The Cognition of Domestic Abusers: Explanations, Evidence and Treatment

Aggressive Offenders' Cognition: Theory, Research, and Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 247-266

  Gilchrist, Elizabeth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognition of domestic abusers explanations, evidence and treatment; Cognitive features implicated in domestic abuse; Domestic violence research and inferred cognition; Domestically abusive men and how they talk about their abuse; Early responses to domestic violence and anger management programmes; expectation of aggressive behaviour following alcohol consumption best predictor of intimate partner violence; Feminist influence in areas of domestic violence; Specific cognitive deficits in domestic violence offenders; Survey of Personal Beliefs (SPB); Typologies of domestic abuser

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889392183     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470746295.ch13     Document Type: Chapter

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