Changing Child Sexual Abusers' Cognition

Aggressive Offenders' Cognition: Theory, Research, and Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 117-134

  Dean, Christopher ^a   Mann, Ruth E ^a   Milner, Rebecca ^a   Maruna, Shadd ^b  

^a National Probation Service   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accessing and recognising offending relevant cognitions; Addressing offence supportive cognitions in treatment; Aggressive offenders' cognition; Changing child sexual abusers' cognitions; Cognitive behavioural therapy modification and relearning principles; Empowering active responsibility for cognitive change; Function of cognitions; Schema focused therapy with sexual offenders; Types of thinking associated with sexual offending behaviour

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889402247     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470746295.ch6     Document Type: Chapter

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