How should “acceptance of responsibility” be addressed in sexual offending treatment programs?

J Ware, RE Mann - Aggression and Violent Behavior, 2012 - Elsevier
Sexual offenders in treatment programs are usually expected to take responsibility for their
offending—which we define, on the basis of a literature review, as giving a detailed and …

Offender engagement in group programs and associations with offender characteristics and treatment factors: A review

E Holdsworth, E Bowen, S Brown, D Howat - Aggression and Violent …, 2014 - Elsevier
The aim of this review is to establish how offender engagement within group programs has
been conceptualized, defined or assessed, and the factors that are associated with it …

Making sense of denial in sexual offenders: A qualitative phenomenological and repertory grid analysis

N Blagden, B Winder, M Gregson… - Journal of …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
Denial in sexual offenders represents the first barrier to successful treatment a clinician is
likely to face. Most sex offender treatment programs devote significant time to overcoming …

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

WL Marshall, LE Marshall, J Ware - Sexual Abuse in Australia …, 2009 - search.informit.org
In this paper we consider two sets of so-called 'cognitive distortions': those that have been
shown to be unrelated to reoffending (ie, noncriminogenic factors) and those that have been …

Categorical denial in convicted sex offenders: The concept, its meaning, and its implication for risk and treatment

J Ware, WL Marshall, LE Marshall - Aggression and violent behavior, 2015 - Elsevier
Although denial takes many forms, in this review we have restricted our concerns to those
sex offenders who claim to not have committed a sexual offense. We refer to these offenders …

Group versus individual treatment: What is the best modality for treating sexual offenders?

J Ware, RE Mann, HC Wakeling - Sexual Abuse in Australia and …, 2009 - search.informit.org
This paper reviews the different treatment modalities used for treating sexual offenders. We
provide an overview of the literature comparing group therapy with individual treatment and …

Working with denial in convicted sexual offenders: A qualitative analysis of treatment professionals' views and experiences and their implications for practice

N Blagden, B Winder, M Gregson… - International journal of …, 2013 - journals.sagepub.com
Denial in sexual offenders represents the first barrier to successful treatment a clinician is
likely to face. However, there is currently no research focusing on the experiences of …

Case study reflections of an internet child abuse material offender informing the development of a proposed assessment instrument

C Garrington, S Kelty, D Rickwood… - Journal of criminal …, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose Internet child abuse material (I/CAM) offences negatively affect children in our own
communities and in the wider virtual world. This study aims to understand the differentiation …

[图书][B] Adult deliberate firesetting: Theory, assessment, and treatment

TA Gannon, N Tyler, CÓ Ciardha, E Alleyne - 2022 - books.google.com
ADULT DELIBERATE FIRESETTING Explore the theoretical foundations of—and discover
effective treatment options for—adults who deliberately set fires In Adult Deliberate …

Are categorical deniers different? Understanding demographic, personality, and psychological differences between denying and admitting individuals with sexual …

J Ware, N Blagden, C Harper - Deviant Behavior, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
The purpose of this study was to establish whether there were demographic, personality, or
psychological differences between a sample of 40 incarcerated sex offenders in categorical …