Join Zoe Lodrick for aa afternoon session discussing The Psychology of the Offender

This session will cover

The psychology of the offender:

• the process that precedes offending (Finklehor’s ‘Preconditions Model’);
• the ‘socially skilled’ sex offender;
• how, and why, they target certain victims;
• what the psychology of the offender does to the psychology of the victim;
• the distorted thinking of sex offenders as reflected in society;
• the importance of understanding sex offenders in order to safeguard people from them, recognise them, interview and prosecute them