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Men with intellectual disabilities with a history of sexual offending : empathy for victims of sexual and non-sexual crimes
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Hockley, O.J. and Langdon, Peter E. (2015) Men with intellectual disabilities with a history of sexual offending : empathy for victims of sexual and non-sexual crimes. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 59 (4). pp. 332-341. doi:10.1111/jir.12137 ISSN 0964-2633.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1111/jir.12137
Abstract
Background: The objectives were (a) to compare the general empathy abilities of men with intellectual disabilities (IDs) who had a history of sexual offending to men with IDs who had no known history of illegal behaviour, and (b) to determine whether men with IDs who had a history of sexual offending had different levels of specific victim empathy towards their own victim, in comparison to an unknown victim of sexual crime, and a victim of non-sexual crime, and make comparison to non-offenders. Methods: Men with mild IDs (N = 35) were asked to complete a measure of general empathy and a measure of specific victim empathy. All participants completed the victim empathy measure in relation to a hypothetical victim of a sexual offence, and a non-sexual crime, while additionally, men with a history of sexual offending were asked to complete this measure in relation to their own most recent victim. Results: Men with a history of sexual offending had significantly lower general empathy, and specific victim empathy towards an unknown sexual offence victim, than men with no known history of illegal behaviour. Men with a history of sexual offending had significantly lower victim empathy for their own victim than for an unknown sexual offence victim. Victim empathy towards an unknown victim of a non-sexual crime did not differ significantly between the two groups. Conclusions: The findings suggest that it is important include interventions within treatment programmes that attempt to improve empathy and perspective-taking.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Educational Development, Appraisal and Research (CEDAR) | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Intellectual Disability Research | ||||||||
Publisher: | Wiley | ||||||||
ISSN: | 0964-2633 | ||||||||
Official Date: | 10 March 2015 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 59 | ||||||||
Number: | 4 | ||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 332-341 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1111/jir.12137 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||||
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