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Social cognition in violent and sexual offending: an overview

Gannon, Theresa A. (2009) Social cognition in violent and sexual offending: an overview. Psychology, Crime & Law, 15 (2-3). pp. 97-118. ISSN 1068-316X. (doi:10.1080/10683160802190822) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:19314)

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Abstract

The main aim of this review is to provide a broad overview of social-cognitive theory and research applied to violent and sexual offending behaviour. The review suggests that there is some variation in the adoption of social-cognitive theory and methods to differing offending behaviours. The violent offending literature, for example, has many examples of novel social-cognitive research methods used to examine the cognitions of highly aggressive men while the child sexual offending literature has very few examples of such social-cognitive techniques. The advantages of adopting a social-cognitive perspective to differing offending behaviours is examined and discussed alongside suggestions for future research in the social-cognitive domain.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1080/10683160802190822
Uncontrolled keywords: social-cognitive; violent offender; sexual offender; rapist; child molester
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Human and Social Sciences > School of Psychology
Depositing User: Theresa Gannon
Date Deposited: 26 Nov 2009 15:35 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 09:57 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/19314 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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