Provider: Ingenta Connect Database: Ingenta Connect Content: application/x-research-info-systems TY - ABST AU - Gannon, Theresa TI - Social cognition in violent and sexual offending: an overview JO - Psychology, Crime and Law PY - 2009-02-01T00:00:00/// VL - 15 IS - 2-3 SP - 97 EP - 118 KW - social-cognitive KW - child molester KW - sexual offender KW - violent offender KW - rapist N2 - The main aim of this review is to provide a broad overview of social-cognitive theory and research applied to violent and sexual offending behaviour. The review suggests that there is some variation in the adoption of social-cognitive theory and methods to differing offending behaviours. The violent offending literature, for example, has many examples of novel social-cognitive research methods used to examine the cognitions of highly aggressive men while the child sexual offending literature has very few examples of such social-cognitive techniques. The advantages of adopting a social-cognitive perspective to differing offending behaviours is examined and discussed alongside suggestions for future research in the social-cognitive domain. UR - https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/routledg/gpcl/2009/00000015/f0020002/art00003 M3 - doi:10.1080/10683160802190822 UR - https://doi.org/10.1080/10683160802190822 ER -