Sexual offenders’ explanations for their offending

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Empathy deficits and sexual offending: A model of obstacles to empathy (2013, background): “Marshall et al. (1995) suggested emotional processes are relevant in the first and third stages of the empathic process, Pithers (1994) asserted that empathy can be precipitated by the experience of personal affect, and Hanson (2003) commented that the final stage of the empathic process was an emot”
Patterns of criminal achievement in sexual offending: Unravelling the “successful” sex offender (2011, background): “More recent studies have shown empirical evidence supporting the importance sexual gratifications in sexual offending, without denying the presence of other benefits it can provide the offender (e.g., Bryden & Grier, 2011; Lussier, Proulx, et al., 2005; Mann & Hollin, 2007).”
A fundamental attribution error? Rethinking cognitive distortions † (2006, background): “When untreated sexual offenders are asked to explain their offending, they typically provide reasons which reflect known dynamic risk factors for this type of crime, such as intimacy seeking, poor emotional management or impulsivity (Mann & Hollin, 2006).”