@article{ref1,
title="Examining the Relationship Between Sexual Offenders and Their Victims: Interpersonal Differences Between Stranger and Non-Stranger Sexual Offences",
journal="Journal of sexual aggression",
year="2008",
author="Woods, Laurie and Porter, Laura",
volume="14",
number="1",
pages="61-75",
abstract="The present study examined the behavioural differences in sexual assault offences in relation to the offender-victim relationship (stranger versus non-stranger). These differences were examined specifically in the context of four interpersonal themes of interaction: dominance, submission, hostility and cooperation. The details of 100 sexual offence cases (50 stranger and 50 non-stranger) were content-analysed, generating 58 dichotomous variables, covering offender and victim behaviour during the offence. Chi-Sq tests comparing the two samples found that offenders who were strangers to their victims were more likely than non-stranger offenders to display behaviours that indicate a hostile, violent offence style. In contrast, those offenders who knew their victims were more likely than strangers to display a less violent and more personal, compliance-gaining offence style. These findings are discussed in terms of their implications for offender rehabilitation and victim support.   <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1355-2600",
doi="10.1080/13552600802056640",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13552600802056640"
}