ABSTRACT

There have been few studies examining the impact of sentencing decisions on recidivism in individuals who commit sexual offences, which is important as this population may face more stigma, and different conditions in the community, than individuals who have committed non-sexual offences. The present study examined how sentence type and custodial sentence length impacted the incidence of sexual, violent, and non-violent recidivism in 659 Canadian men who were convicted of a sexual offence. Findings suggested that custodial sentences were associated with a greater likelihood of reoffending for all types of recidivism, except sexual recidivism. Custodial sentences of less than two years were consistently associated with an increased likelihood of non-sexual recidivism compared with those who served no time in custody. There was more mixed evidence for whether custodial sentences and custodial sentence length added to the prediction of recidivism once risk and sexual offence type were accounted for.

摘要

很少有研究考察量刑决定对性犯罪者累犯的影响，这很重要，因为与非性犯罪者相比，这一人群可能面临更多的耻辱和不同的社区条件。本研究调查了 659 名被判犯有性犯罪的加拿大男性的刑期类型和监禁刑期长度如何影响性、暴力和非暴力累犯的发生率。调查结果表明，对于所有类型的累犯，除了性累犯外，监禁判决与再次犯罪的可能性更大有关。与那些没有服刑期的人相比，被判处少于两年监禁的人与非性累犯的可能性增加有关。