The current review summarized results of 191 published empirical studies that examined the
risk and protective factors for sexual violence perpetration. Studies in the review examined …

Risk assessment and treatment for sexual offenders should focus on individual
characteristics associated with recidivism risk. Although it is possible to conduct risk …

Where did we come from? What is our connection with other life forms? What are the
mechanisms of mind that define what it means to be a human being? Evolutionary …

This article encourages the widespread adoption of an integrated, ecological framework for
understanding the origins of gender-based violence. An ecological approach to abuse …

Objectification theory provides an important framework for understanding, researching, and
intervening to improve women's lives in a sociocultural context that sexually objectifies the …

Theories of sexual aggression and victimization have increasingly emphasized the role of
rape myths in the perpetuation of sexual assault. Rape myths are attitudes and generally …

We tested special and general explanations of male adolescent sexual offending by
conducting a meta-analysis of 59 independent studies comparing male adolescent sex …

Previous typologies of male batterers, including typologies developed by means of rational–
deductive and empirical–inductive strategies, are reviewed. On the basis of this review, 3 …

This book investigates the causes and consequences of image-based sexual abuse in a
digital era. Image-based sexual abuse refers to the taking or sharing of nude or sexual …

This paper examines men's lifetime physical intimate partner violence (IPV) perpetration
across eight low-and middle-income countries to better understand key risk factors that …