A re-examination of female child molesters’ implicit theories: evidence of female specificity?
In: Psychology, Crime & Law, Jg. 18 (2012-02-01), Heft 2, S. 209-224
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Recent research by Beech, Parrett, Ward, and Fisher has suggested that Ward and Keenan's male-derived implicit theories represent a good theoretical fit for explaining female child molesters’ offence-supportive cognitions. This paper re-examines the applicability of Ward and Keenan's (1999) male-derived implicit theories for explaining the self-reported offence-supportive cognitions of 16 UK female child molesters. Using almost identical analytic methods to Beech et al., we show that it is indeed possible to code female child molesters’ offence-supportive cognitions under each of the five male-derived implicit theories proposed by Ward and Keenan. However, our results show that the content of female child molesters’ offence-supportive cognitions appears very different to that of male child molesters. Based on our findings, we discuss relevant treatment implications and offer a re-conceptualization of implicit theories for female child molesters using the sex-role stereotyping literature. We also propose that – unlike male child molesters – female child molesters are unlikely to hold generalized implicit theories that sexualize children. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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A re-examination of female child molesters’ implicit theories: evidence of female specificity?
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Gannon, T.A. ; Hoare, J.A. ; Rose, M.R. ; Parrett, N. |
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Zeitschrift: | Psychology, Crime & Law, Jg. 18 (2012-02-01), Heft 2, S. 209-224 |
Veröffentlichung: | 2012 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
ISSN: | 1068-316X (print) |
DOI: | 10.1080/10683161003752303 |
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