex offenders through laws and policies that apply specifically to this group. A nonrandom sample ( N = 518) of participants living in the United States was recruited for this survey study. <br><br>FINDINGS indicated that a specific aspect of conservative political ideology-right-wing authoritarianism (RWA)-significantly predicts negative attitudes and intended social distancing behavior toward sex offenders, even when controlling for other important predictors, such as education and prior contact. RWA was found to be the strongest predictor of negative attitudes and estimations of sex offender recidivism, and also significantly predicted intended social distancing behavior. Implications for addressing stigma toward sex offenders are discussed.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0306-624X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0306624X17723639
ID  - ref1
ER  -