PSYC 2400 Lecture Notes - Andrew Cunanan, Strange Behaviour, John List
5 Apr 2013
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Treatment of sexual offenders: most treatment programs focus on: They think they"re doing the victim a favour. Social skills: helps improve confidence, more assertiveness, dealing with anger, dealing with conflict. Modifying deviant sexual interests: aversion therapy, covert sensitization, use of pharmaceuticals. Find plan to reduce reoffending: person has to be motivated to stop. Lack of consensus about whether treatment is effective. Incarceration is not a deterrent: hanson et al. (2002) showed: Sexual recidivism rates lower for treated offenders (both adolescent and adult) Females more likely to be killed by an intimate partner than are males. Regional differences (western vs. eastern provinces: western provinces have more. Manitoba has the most: eastern provinces have less. Pei is the least: thunder bay, saskatoon, regina are the worst cities. Most likely to be killed by someone you know. Canadian criminal law recognizes four types: first degree murder. Sentence is life (25 years: second degree murder. All murder not classified as first degree or manslaughter.
