The Study on Adjustment Problem of Sexual Offenders Returning to Community

• Main Authors: Hui-Min Chang, 張慧敏
• Other Authors: Wei-Teh Mon
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2014
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/23926578166922389010

碩士 === 國立臺北大學 === 犯罪學研究所 === 102 === Abstracts: Under high prevalence of recidivism of sexual offence, previous studies had shown the age, the reason and type of sexual offence is the most influential factor to predict the relapse. In this study, we will use the attachment theory to investigate their early family life, and its influence between intimacy and sexual offence. Methods: We use qualitative interview to select our representative interviewee about the deviant behavior and how they recognized their crime. All interviewee will share their story about how they returned and adjusted in their personal, familial and marital, occupational and social life. In this study, there is 4 sexual offenders who completed our interview about the difficulty of returning community and about how they return successfully. Found: The research found that impaired familial, marital, school and occupational bonding with delinquent peer’s accompanying leaded individuals into criminal career. Nevertheless, those impacts would transform themselves into fair controlled bonding after the appearance of important others in their lives, transition of critical life events and enhancement of self–awareness, and then brought about regular life style; stopped their criminal career and facilitated reintegration. Among these, social labor became a turning point to desist crime because of their punitive character, giving rise to self-reflection and being a connection between criminals and their family, marriage, peers and working. Results: The poor bounding and deviant accompanies in familial, marital, academic and occupational life leads our interviewee to commit sexual offence. However, the appearing of important others and self-awareness can bring them back to regular life and discontinue a crime. According to our results, the government and the society should provide supporting system and acceptance toward offenders to return community successfully.