Kompetencje kadr profesjonalistów podejmujących i mogących podejmować interwencje psychologiczne wobec skazanych za przestępstwa przeciwko wolności seksualnej i obyczajności

Abstract

Building a coherent system for preventing crimes against sexual freedom and morality requires examining human resources of specialists working with the perpetrators of such offences, especially sexual health specialists. The purpose of this research was to describe said resources. One hundred and forty-two specialists have completed an online survey concerning their competences, the nature of work with perpetrators, the specialists’ experience of such work, and factors which may convince those not working with perpetrators to undertake such work. Specialists working with perpetrators have high but non-specific competences. Difficulties in work arise from the traits of the perpetrators, the specialists’ deficit in specific competences, and the functioning of the criminal justice system in the micro- and macroscale. In the short term, action to sustain the motivation of people already working with the perpetrators must be taken, so they do not quit that job. In the long term, one would have to reorganise the system of impact exerted on the perpetrators, so as to make it more coherent, rational and effective.