To understand the origin, development, and functions of deviant sexual fantasy in sexual
offenders, the present article investigates three areas of the literature on sexual offenders …

Extensive research has attempted to elucidate the role of fantasy in sexual offending. In this
paper, the authors summarize the main results of the literature, especially the contents …

Counterfactual thinking—the capacity to reflect on what would, could, or should have been if
events had transpired differently—is a pervasive, yet seemingly paradoxical human …

There is widespread concern that deviant sexual fantasies promote corresponding
behaviors. The authors investigated whether that concern is valid in nonoffender samples …

The present study explored the links between the Dark Triad traits (ie, narcissism,
Machiavellianism, and psychopathy) and sexual fantasies in a sample of Canadian …

To explore the relationship between dynamic risk factors and recidivism in child molesters,
we studied a sample of men (N= 495) who completed an intensive, prison-based treatment …

Although the phenomenon of sexual fantasy has been extensively researched, little
contemporary inquiry has investigated the content of sexual fantasy within the context of …

Forensic Psychology, 2nd Edition provides students with an in-depth and insightful
introduction to the clinical practice of forensic psychology, the assessment and treatment of …

We identify and examine three assumptions underpinning “sexual deviance” in the
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) of Mental Disorders:(1) the “sexual deviant” …

Aggressive scripts are stereotyped aggression-related event sequences typically acquired in
early childhood, encoded in memory, rehearsed and elaborated, and then retrieved to guide …