OBJECTIVE We examined how the age of the victim influences the public's risk assessment and punishment attitudes for individuals who have sexually offended and whether actuarial feedback influences these ratings. HYPOTHESES (1) Risk ratings for child victim vignettes would be higher than ratings for adult victim vignettes. This effect would be driven by higher ratings for lower risk individuals. (2) Because of the increased stigma associated with individuals with child victim sexual abuse convictions, participants who rated this subgroup would be less likely than those who rated adult victim vignettes to revise their initial risk ratings. (3) Dispositional placements for the individuals in vignettes with child victims would be more punitive than for those with adult victims, both before and after feedback. METHOD Participants (N = 389, 18-77 years, 51.7% male, 73.0% White) read five vignettes of individuals incarcerated for a sexual offense at five different risk levels and with either child or adult victims. They made judgments about recidivism risk and postprison dispositions and then received actuarial feedback and made the ratings again. RESULTS Risk ratings for child victim vignettes were higher than ratings for adult victim vignettes, particularly for cases of average risk and below (η²p = .17). Participants were equally likely to revise initial risk ratings for child and adult victim vignettes (η²p = .01). Dispositional placements for child victim vignettes were significantly more punitive than for adult victim vignettes both before and after feedback, especially for the lower risk individuals (η²p = .07). CONCLUSIONS Although judgments of risk and disposition toward individuals who sexually offend can be adjusted regardless of victim type, there is a more severe bias against individuals with child victims. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).

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比较对儿童进行性侵犯的个人与成人的看法。


目的 我们研究了受害者的年龄如何影响公众对性犯罪者的风险评估和惩罚态度，以及精算反馈是否影响这些评级。假设 (1) 儿童受害者场景的风险评级将高于成人受害者场景的风险评级。这种效应将由较低风险个人的较高评级驱动。 (2) 由于与儿童受害者性虐待定罪的个人相关的耻辱感增加，对这一亚组进行评级的参与者比对成人受害者片段进行评级的参与者更不可能修改其最初的风险评级。 (3) 在反馈之前和之后，对儿童受害者的小插图中的个人的处置安置将比对成年受害者的处置安置更具惩罚性。方法 参与者（N = 389，18-77 岁，51.7% 男性，73.0% 白人）阅读因性犯罪而被监禁的个人的五个小故事，其中有五个不同的风险级别，受害者有儿童或成人。他们对累犯风险和刑后处置进行判断，然后收到精算反馈并重新进行评级。结果 儿童受害人场景的风险评级高于成人受害人场景的风险评级，特别是对于平均风险及以下的案例 (η²p = .17)。参与者同样有可能修改儿童和成人受害者场景的初始风险评级 (η²p = .01)。在反馈之前和之后，儿童受害者片段的处置性安置比成人受害者片段的惩罚性明显更大，特别是对于低风险个体（η²p = .07）。 结论 尽管无论受害者类型如何，对性犯罪个人的风险和处置判断都可以调整，但对儿童受害者的个人存在更严重的偏见。 （PsycInfo 数据库记录 (c) 2024 APA，保留所有权利）。