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Research.com Recognitions

  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

Theresa A. Gannon is affiliated with the University of Kent in the United Kingdom and has a substantial record of research primarily across psychology and social sciences. Their work focuses deeply on areas including clinical psychology, sociology and political science, gender studies, health, and epidemiology. The predominant themes in their research revolve around psychopathy, forensic psychiatry, sexual offending, criminal justice and corrections analysis, child abuse and trauma, sexual assault and victimization studies, intimate partner and family violence, crime patterns and interventions, and posttraumatic stress disorder research.

Gannon's recent publications illustrate a focus on forensic and clinical psychology topics, often relating to sexual offending and violent behaviors. Some notable recent papers include:

  • "Does Treatment for Sexual Offending Work?" (2021), published in Current Psychiatry Reports
  • "Understanding Sexual Aggression in UK Male University Students: An Empirical Assessment of Prevalence and Psychological Risk Factors" (2021), published in Sexual Abuse
  • "Firesetting Reoffending: A Meta-Analysis" (2021), published in Criminal Justice and Behavior
  • "The classification of deliberate firesetting" (2020), published in Aggression and Violent Behavior
  • "A compositional explanatory theory of pedophilia" (2021), published in Aggression and Violent Behavior

Key frequent co-authors in Gannon's research include Nichola Tyler, Samuel Hales, Katie Sambrooks, Mark E. Olver, and Helen Butler. These collaborations have contributed extensively to understanding psychological risk factors and behavioral patterns relevant to violent and sexual offending.

Their research appears consistently in several specialized academic venues, with multiple publications in:

  • Sexual Abuse
  • Aggression and Violent Behavior
  • Psychology Crime and Law
  • Current Psychiatry Reports
  • Criminal Justice and Behavior

Theresa A. Gannon's focus within social sciences is closely tied to applied clinical psychology and forensic contexts. Their investigations encompass multiple dimensions of offender behavior, trauma, and intervention strategies, reflecting a broad interdisciplinary approach.

Recognition for their contributions includes fellowship in the Academy of Social Sciences in the United Kingdom, indicating an established position within the academic community.

Best Publications

  • The good lives model of offender rehabilitation: Clinical implications

    Tony Ward;Ruth E. Mann;Theresa A. Gannon

  • Rehabilitation, etiology, and self-regulation: The comprehensive good lives model of treatment for sexual offenders

    Tony Ward;Theresa A. Gannon

  • An overview of the literature on sexual harassment: Perpetrator, theory, and treatment issues

    Afroditi Pina;Theresa A. Gannon;Benjamin Saunders

  • Does specialized psychological treatment for offending reduce recidivism? A meta-analysis examining staff and program variables as predictors of treatment effectiveness.

    Theresa A. Gannon;Mark E. Olver;Jaimee S. Mallion;Mark James

  • The Implicit Theories of Rapists: What Convicted Offenders Tell Us

    Devon L. L. Polaschek;Theresa A. Gannon

  • A Descriptive Model of the Offense Process for Female Sexual Offenders

    Theresa A. Gannon;Mariamne R. Rose;Tony Ward

  • Cognitive distortions in child molesters: A re-examination of key theories and research

    Theresa A. Gannon;Devon L.L. Polaschek

  • How to integrate the Good Lives model into treatment programs for sexual offending: an introduction and overview

    Gwenda M. Willis;Pamela M. Yates;Theresa A. Gannon;Tony Ward

  • Firesetting: Psychopathology, theory and treatment

    Theresa A. Gannon;Afroditi Pina

  • Female child sexual offenders: Towards integrating theory and practice

    Theresa A. Gannon;Mariamne R. Rose

  • The Multi-Trajectory Theory of Adult Firesetting (M-TTAF)

    Theresa A. Gannon;Caoilte Ó Ciardha;Rebekah M. Doley;Emma Alleyne

  • An overview of the literature on antecedents, perceptions and behavioural consequences of sexual harassment

    Afroditi Pina;Theresa A. Gannon

  • Beliefs, values, and action: The judgment model of cognitive distortions in sexual offenders

    Tony Ward;Theresa A. Gannon;Kirsten Keown

  • Linking Violent Thinking: Implicit Theory-Based Research with Violent Offenders

    Devon L. L. Polaschek;Susan W. Calvert;Theresa A. Gannon

  • Female sexual offenders : theory, assessment, and treatment

    Theresa A. Gannon;Franca Cortoni

  • Where has all the psychology gone?: A critical review of evidence-based psychological practice in correctional settings

    Theresa A. Gannon;Tony Ward

  • Rape: psychopathology, theory and treatment.

    Theresa A. Gannon;Rachael M. Collie;Tony Ward;Jo Thakker

  • Human Rights and the Treatment of Sex Offenders

    Tony Ward;Theresa A. Gannon;Astrid Birgden

  • Cognitive distortions in child molesters: Theoretical and research developments over the past two decades

    Theresa A. Gannon;Tony Ward;Rachael M. Collie

  • Memories are made of this: the effects of time on stored visual knowledge in a case of visual agnosia.

    M J Riddoch;G W Humphreys;T Gannon;W Blott

  • Social perception deficits, cognitive distortions, and empathy deficits in sex offenders: a brief review.

    Emily Blake;Theresa A. Gannon

Frequent Co-Authors

Tony Ward
Tony Ward Victoria University of Wellington
Devon L. L. Polaschek
Devon L. L. Polaschek University of Waikato
Anthony R. Beech
Anthony R. Beech University of Birmingham
Mark E. Olver
Mark E. Olver University of Saskatchewan
Derrick G. Watson
Derrick G. Watson University of Warwick
Ruth E. Mann
Ruth E. Mann Government of the United Kingdom
James R. P. Ogloff
James R. P. Ogloff Swinburne University of Technology
M. Jane Riddoch
M. Jane Riddoch University of Oxford
Glyn W. Humphreys
Glyn W. Humphreys University of Oxford

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