TY - JOUR
T1 - Construing the construction processses of serial killers and violent offenders 2
T2 - the limits of credulity
AU - Winter, David
N1 - Original article can be found at: http://www.informaworld.com Copyright Informa / Taylor and Francis Group [Full text of this article is not available in the UHRA]
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - This article presents a categorization of pathways to violence and homicide, including serial killing, in terms of personal construct theory. Violent offenders' reactions to their offences are considered in relation to the degree of consistency between their actions and their construing of the self and the world. Implications for the assessment and treatment of people who have committed acts of homicide or violence are discussed; and the extent to which it is possible and desirable to adopt a credulous approach with such individuals is explored, including consideration of the truth of offenders' accounts, the therapeutic relationship, and moral relativism.
AB - This article presents a categorization of pathways to violence and homicide, including serial killing, in terms of personal construct theory. Violent offenders' reactions to their offences are considered in relation to the degree of consistency between their actions and their construing of the self and the world. Implications for the assessment and treatment of people who have committed acts of homicide or violence are discussed; and the extent to which it is possible and desirable to adopt a credulous approach with such individuals is explored, including consideration of the truth of offenders' accounts, the therapeutic relationship, and moral relativism.
U2 - 10.1080/10720530701347902
DO - 10.1080/10720530701347902
M3 - Article
SN - 1072-0537
VL - 20
SP - 247
EP - 275
JO - Journal of Constructivist Psychology
JF - Journal of Constructivist Psychology
IS - 3
ER -