A Brief Psychoeducational Program for Men who Patronize Prostitutes

Sawyer, Steven; Rosser, B. R. Simon; Schroeder, Audrey

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“…On the Attitudes Towards Prostitution Scale items developed by Sawyer, Rosser, and Schroeder (1998), only three items did not show significant attitude change following the program. For the item, "It would be OK if my daughter was a prostitute," the lack of significant attitude change reflects very strong disagreement prior to the program with little room for participants to disagree even more.…”

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“…Questionnaires contained a number of behavior and attitude measures including questions from the Attitudes Towards Prostitution Scale (Sawyer, Rosser, & Schroeder, 1998), from the Edmonton Prostitution Offender Program questionnaire (personal communication, 1999), and items written by the first author of this study. In addition, a series of open-ended questions asking about participants' evaluation of the program and the impact Kennedy et al 45 it had on them were included as was the Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability Scale (Crowne & Marlowe, 1960).…”

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“…Attitudes Towards Prostitution Scale (ATPS). The Attitudes Towards Prostitution Scale (ATPS; Sawyer, Rosser, & Schroeder, 1998) is a 15-item self-report scale measuring attitudes, beliefs, and values related to men, family, prostituted women, and prostitution. Agreement with items is indicated on a 5-point Likert-type scale which ranged from strongly agree to strongly disagree.…”

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“…For example, Sawyer, Rosser, and Schroeder (1998) administered questionnaires and personality tests to 37 men arrested for attempting to solicit sexual services prior to their participation in a five-to eight-week psycho-educational program. The researchers found that consumers of prostitution held contradictory attitudes towards prostitution relative to their behav-ior; many of the participants reported negative attitudes towards prostitution.…”

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Attitude Change Following a Diversion Program for Men who Solicit Sex

Kennedy¹,

Klein²,

Gorzalka³

et al. 2004

Journal of Offender Rehabilitation

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This study investigates the effectiveness of an educational diversion program, or "john school," in changing the attitudes of men arrested for soliciting or attempting to solicit sex. Participants were 341 men who completed pre-and post-program measures assessing attitudes towards prostitution, attitudes towards prostituted women, and attitudes towards purchasing sexual services. Analyses revealed significant attitude changes in all three areas. Further analyses revealed that the program appeared to meet its goal of producing attitude change irrespective of prior experience levels with prostitution. Findings suggest that diversion programs like the one examined may be successful in their goal of changing the perception that prostitution is a victimless crime.

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Klein²,

Gorzalka³

et al. 2004

Journal of Offender Rehabilitation

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“…Some items on the current survey altered the language from the prior survey by replacing the word "vice" with "prostitution." Several survey items included in the current survey where derived from prostitution acceptance and rape myth scales as well (see Sawyer et al, 1998;Cotton et al, 2002). Additionally, the current survey also added several novel items to obtain more nuanced information for factor analysis.…”

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Badges and Brothels: Police Officers' Attitudes Toward Prostitution

Jorgensen

2018

Front. Sociol.

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There is a gap in the literature regarding police officers' attitudes about vice, specifically prostitution. Scholars should study this topic because police are interacting with drug dealers and drug users, prostitutes, and Johns, and gamblers and bookies regularly. Additionally, how police perceive prostitution is likely to influence how they enforce laws prohibiting it. This paper presents survey items measuring police officers' attitudes about prostitution related offenses and examines the relationships between officers' attitudes toward prostitution and their personal as well as professional characteristics. Responding officers displayed fairly serious and punitive attitudes toward prostitution offenses. Respondents believed that prostitution was a serious problem in their city and that it leads to more serious crimes. Demographic characteristics of officers such as age, gender, political ideology, and education had more influence on prostitution attitudes than police characteristics such as experience with the vice/narcotics unit. Policy implications derived from the findings are discussed.

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Attitudes towards prostitution among males: A “Consumers’ report”

Sawyer¹,

Metz²,

Hinds³

et al. 2001

Curr Psychol

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The basic attitudes toward prostitution of 140 men who have used prostitutes were examined in relation to several descriptive characteristics, as well as to MMPI-2 results for a subgroup of these men. The attitudes were assessed by subscales of the Attitudes Toward Prostitution Scale (ATPS)-Inaccurate Beliefs about Prostitution, Social/Legal Acceptance of Prostitution, Personal Acceptance of the Prostitute, and Negative Beliefs about Prostitution. Older and more educated participants were less likely than younger and less educated men to believe inaccurate "myths" about prostitution and more likely to indicate support that prostitution should be decriminalized. Curiously, only one-third of the men who used a prostitute reported they enjoyed sex with her, and 57 percent reported they had tried to stop use. The use of alcohol or drugs may be an important risk factor, as 29 percent of the men reported they used alcohol proximate to prostitution use. MMPI-2 results for a subgroup of men suggested that significant psychopathology may exist in as much as one-third of men arrested for prostitution use. Our results suggest "johns" are a heterogeneous group and that further research is needed to guide intervention efforts and to differentiate subtypes of men who use prostitutes.

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A Brief Psychoeducational Program for Men who Patronize Prostitutes

Cited by 15 publications

References 6 publications

Attitude Change Following a Diversion Program for Men who Solicit Sex

Attitude Change Following a Diversion Program for Men who Solicit Sex

Badges and Brothels: Police Officers' Attitudes Toward Prostitution

Attitudes towards prostitution among males: A “Consumers’ report”

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