Understanding sexual abuse offending behaviour in elderly: Psychological perspective
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2023
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Emerald Group Publishing Ltd.
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info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
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Recently researchers working on criminal behaviour have interested in elder offenders as the population is getting older. Crime statistics showed that the number of offenders over the age 55 is increasing each year. These statistics revealed that older people engage not only in minor crimes but also engage in serious crimes. One of this kind of crimes is sexual abuse which is defined as sexual offending against the individuals who are incapable of giving consent. Although public view regarding to elder people sexuality is seen as they are incapable of this kind of acts because of their age, the statistics showed that contrary. Yet the reasons behind the offending behaviour of these elderly people is explained little by the researchers. The aim of this chapter is to review the psychological perspective including neurobiological, psychiatric, cognitive and behavioural perspective. Neurobiological and psychiatric approach mainly focused on disease that lead to criminal conduct like dementia or paedophilia. Cognitive approach emphasises the cognitive distortions regarding to sexual abuse behaviour. Behavioural approach proposed that the learning process based on classical conditioning and operant conditioning determine the sexual abuse behaviour. Yet none of the theories alone not enough to explain the sexual abuse behaviour in elderly people. There is a need for more studies on sex offending behaviour of elderly people in order to have comprehensive understanding of their behaviour and to put forward new theoretical models. © 2023 by Emerald Publishing Limited. All rights reserved.
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Behavioural Perspective On Sex Offending, Cognitive Perspective On Sex Offending, Elderly Sex Offenders, Neurobiological Perspective On Sex Offending, Psychological Perspective On Sex Offending, Sexual Abuse
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Not Your Usual Suspect: Older Offenders of Violence and Abuse
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