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Beech, Anthony R.; Ward, Tony; Fisher, Dawn – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2006
A qualitative analysis of interview data with 41 rapists determined that five implicit theories (ITs) underlie rapists' offense supportive beliefs/feelings/motives: (a) dangerous world (DW)--where men have feelings of generalized anger and/or resentment toward others; (b) women are dangerous--where men hold a set of attitudes that are hostile…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Males, Females, Interviews
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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