Effect of Viewing Emotionally Laden Paintings on Attitudes of Male Sex Offenders

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dc.contributor.authorOguda, Benta G. Adhiambo
dc.contributor.authorVikiru, George
dc.contributor.authorWasanga, Christine
dc.date.accessioned2022-07-28T10:19:51Z
dc.date.available2022-07-28T10:19:51Z
dc.date.issued2021-02
dc.descriptionA Research Article in the International Journal of Multicultural and Multireligious Understanding (IJMMU)en_US
dc.description.abstractCreative arts are overly caricatured as non-essentially flossy and unmerited luxury particularly when executed in a jail setting. However, research suggests that art-based prison programs can significantly bear upon the lives of offenders. In this paper the authors make reference to this connotation in order to investigate the potential for an art-based prison program involving repeated viewing of emotionally laden paintings to influence attitudes towards crime among male sex offenders. Towards this goal the authors used a one group pretest-posttest quasi experimental design to assess the participants’ general attitudes to offending (G scale), anticipation of re-offending (A scale), victim hurt denial(V scale) and evaluation of crime as worthwhile(E scale). Rape and defilement convicts aged 18-45 years from Nairobi West Prison participated in sessions that were facilitated three times a week during the 5 week program. A paired T- Test showed statistically significant improvements between post-test1 and pre-test (t=-3.117, p-value=0.003) and between post-test2 and pre-test (t=-2.161, p-value=0.035). Positive results were found for three attitude measures; G scale, A-scale and E-scale. The findings suggest that participation in art prison programs involving repeated viewing of emotive artwork can be an effective intervention resulting in attitude change among male sex offenders.en_US
dc.identifier.citationOguda, B. G. A., Vikiru, G., & Wasanga, C. (2021). Effect of Viewing Emotionally Laden Paintings on Attitudes of Male Sex Offenders. International Journal of Multicultural and Multireligious Understanding, 8(2), 504-522.en_US
dc.identifier.issn2364-5369
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/23876
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherInternational Journal of Multicultural and Multireligious Understandingen_US
dc.subjectCreative Artsen_US
dc.subjectEmotionally Laden Paintingsen_US
dc.subjectAttitudes of Male Sex Offendersen_US
dc.subjectArt-Based Prison Programsen_US
dc.titleEffect of Viewing Emotionally Laden Paintings on Attitudes of Male Sex Offendersen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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