Development and preliminary evaluation of a questionnaire on cognitions related to sex offending for use with individuals who have mild intellectual disabilities

Abstract

The limitations, suggestions for modification, potential uses of the questionnaire and directions for further research are proposed.

An exploratory evaluation of the Ward and Hudson Offending Pathways model with sex offenders who have intellectual disability

“…Higher scores indicate increased endorsement of distorted cognitions associated with sexual offending. The QACSO has been found to effectively discriminate between sex offenders and non-offenders with an intellectual disability, and has generally good levels of test-retest reliability for all of the offending categories, with the exception of the rape category (Broxholme & Lindsay, 2003).…”

“…However, there is a growing body of literature, much of which would be characterised as occurring at level two by Ward & Hudson (1998a), regarding factors which differentiate men with intellectual disabilities who are and are not sex offenders. For example, there is some evidence that sexual offenders with an intellectual disability, as compared to non-offenders with an intellectual disability may have lower levels of impulsiveness (Parry & Lindsay, 2003), higher levels of sexual knowledge (Michie et al, In Press;, and more distorted cognitions (Broxholme & Lindsay, 2003. Other Sexual Offending Pathways 9 factors have been noted to be associated with recidivism amongst this population, such as antisocial attitudes, poor family relationships, denial of offending, low self-esteem, lack of assertiveness, and poor treatment response (Lindsay, Elliot & Astell, 2004).…”

“…Questionnaire on Attitudes Consistent with Sexual Offending (QACSO; Broxholme & Lindsay, 2003;Lindsay, Carson & Whitefield, 2000). The QACSO is a 63 item questionnaire specifically designed for use with sex offenders who have intellectual disabilities.…”

Locus of Control and Sex Offenders With an Intellectual Disability

“…All participants completed the Questionnaire on Attitudes Consistent with Sexual Offending (QACSO; Broxholme & Lindsay, 2003) and the Adult Nowicki-Strickland Internal-External Scale (Nowicki & Duke, 1974).…”

Characteristics, etiology and assessment of sexual offending in persons with intellectual disability

“…Ovi instrumenti su obimni i njihova administracija može podrazumevati teškoće kada su u pitanju osobe sa IO. Pored pomenutih skala, za skrining kognitivnih distorzija povezanih sa seksualnim ponašanjem osoba sa IO sve češće se koristi i Upitnik o stavovima konzistentnim sa seksualnim prestupništvom (Questionnaire of Attitudes Consistent with Sexual Offending -QASCO, Broxholme & Lindsay, 2003), kojim se ispituju stavovi prema silovanju, voajerizmu, egzibicionizmu, seksualnom zlostavljanju, homoseksualnim napadima, seksualnom zlostavljanju dece i proganjanju.…”