Offense-Related Cognition

Theresa A. Gannon, DPhil, is Professor of Forensic Psychology and Director of the Centre for Research and Education in Forensic Psychology at the University of Kent, UK. A Practitioner Consultant Forensic Psychologist specialising in deliberate firesetting and sexual offending, she has published over 140 chapters, articles, books, and other scholarly works on male and female-perpetrated offending. Tony Ward, PhD, DipClinPsyc, is Professor of Clinical Psychology at Victoria University of Wellington and a Fellow of both the Royal Society of New Zealand and the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers. He has authored over 490 academic publications and received the 2021 Mason Durie Medal for Social Science research from the Royal Society of New Zealand.

• About the Editors ixNotes on Contributors xiPreface xviiAcknowledgments xix1 A Brief Primer of Social Cognition for Forensic Psychology 1Matthew T. Crawford2 Enactivism, Cognition, and Forensic Explanation 21Kristopher Nielsen3 Shaping Professional Conceptualization of Offending Behavior and Criminal Justice Research 37Tony Ward and Clare-Ann Fortune4 Emotion and Cognition: Current Approaches and Future Directions 55Harry J. Dent5 Desistance and Cognition: Agency and Identity Shifts 73Harry J. Dent6 Moral Cognition and Offending 89Emma J. Palmer7 Expertise and Offending 105Claire Nee and Zarah Vernham8 Questionnaire and Qualitative Approaches to Assessing Cognition in Forensic Populations 125Victoria P. M. Lister9 Indirect Methods of Assessing Cognition in Forensic Populations 143Ross M. Bartels10 Distinctions Between Violent Attitudes and Other Violent Cognitions 163Kevin L. Nunes and Cassidy E. Hatton11 Evidence-Based Assessment of Offense-Related Cognitions in Clinical Practice 179Derek Perkins and Britta Schumacher12 Cognition in Sexual Offending 197Caoilte Ó Ciardha13 Cognition in Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration 215Afroditi Pina, Jenna L. Harewell, and Rachel E. Tisi14 Firesetting Cognition 233Nichola Tyler, Sinead Cloonan-Thomas, and Aimee Reed15 General Violence Cognition 251Ivan Sebalo16 Intellectual Disability and Offense-Related Cognition 267Jacinta R. Cording, Jayson Ware, and Rowan Peck17 Cognition and the Criminal Justice System 285Sarah M. Kelleher and Rachel E. Tisi18 Cognition and Witness Memory 303Lily C. Erner, Inchara A. U. Athreya, and Kimberley A. Wade19 First- and Second-Wave Approaches to Problematic Cognitions in Forensic Practice 319Geris Serran20 Third-Wave Therapeutic Approaches to Problematic Cognitions in Forensic Settings 337Kerensa Hocken21 Working with Offense-Supportive Psychosis and Delusions in Forensic Practice 355Estelle Moore and Josephine McInerney22 Future Research and Practice Challenges for Forensic Cognition 371Theresa A. Gannon and Tony WardIndex 385