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Direct linkKeown, Kirsten; Gannon, Theresa A.; Ward, Tony – Journal of Sexual Aggression, 2008
Child sexual offenders are hypothesized to hold offence-supportive beliefs that set them apart from others. The current study seeks support for this view via a cognitive-experimental approach. Child sexual offenders and offender controls were exposed to pictures of semi-clothed children (priming condition) or clothed, mature adults (control…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Information Processing, Criminals, Priming
Gannon, Theresa A.; Wright, Daniel B.; Beech, Anthony R.; Williams, Sian – Journal of Sexual Aggression, 2006
Do child molesters hold distorted beliefs (or cognitive distortions) that support their sexual offending? To test this hypothesis, we asked 28 child molesters and 20 inmate controls to read a description of child molestation. Within this vignette, we planted 10 ambiguous descriptions. If child molesters' information processing were driven by…
Descriptors: Institutionalized Persons, Sexual Abuse, Memory, Child Abuse
