In this paper, we draw upon two sets of theoretical resources to develop a comprehensive
theory of sexual offender rehabilitation named the Good Lives Model-Comprehensive (GLM …

The current review aims to outline the existing understanding of sexual grooming. Issues of
poor definition, the adoption of the term “grooming” and the prevalence of sexual grooming …

A meticulously researched inside look at child sexual abuse by clergy, this exhaustive, hard-
hitting analysis weaves together interviews with abusive priests and church historical and …

In recent years a number of multifactorial theories of child sexual abuse have been
developed. The most influential are Finkelhor's (1984) Precondition Model of child sexual …

This comprehensive text provides an up-to-date review and critique of current theorising
about sexual offending. It presents the key ideas underpinning each theory in a clear and …

In this article, I argue that sexual offenders' cognitive distortions emerge from underlying
causal theories about the nature of their victims. These implicit theories function like …

This paper describes the construction and testing of a framework for dynamic risk
assessment. A review of previous studies identified 4 domains into which dynamic risk …

Clinicians and researchers have noted that maladaptive beliefs and distorted thinking play
an important role in facilitating or justifying sexual offenses. There have been a number of …

Models of the relapse process set out to provide a rich description of the cognitive,
behavioral, motivational, and contextual factors associated with a sexual offense. Theory at …

In the past few decades a number of theories have been developed to further our
understanding of various aspects of sexual offending. Recent work has focused on the …