LAWS 3501 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Meta-Analysis, Aggravated Sexual Assault, Sex Offender
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Sexual offences: a wide range of sexual acts with or without physical contact involving people who do not or cannot provide informed consent (e. g. , children, or someone who is unconscious) Sexual offences reported to police in canada in 2013. Understanding the causes of sexual offending is important. Lacking social skills which would block prosocial relationships or behavior. Sexual offenders against children (especially unrelated boys) more interested in children than non-sexual offenders and non-offenders. Self-report, measuring erections when viewing photos of children, viewing time (showing photos, length of time looking determines how much you like: associated and predictive of sexual offending but no causal. The factor, alone or in combination with other factors, directly or indirectly, is associated with the likelihood or amount of past, current, or future sexual offending: predictive. The factor, alone or in combination with other factors, directly or indirectly, is associated with the likelihood or amount of sexual offending in the future: causal.
