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Citation

Ward T, Beech AR. Aggress. Violent Behav. 2006; 11(1): 44-63.

Affiliation

School of Psychology, Victoria University of Wellington, PO Box 600, Wellington, New Zealand (Tony.Ward@vuw.ac.nz)

Copyright

(Copyright © 2006, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.avb.2005.05.002

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

This paper represents a first attempt to provide an integrated framework to explain the onset, development, and maintenance of sexual offending. According to the Integrated Theory of Sexual Offending (ITSO), sexual abuse occurs as a consequence of a number of interacting causal variables. We examine the factors that affect brain development (evolution, genetic variations and neurobiology) and ecological factors (social and cultural environment, personal circumstances, physical environment) and discuss how they impact upon core neuropsychological functions underpinning human action. The ITSO then explains how clinical symptoms arise from the interaction between these neurological systems and ecological factors. The capacity of the ITSO to incorporate competing theories of sexual offending is considered, and we end the paper by critically evaluating its usefulness in stimulating research and further theory development.

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