Sexual Offending (eBook)

Theresa A. Gannon is Professor of Forensic Psychology and Director of the Centre for Research and Education in Forensic Psychology (CORE-FP) at the University of Kent, UK. Dr. Gannon also works as a Practitioner Consultant Forensic Psychologist specializing in sexual offending and fire-setting for the Forensic and Specialist Service Line, Kent and Medway Partnership Trust. She has published more than 100 book chapters, articles, books, and other scholarly works related to male- and female-perpetrated sexual offending.

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