A comparison of the neuropsychological profiles of adult male sex offenders and non-offenders with a learning disability

Murray, George, McKenzie, Karen, Quigley, April, Mathesod, Edith, Michie, Amanda and Lindsay, William (2001) A comparison of the neuropsychological profiles of adult male sex offenders and non-offenders with a learning disability. Journal of Sexual Aggression, 7 (2). pp. 57-64. ISSN 1355-2600

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Abstract

The present study compared the neumpsychologlcal pmfiles of a group of adult male sex offenden with a laming disability (n-42) with a group of adult male non-offenders with a learning disability (n-42) using the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale - Revised (1986). The groups wen matched for full-scale IQ. Thc study found that the non-offender group had significantly higher Verbal 1Q scorn than the sex offender group. No significant differences wen found for Performance IQ. The non-ofinder group was also found to have significantly hlgher scores on the Vocabulary sub-test than the sex offender group and the sex offender group was found to have significantly higher scores on the ObJecr Assembly subtest than the non-ofinder group. Finally. the sex offender group was found to have a significantly lower Verbal IQ than Performance IQ. No significant Verbal-Performance discrepancy was found for the non-offender group. Possible implications of these findings are dlscussed.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	learning disability, sex offenders, neuropsychological, adult, male
Subjects:	C800 Psychology
Department:	Faculties > Health and Life Sciences > Psychology
Depositing User:	Karen McKenzie
Date Deposited:	17 Nov 2014 09:40
Last Modified:	12 Oct 2019 16:27
URI:	http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/18158

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