The effect of sexual priming cues on emotional recognition in nonviolent child sexual abusers: A preliminary study

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 292-304

  Oliver, Caroline J ^a   Watson, Derrick G ^b   Gannon, Theresa A ^c   Beech, Anthony R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emotional recognition; Priming tasks; Reaction time; Sexual offenders

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; COMPUTER; CRIMINOLOGY; EMOTIONALITY; EMPATHY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PREDICTION; RECOGNITION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL CRIME; SEXUAL PRIMING; VICTIM; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CUES; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOFTWARE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 65349174456     PISSN: 0306624X     EISSN: 15526933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X08317214     Document Type: Article

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