Empathy levels of child molesters compared to nonsexual offenders and nonoffenders.

dc.contributor.author	Cornelius, Jennifer E.
dc.date.accessioned	2012-05-29T13:11:04Z
dc.date.available	2012-05-29T13:11:04Z
dc.date.created	2001	en_US
dc.date.issued	2012-05-29
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1095
dc.description	iv, 25 leaves	en_US
dc.description.abstract	Lack of empathy has been identified as a personality variable that may contribute to committing acts of child molestation. In an attempt to examine this possibility, two samples of parolees, classified as sexual offenders convicted of child molestation, and nonsexual offenders convicted of crimes against property participated in this study. The offender samples were compared to nonoffenders from the general population. The two offender samples were on parole in a large city located in Kansas. Sixty male participants aged 18 years or older were given the Mehrabian Balanced Emotional Empathy Scale. The results of a one-way ANOVA showed the nonoffender group significantly higher from the offender samples, and no difference between the two offender samples.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.subject	Sex offenders.	en_US
dc.title	Empathy levels of child molesters compared to nonsexual offenders and nonoffenders.	en_US
dc.type	Thesis	en_US
dc.college	the teachers college	en_US
dc.advisor	Cooper B. Holmes	en_US
dc.department	psychology	en_US