CRIM 316 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Xist (Gene), Cognitive Distortion, Emotional Blackmail
24 Sep 2014
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Offenders make a series of decisions prior to committing the sexual act decisions may transpire long term or may also occur quickly if there is a situation where an abusive opportunity is present. Rarely a straightforward decision to just abuse but series of decisions, taken together, lead to abuse: series of seemingly irrelevant decisions (sids) create a pro-environment for the offenders. These sids do not make deviant sexual thoughts normally, but it place the offenders in environments in which they have access to potential victims through their routine activates. Ties together theories from earlier (preconditions, opportunity structure, cognitive distortion) Several steps involved in the offence cycle: offender has negative thoughts (lead to self-pity-nobody likes me, i"m no good) leads to negative feelings (anger, frustration, loneliness, inadequacy) May not act upon fantasies right away, but can lead to masturbation where pleasure is derived.
