The Role of Cognitive Factors in Sexual Offending

by William D. Murphy and I. Jacqueline Page

A PDF version of Chapter 7 from the Safer Society Handbook of Sexual Abuser Assessment and Treatment. It covers the following topics:

• • Traditional Views of Cognitive Distortions and Thinking Errors
    • • Criticisms of the Traditional Views

• • Schemas, Implicit Theories, and Social Information Processing
    • • Empirical Support and Limitations

• • Cognitive Therapy Approaches with Sexual Offenders
    • • Laying the Foundation for Cognitive Therapy
    • • Addressing Attitudes, Schemas, and Implicit Theories Supportive of Offending

• • Summary and Conclusions

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