The process of overcoming denial in sexual offenders

Lord, Alex; Willmot, Phil

doi:10.1080/13552600410001670937

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“…Professionals working with sexual abusers are often hampered by offenders' apparent poor insight into their own and their victims' behavior before, during, and after abuse occurs (Craisatti, 1998;Marshall et al, 1999). Work with child sexual abusers aims to break down denial to allow behavior change and the assumption of responsibility (Craisatti, 1998;Lord & Willmot, 2004). We suggest that the adoption of not only implicit measures such as the IAT, but also other implicit techniques such as viewing times (e.g., Glasgow et al, 2003) for assessment and therapeutic work with child-sex abusers may have beneficial effects.…”

Section: Future Directionsmentioning

confidence: 98%

Implicit Measurement of Sexual Associations in Child Sex Abusers

2009

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The Implicit Association Test was used to measure cognitive associations between children and sex in men convicted of child-sex offences. It was hypothesized that these cognitions would be different in pedophilic-type offenders (defined by having a victim aged less than 12 years) and hebephilic-type offenders (only victims aged 12 to 15 years) such that only the pedophilic-type offenders would have an implicit association between children and sex. This was confirmed. It was also hypothesized that this association between children and sex in the pedophilic-type offenders would be present irrespective of their denial of offence history. This was also confirmed. These results demonstrate differences in the cognitive associations between children and sex held by subgroups of child-sex abusers, and they help establish the Implicit Association Test as an indirect means to assess cognitive factors related to sexual offences.

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Section: Future Directionsmentioning

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Implicit Measurement of Sexual Associations in Child Sex Abusers

2009

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“…The motivation of a violent offender to acknowledge culpability and guilt may be to avoid a long prison sentence or obtain parole, while denial may be due to shame, the desire to maintain an interpersonal relationship, or a way of avoiding humiliation. Many violent offenders are not able to discuss their violence in detail until they have gained some confidence in their ability to change and develop, and can trust the person they are admitting to, usually initially a professional and lastly their family (Lord and Willmott, 2004). Equally, the idea that confrontation will help offenders see the error of their ways, and that accepting responsibility for past behaviour is the first step before they can move forward, is not particularly effective.…”

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Domestic violence: solution‐focused practice with men and women who are violent

Milner

Singleton²

2008

Journal of Family Therapy

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This article reviews the progress of sixty-eight adults (fifty-two men and sixteen women) on a solution-focused programme aimed at reducing domestic violence. The practice principles are described, using examples of participants' experiences. The outcomes over a three-and-a-half-year period are presented and difficulties in assessing effectiveness of outcomes are discussed. The programmeThe Domestic Violence Programme was originally established in 2001 as a pilot scheme, in conjunction with Kirklees Domestic Violence Forum [now mainstreamed into Kirklees Metropolitan Council Adults and Communities Service and known as the Domestic Violence Team (DVT)]. DVT has well-developed services for women experiencing violence at the hands of male partners but had identified gaps in service provision. There was no specialized refuge provision or therapeutic intervention for gay and lesbian people experiencing violence, no therapeutic provision for women who were violent to their male partners, and no provision for men who had not been through the court process. In addition, a significant number of the women receiving support from DVT expressed dissatisfaction with existing group work programmes for their male partners, most particularly their exclusion from the therapeutic programme and, because of the focus in these groups of men taking full responsibility for their violence, what they perceived as the minimization and denial of their attempts to accept that their behaviour played some part in the violence. The pilot scheme aimed to provide a more flexible

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“…Future research may also benefit from comparing polygraph disclosure with elicited from other communicative techniques, such as motivation interviewing, and other techniques that influence denial through their impact on motivational/insight; threats to self-esteem; and fear of negative, extrinsic consequences (Lord & Willmot, 2004).…”

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The Utility of Post-Conviction Polygraph Testing Among Sexual Offenders

Elliott

Völlm

2016

Sex Abuse

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It is often difficult to ascertain the true extent and nature of sexually deviant behaviour, as much relies on self-report or historic information. The polygraph has been proposed as a useful tool in the treatment and supervision of sex offenders. The current review aims to provide a coherent, objective and recent synthesis of evaluation studies exploring the utility of the post-conviction polygraph (PCSOT) in the treatment and management of sexual offenders. This was assessed based on offence recidivism rates and disclosure, self-reported utility was also considered. Nineteen studies were identified from the US, UK, and the Netherlands with no randomised controlled trials identified. Overall, there was a significant increase in relevant disclosures associated with the polygraph. The impact on reoffending rates was significant for violent but not sexual offences. A number of methodological factors introduced the potential for bias in a significant number of studies reviewed in this review.

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The process of overcoming denial in sexual offenders

Cited by 43 publications

References 16 publications

Implicit Measurement of Sexual Associations in Child Sex Abusers

Implicit Measurement of Sexual Associations in Child Sex Abusers

Domestic violence: solution‐focused practice with men and women who are violent

The Utility of Post-Conviction Polygraph Testing Among Sexual Offenders

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