Degree Type
Dissertation
Date of Award
1988
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy
Department
Family Environment
First Advisor
Craig M. Allen
Abstract
The perceptions of child sexual abuse perpetrators about their treatment by social work and police investigators were examined as part of a larger study of child sexual abusers. The perpetrators perceptions of the concern, fairness, and competence of both social work and police investigators were explored;The perpetrators were further rated on masculinity and femininity using the BEM Sex Role Inventory Short form. Matched pairs t-tests were used to analyze the data;In the analysis, the only variable that was statistically significant was fairness, with the perpetrators perceiving police, surprisingly, as being more fair than social workers;While difference in concern only approached statistical significance, the pattern indicated that police may be perceived as more concerned than social workers. With respect to competence, although this comparison only approached statistical significance, social workers were perceived as more competent than police;When gender is considered, the perpetrator who is highly masculine perceived the police higher in concern and fairness and the social worker higher in competence. The highly feminine perpetrator had no statistically significant differences but patterns indicated police were perceived high in concern and social workers higher on fairness and competence;Implications for further research and for training for social workers are also discussed.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.31274/rtd-180813-8861
Publisher
Digital Repository @ Iowa State University, http://lib.dr.iastate.edu/
Copyright Owner
Bernita Irene Jacobson
Copyright Date
1988
Language
en
Proquest ID
AAI8909153
File Format
application/pdf
File Size
77 pages
Recommended Citation
Jacobson, Bernita Irene, "Child sexual abuser perceptions of police and social work investigators " (1988). Retrospective Theses and Dissertations. 8851.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/rtd/8851
Included in
Criminology Commons, Social Control, Law, Crime, and Deviance Commons, Social Work Commons