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Tell Me How You Really Feel: The Attitudes of the African American Church Toward African American Juvenile Sex Offenders

Venable, Victoria M.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1336700724

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2012, Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, Social Work.
The relationship between race and juvenile sexual offending behaviors is not well developed in the literature. Juvenile sexual offenders who are ethnic minorities, specifically African Americans, would likely benefit from culturally competent treatment approaches to encourage treatment compliance and better long term recidivism outcomes. A developing area of research interest involves understanding the influence of ecological and cultural factors that support the rehabilitation of juvenile sexual offenders. The Black church provides an ideal starting point in this line of research because of the historical position the church has held within the African American community. In this study, survey packets were mailed to members of one predominantly Black church in the Midwest. The participants were asked about their attitudes toward juvenile sex offenders, their attitudes towards juvenile sex offender treatment, and what role the Black church should play in helping juvenile sex offenders and their families navigate treatment. There were 167 survey packets chosen for inclusion in this study. The findings indicate that these church members generally have positive attitudes toward juvenile sex offenders and that the church should offer support to these families. More specifically, individuals who had previous childhood experiences with a juvenile sex offender were more likely to have positive attitudes. Female church members had more critical attitudes towards treatment and were more likely to support incapacitation. In addition, participants indicated that there is a strong need in the church for further education, training and collaboration with professionals and other authority figures. Strategies for community based collaborations and implications for future research are discussed.
Jacquelyn Meshelemiah, PhD (Advisor)
Mo Yee Lee, PhD (Committee Chair)
Joseph Guada, PhD (Committee Chair)
172 p.
African Americans; Behaviorial Sciences; Social Work
juvenile sex offender; treatment; cultural competence; African American; Black; church

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  • Venable, V. M. (2012). Tell Me How You Really Feel: The Attitudes of the African American Church Toward African American Juvenile Sex Offenders [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1336700724

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Venable, Victoria. Tell Me How You Really Feel: The Attitudes of the African American Church Toward African American Juvenile Sex Offenders. 2012. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1336700724.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Venable, Victoria. "Tell Me How You Really Feel: The Attitudes of the African American Church Toward African American Juvenile Sex Offenders." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1336700724

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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