Analisis Criminal Thinking Theory Pada Narapidana Pelaku Kekerasan Seksual Intrafamilial Di Lapas Kelas Iia Kendal
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: Sexual violence within the family is hard to prevent and recover from because the offender should be the victim's protector. This study aimed to describe the criminal thinking patterns of inmates convicted of intrafamilial sexual violence at the Class IIA Correctional Facility in Kendal, using the eight thinking styles in Walters' Criminal Thinking Theory. The study used a qualitative approach with interviews, observation, and document study. The informants were three inmates, three family members, and one head of the inmate development section. Data were coded into themes and checked through source and technique triangulation, with NVivo supporting the coding. The findings show that criminal thinking was most marked in power orientation and mollification. The inmates placed themselves as the only decision makers at home, and family members described anger and threats when they refused. They also shifted part of the blame to alcohol, a quiet house, and economic pressure. Entitlement appeared most directly in one inmate who felt that his role as father and breadwinner gave him a right to vent his disappointment. Cutoff and cognitive indolence were supported by admissions of ignoring conscience and long-term consequences, while evidence for superoptimism, sentimentality, and discontinuity was limited. All three inmates expressed remorse, but their families felt they still focused more on their own suffering. These findings are limited to the cases studied. They suggest that assessing an inmate's progress should consider changes in beliefs and attitudes toward the victim, not only discipline during the sentence.
Language: English
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W7224222701