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Expertise and Sexual Offending: A Preliminary Empirical Model
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Bourke, Patrice; Ward, Tony; Rose, Chelsea – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2012
Rehabilitation and treatment perspectives and interventions have concentrated efforts on areas where perpetrators of sexual abuse are deficient, neglecting those where offenders actively seek and strategically plan sexual offence situations and scenarios. Whereas sexual offenders may display deficiencies in some aspects of their lives, there are…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Foreign Countries, Grounded Theory, Sexual Abuse
The Effects of Visual Priming on Information Processing in Child Sexual Offenders
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Keown, 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
A Descriptive Model of Dysfunctional Cognitions in Child Molesters.
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Ward, Tony; Fon, Christina; Hudson, Stephen M.; McCormack, Julie – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 1998
Develops a descriptive model utilizing grounded theory to classify sex offenders' cognitions concerning their offending behavior. The model consists of four categories that were tested to determine their content validity and reliability. Results suggest that the model has provisional validity and adequate interrater reliability. Discusses the…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Classification, Cognitive Processes, Reliability
Community Corrections Officers' Attributions for Sexual Offending against Children.
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Purvis, Mayumi; Ward, Tony; Devilly, Grant G. – Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 2002
Examines gender differences in community corrections officers' (CCOs') attributions for child sexual offending. Results found that CCOs' reasons regarding why men sexually abuse children strongly paralleled current scientific theories on the etiology of child sexual abuse. Also, significant gender differences were found regarding the frequency…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Correctional Institutions, Employee Attitudes, Institutional Personnel
A Descriptive Model of the Offense Chain for Child Molesters.
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Ward, Tony; And Others – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 1995
Study uses a grounded theory approach to the qualitative analysis of the descriptions of thoughts and feelings of 26 incarcerated child molesters describing a recent or typical offense. The resulting model was applied to the offense descriptions of an independent sample of 12 incarcerated child molesters to ascertain its cross-sample validity and…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Correctional Rehabilitation, Counseling, Crime Prevention
Female and Male Undergraduates' Attributions for Sexual Offending against Children.
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Beling, Joel; Hudson, Stephen M.; Ward, Tony – Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 2001
Examines gender differences in undergraduates' attributions for child sex offending. Results showed that undergraduates' reasons for child sexual abuse strongly parallel contemporary scientific theories of abuse, and that there were significant gender differences in the frequency with which participants cited various types of reasons given for…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Child Abuse, College Students, Foreign Countries
Developmental Risk Factors for Sexual Offending.
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Lee, Joseph K. P.; Jackson, Henry J.; Pattison, Pip; Ward, Tony – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2002
A study involving 64 Australian sex offenders and 33 non-sex offenders found childhood emotional abuse and family dysfunction, childhood behavior problems, and childhood sexual abuse were developmental risk factors for paraphilia. Emotional abuse and family dysfunction was found to be a risk factor for pedophilia, exhibitionism, rape, or multiple…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Child Abuse, Criminals, Emotional Abuse