Empathy and the recognition of abuse
A lack of empathy is commonly seen as one of the central features of sexual aggression but there is little evidence to justify this assumption. Indeed a recent study, Beckett, Beech, Fisher & Fordham (1994), indicated that convicted child molesters showed more emotional empathy, but less cogniti...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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1996
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Legal and criminological psychology
Year: 1996, Volume: 1, Issue: 2, Pages: 147-153 |
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