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Farmer, Mark; Beech, Anthony R.; Ward, Tony – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2012
The aim of the study was to investigate the process of desistance from sexual crime by comparing two groups of child molesters: One group was deemed to be "desisting", while men in the other group were deemed as being still potentially "active" offenders. Men in the desisting group reported being optimistic for the future,…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Social Isolation, Locus of Control, Males
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Mandeville-Norden, Rebecca; Beech, Anthony R. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2009
Cluster analysis of psychometric data measuring offense-specific and socioadequacy problems from a sample of 437 untreated child molesters was carried out. This analysis identified three clusters: Cluster 1 contained men who reported low levels of self-esteem and intimacy and an inability to deal with negative emotions, Cluster 2 contained men who…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Intimacy, Multivariate Analysis, Psychometrics
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Middleton, David; Mandeville-Norden, Rebecca; Hayes, Elizabeth – Journal of Sexual Aggression, 2009
The increase in convictions for internet-related sexual offending has led to new challenges for treatment providers. By 2005 nearly one-third of all sexual convictions in England and Wales were for internet-related sexual offending. In late 2006 a treatment programme for internet-related sexual offending (the i-SOTP) was given accreditation for…
Descriptors: Sexual Abuse, Foreign Countries, Psychometrics, Internet