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Direct linkGaros, Sheila; Bleckley, M. Kathryn; Beggan, James K.; Frizzell, Jason – Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 2004
Sex offenders have been shown to possess a number of consistent characteristics such as lack of empathic responding, distorted cognitions, a sense of entitlement, and lack of self-esteem. Though these constructs have been given considerable attention in the literature, little attention has been paid to what role intrapsychic conflict may play in…
Descriptors: Conflict, Sexual Abuse, Criminals, Empathy
