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Doing gender as an offender: A criminological analysis of offender narratives, and the interrelationship between masculinities and child sexual abuse

机译:作为罪犯做性别:对罪犯叙述的犯罪学分析,以及男子气概与儿童性虐待之间的相互关系

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Masculinity is a powerful construct that transcends other aspects of male existence and dictates codes of conduct accordingly. Masculinity describes a plurality of roles, norms and expectations that regulate the behaviour of men. Within criminology, many theorists have established an association between threatened masculinity and sexual violence perpetrated against adults. Comparatively little attention has been paid to the relationship between masculinity and sexual violence perpetrated against children. What research there is, suggests that men who sexually abuse children may offend as a way of overcompensating for perceived masculine inadequacies that have arisen as a result of chronic experiences of powerlessness. This thesis is based on semi-structured, in-depth interviews with men who have sexually offended against children. Twenty men were recruited from community-based rehabilitation programmes around New Zealand. Transcripts of these interviews — as well as client records and results of a Q-sort task — were analysed to identify ways in which these men achieve, negotiate or defy normative gender expectations. A mixture of thematic and narrative analysis was used to interpret the data, revealing four prominent themes: powerlessness, entitlement, risk-taking and rigid thinking. Within each broad theme, several other factors were identified. For the theme of powerlessness these were: distorted perception, idealistic or nostalgic views of childhood, previous experience of trauma or abuse, an inability to seek help, experiences of humiliation or rejection, and perceived masculine failings. For the theme of entitlement these were: a propensity for resentment and blame, narratives of nice guys relegated to the friend zone, and valuing of hypermasculinity. For the theme of risk-taking these other factors were: narratives of boredom or addiction, as well as the existence of obsessive or compulsive tendencies. For the theme of rigid thinking these were: inconsistent or illogical cognitive patterns, poor or inappropriate boundary setting, and inflexible or unattainable religious ideals.Overall, the results lend support to current theories of powerlessness and show that men’s sexual offences against children can be interpreted as overcompensatory behaviour occurring within the spectrum of normative masculinities. These findings highlight the need for rehabilitation to consider offenders’ masculine identities as a point of treatment focus. It is argued that society must challenge the rigid and unattainable nature of hegemonic masculinity because of its potentially harmful consequences for men, women and children. It is hoped that the content of this thesis can contribute to academic knowledge about ‘doing gender as an offender’.
机译:阳刚之气是一种强大的建构,它超越了男性生存的其他方面,并相应地决定了行为准则。男性气质描述了调节男性行为的多种角色,规范和期望。在犯罪学领域,许多理论家已经在受威胁的男性气概和针对成年人的性暴力之间建立了联系。男性气概与针对儿童的性暴力之间的关系很少受到关注。已有的研究表明,对儿童进行性虐待的男人可能会冒犯,因为这是对由于长期无力经历而引起的男性不足感的过度补偿。本论文基于对有性侵害儿童行为的男性进行的半结构化,深度访谈。从新西兰各地基于社区的康复计划中招募了20名男子。分析了这些访谈的笔录,以及客户记录和Q-sort任务的结果,以确定这些人达到,谈判或违背规范性性别期望的方式。主题分析和叙事分析的组合被用来解释数据,揭示了四个突出的主题:无能为力,应享权利,冒险精神和刻板思维。在每个广泛的主题内,还确定了其他几个因素。以无能为力的主题为:扭曲的观念,童年的理想主义或怀旧观点,先前的创伤或虐待经历,无力寻求帮助,遭受屈辱或拒绝的经历以及男性化的失败感。对于应享权利的主题,这些是:怨恨和责备的倾向,好人的叙事被归类为朋友区,以及对男性气概的重视。以冒险为主题的这些其他因素是:对无聊或成瘾的叙述,以及强迫症或强迫症的存在。僵化思维的主题是:不一致或不合逻辑的认知模式,恶劣或不适当的边界设置,僵化或无法实现的宗教理想。总体而言,研究结果为当前的无能为力理论提供了支持,并表明可以解释男人对儿童的性犯罪作为在正常男性气质范围内发生的过度补偿行为。这些发现突出表明,需要进行康复治疗,以将罪犯的男性身份视为治疗重点。有人认为,社会必须挑战霸权男子气概的僵化和无法实现的性质,因为它对男人,女人和儿童具有潜在的有害后果。希望本文的内容能有助于有关“做性别犯罪”的学术知识。

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