Psychological explinations of offending behaviour: cognitive

Evaluations Of Cognitive Distortions-

• Research support for hostile attribution bias- Violent offenders are more likely to interpret angry faces as aggressive than 'normal' controls (Schonenberg and Aiste)- Ambiguous Faces to 55 Violent offenders anc compared to 'normal' control group, Faces has emotions of anger, happiness or fearful emotions-
• Research support for minimalisation- sexual offenders downplayes their roles (Kennedy and Grubin), though people typically do this. Saying it was done to help them or denied the crime.
• Real-World application- CBT can reduce judgement and…