Moral judgment, cognitive distortions and implicit theories in young sex offenders

Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 603-619

  van Vugt, Eveline ^a   Hendriks, Jan ^b   Stams, Geert Jan ^a   van Exter, Florentine ^a   Bijleveld, Catrien ^b   van der Laan, Peter ^b   Asscher, Jessica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Child abusers; Cognitive distortions; Implicit theories; Moral judgment; Peer abusers; Sex offender treatment programs; Young sex offenders

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BULLYING; CAUCASIAN; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPATHY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORALITY; PEER GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL CRIME; SOCIOMORAL REFLECTION MEASURE SHORT FORM; SPECIAL EDUCATION; TREATMENT DURATION; VICTIM; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

EID: 80052506332     PISSN: 14789949     EISSN: 14789957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14789949.2011.603189     Document Type: Article

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