Reactive and proactive aggression in sexual homicide offenders
Jonathan James,
Tamsin Higgs and
Stephanie Langevin
Journal of Criminal Justice, 2020, vol. 71, issue C
Abstract:
The reactive-proactive aggression dichotomy is a valid, reliable, and useful concept widely used in psychology and criminology but paradoxically largely ignored in the field of sexual offending research. The objective of this study was to test whether adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) as well as psychopathology relevant to physical and sexual violence (psychopathy and sexual sadism) predict the type of aggression (reactive/proactive) exhibited in the commission of a sexual homicide.
Keywords: Reactive and proactive aggression; Sexual homicide offenders; Adverse childhood experiences; Psychopathy; Sexual sadism (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2020.101728
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