Aggressive Offenders Cognition: Theory, Research and Practice

Aggressive Offenders' Cognition: Theory, Research and Treatment is the first book in its field to comprehensively examine offenders' social cognition. Focusing specifically on aggressive offenders, the book collates the theory, research and practice relating to offenders' social cognition in one authoritative volume. Edited and written by a team of established and recognised experts, this book addresses two different categories of aggressive offender. The first part of the book addresses sexual abusers, identifying sociological theory, research and practice related to child sexual abusers as well as rapists. The second part focuses on treatment-related information specific to violent offenders. This division of content offers readers a context-specific and focussed source of information. Aggressive Offenders' Cognition: Theory, Research and Practice is an invaluable practical handbook for professionals working with offenders, especially clinical forensic psychologists and forensic psychology students.Ward, Tony is the author of 'Aggressive Offenders Cognition: Theory, Research and Practice', published 2007 under ISBN 9780470034019 and ISBN 0470034017.