eprintid: 10101336 rev_number: 20 eprint_status: archive userid: 608 dir: disk0/10/10/13/36 datestamp: 2020-06-18 10:41:16 lastmod: 2021-09-19 22:22:30 status_changed: 2020-06-18 10:41:16 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Chiu, YN creators_name: Leclerc, B creators_name: Reynald, DM creators_name: Wortley, R title: Situational Crime Prevention in Sexual Offenses Against Women: Offenders Tell Us What Works and What Doesn’t ispublished: inpress divisions: UCL divisions: B04 divisions: C05 divisions: F52 keywords: situational crime prevention, guardianship, hypothetical scenarios, crime prevention through environmental design, sexual offenses note: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. abstract: This study examined the perceived effectiveness of situational crime prevention (SCP) in sexual assault as rated by 140 offenders convicted for sex offenses against women in Australia. Participants were presented with three scenarios and asked to rate the perceived effectiveness of SCP techniques relating to guardianship, victim self-protective behavior, and crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED). Results indicate that the effectiveness of SCP methods was perceived to vary across different contexts. For offenses occurring in the private setting of an offender’s home, victim self-protective behavior was seen as most effective, followed by guardianship and CPTED. In public settings, although the perceived effectiveness of victim self-protective behavior remained the same, guardianship and CPTED were rated as significantly more effective. Further variations were identified regarding specific strategies. Findings highlight the nuances of offender decision making in different situations and environments, and provide the first empirical comparisons of SCP perceptions among sex offenders. date: 2020-01-01 date_type: published official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0306624X20919712 oa_status: green full_text_type: other language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green verified: verified_manual elements_id: 1787426 doi: 10.1177/0306624X20919712 lyricists_name: Wortley, Richard lyricists_id: RKWOR37 actors_name: Dewerpe, Marie actors_id: MDDEW97 actors_role: owner full_text_status: public publication: International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology issn: 1552-6933 citation: Chiu, YN; Leclerc, B; Reynald, DM; Wortley, R; (2020) Situational Crime Prevention in Sexual Offenses Against Women: Offenders Tell Us What Works and What Doesn’t. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology 10.1177/0306624X20919712 <https://doi.org/10.1177/0306624X20919712>. (In press). Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10101336/3/Wortley_Chui%20et%20al%202020%20IJOT%26M.pdf