Polaschek Devon L L, Calvert Susan W, Gannon Theresa A
Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.
J Interpers Violence. 2009 Jan;24(1):75-96. doi: 10.1177/0886260508315781. Epub 2008 Mar 31.
Violent offenders often articulate offense-supportive cognitions during rehabilitation, yet these statements have received little theoretical attention, and intervention approaches have targeted each type of statement individually, as if they were unrelated. An implicit theory approach to cognitions has proved fruitful for research and intervention. The authors apply it to violent offenders. The first study presents a grounded theory investigation of offense-supportive cognition in prisoners attending an intensive rehabilitation program for violent offenders. Analysis of offense transcripts enabled the identification of several implicit theories. These results were refined with a second sample and trialed in the rehabilitation program. Findings suggest that several implicit theories held by violent offenders are linked to each other through the widespread normalization of violence. Few offenders experienced their violent behavior as abnormal, or completely outside of their control, once initiated. The authors make suggestions for enhancing the empirical status of this research domain, particularly through experimental investigations.
暴力罪犯在康复过程中常常表达支持犯罪的认知，但这些陈述很少受到理论关注，而且干预方法是针对每一种陈述单独进行的，就好像它们彼此无关一样。认知的内隐理论方法已被证明在研究和干预方面卓有成效。作者将其应用于暴力罪犯。第一项研究对参加暴力罪犯强化康复项目的囚犯的支持犯罪认知进行了扎根理论调查。对犯罪记录的分析有助于识别几种内隐理论。这些结果在第二个样本中得到完善，并在康复项目中进行了试验。研究结果表明，暴力罪犯持有的几种内隐理论通过暴力的广泛常态化相互关联。一旦实施暴力行为，很少有罪犯会将自己的暴力行为视为异常或完全无法控制。作者对提高这一研究领域的实证地位提出了建议，特别是通过实验研究。
