Sexual Offending

Sexual Offending presents the latest theory and research relating to the social cognition, emotion, and motivational goals of individuals who have committed sexual offences. Explores how individuals who have committed sexual offences perceive the world and themselves, and how understanding this can inform their rehabilitation Provides a broad-based view of cognition, and explores the complex relationship between cognition, emotion and associated constructs such as motivational goals Integrates recent work on female sexual offenders alongside the literature on their male counterparts, providing researchers and practitioners with a single resource A valuable handbook for researchers, practitioners and students concerned with understanding and rehabilitating individuals who have committed sexual offences

Notes on Editors ix Notes on Contributors xi Preface xiii Acknowledgments xv 1 Emotion, Cognition and Motivation: An Enactive Perspective 1 Tony Ward 2 The Role of Cognition, Emotion and Motivational Goals in Sexual Offending: Multi]Factor Models 17 Ross M. Bartels 3 Cognitive Explanations of Sexual Offending 35 Caoilte Ó Ciardha 4 Bridging the Cognitive–Emotion Divide: Empathy and Sexual Offending 53 Sarah J. Brown 5 Emotions and Sexual Offending 71 Nicholas Blagden, Rebecca Lievesley and Jayson Ware 6 Motivators, Self]Regulation and Sexual Offending 89 Jill D. Stinson 7 Cognition, Emotion and Motivation: Treatment for Individuals who have Sexually Offended 109 Geris A. Serran 8 Cognition, Emotion and Motivation: Future Directions in Sexual Offending 127 Theresa A. Gannon and Tony Ward Index 147