TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2000//
TI  - Understanding cognitive, affective, and intimacy deficits in sexual offenders: A developmental perspective
JO  - Aggression and violent behavior
A1  - Ward, Tony
A1  - Keenan, T
A1  - Hudson, Stephen M.
SP  - 41
EP  - 62
VL  - 5
IS  - 1
N2  - Factors, such as intimacy deficits, problems empathizing with victims, and cognitive distortions, have all been associated with the genesis of sexual abuse. Importantly, they all point to a lack of awareness of other peoples' beliefs, desires, perspectives, and needs. We argue that sexual offenders' problems in these domains can be viewed as partially arising from deficits in one central mechanism: the ability to infer mental states. Following a review of the above three areas, we discuss the developmental literature on children's theory of mind and develop a model informed by this work. We apply this model to sexual offenders and discuss its research and clinical implications.<p />
LA  - en
SN  - 1359-1789
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -