CRJ 442 Victims of Sex Crimes

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Table 3.

Attitudes towards prostituted women for the entire group (N = 341).

Item

Pre-

program

Post-

program

 

t

df

 

13. Most prostitutes just got off to a bad start in life. a

2.74

2.79

 

-0.74

323

14. Most prostitutes live in poverty.

2.75

2.24

 

7.91**

327

15. Most prostitutes are trashy or disreputable.

3.24

3.43

 

-3.26*

322

16. Most prostitutes are lazy.

3.32

3.75

 

-8.25**

330

17. Prostitutes are victims of a sexist society.

2.90

2.72

 

2.56

323

18. Most prostitutes are drug addicts.

2.58

2.37

 

3.74**

329

19. Most prostitutes have to work very hard.

2.74

3.26

 

-5.75**

329

20. Sex trade workers provide an outlet that helps preserve families.

3.87

4.31

 

-7.70**

324

21. Juvenile prostitution is more cause for concern than adult prostitution. a

1.82

1.80

 

  0.31

322

a Questions provided by the Edmonton Prostitution Offender Program.

* p < .002, ** p < .0009

Item means range from 1.0 (strongly agree) to 5.0 (strongly disagree). 

Negative t-values indicate greater disagreement with statements following the program.  Positive t-values indicate greater agreement with statements following the program.