Cognitive distortions in sex offenders: Should they all be treatment targets?

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dc.contributor.authorMarshall W
dc.contributor.authorMarshall L
dc.contributor.authorware, jayson
dc.date.accessioned2022-12-01T22:38:21Z
dc.date.available2022-12-01T22:38:21Z
dc.date.issued2009en
dc.date.updated2022-11-08T01:26:27Z
dc.description.abstractIn this paper we consider two sets of so-called “cognitive distortions”: those that have been shown to be unrelated to reoffending (i.e., noncriminogenic factors) and those that have been demonstrated to predict recidivism (i.e., criminogenic factors). While most sexual offender programs target the modification of all these distortions, we argue that treatment should only address the criminogenic attitudes and beliefs. Dissimulation characterizes human responses to personal bad behaviour where the person attempts to present themselves as not having behaved in a harmful way and sexual offenders are no exception. As it turns out excuse-making is healthful and results in a reduction in reoffending. It may, therefore, not only be counter to accepted principles of offender treatment to attempt to change noncriminogenic distortions, it may result in increased rates of reoffending. However, those distortions that are criminogenic must be targeted in treatment if we are to reduce reoffending.en
dc.identifier.citationMarshall W, Marshall L, Ware J (2009). Cognitive distortions in sex offenders: Should they all be treatment targets?. Sexual Abuse in Australia and New Zealand: An Interdisciplinary Journal. 2. 21-33.en
dc.identifier.issn1833-8488
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10092/104829
dc.language.isoenen
dc.rightsAll rights reserved unless otherwise stateden
dc.rights.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10092/17651en
dc.subject.anzsrc1103 Clinical Sciencesen
dc.subject.anzsrc1602 Criminologyen
dc.subject.anzsrcFields of Research::44 - Human society::4402 - Criminology::440202 - Correctional theory, offender treatment and rehabilitationen
dc.subject.anzsrcFields of Research::52 - Psychology::5203 - Clinical and health psychology::520302 - Clinical psychologyen
dc.subject.anzsrcFields of Research::52 - Psychology::5201 - Applied and developmental psychology::520103 - Forensic psychology
dc.titleCognitive distortions in sex offenders: Should they all be treatment targets?en
dc.typeJournal Articleen
uc.collegeFaculty of Law
uc.departmentFaculty of Law
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