Desistance and Attitudes Towards Sex Offenders: Facilitation or Hindrance?

By G. Willis, J. Levenson, Tony Ward. Journal of Family Violence, 2010

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Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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1. G. Willis
2. Sanna Malinen

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1. G. Willis
2. Sanna Malinen
3. Lucy Johnston
4. Sarah L. Desmarais

Citations in the corpus

• Demographic Differences in Public Attitudes Towards Sex Offenders (2013, background): “Failure to take into account the multifaceted nature of attitudes might explain the limited success of attempts to influence attitudes towards sex offenders through the provision of accurate information (for a review see Willis, Levenson, & Ward, 2010 ).”
• A Meta-Analysis of Public Attitudes Toward Ex-Offenders (2016, background): “…attitudes toward ex-offenders who have been convicted of a sexual offense, such as sexual assault (Hulsey, 1991), sexual assault against children (Hardcastle et al., 2011), or any sexual offense (Manza et al., 2004; Willis et al., 2010) compared with ex-offenders convicted of other offenses.”