Assessment for social problem-solving, social information processing, and criminal thinking

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Langdon, Peter E. (2019) Assessment for social problem-solving, social information processing, and criminal thinking. In: The Wiley Handbook on What Works for Offenders with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. Wiley, pp. 167-180. ISBN 9781119316251

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Abstract

There are substantial challenges when undertaking formalized psychological assessments of constructs related to social problem-solving, social information processing (SIP), and criminal thinking with people who have intellectual disabilities. Psychological measurement has been a longstanding and challenging problem with this population because of the potential difficulties with understanding assessment materials and providing responses, much of which requires cognitive and other related skills. The SIP-Moral Decision-Making framework integrated several previous theoretical perspectives into a single framework that attempts to capture variables and constructs that develop over time, whilst also attempting to consider how real time decision making and social problem-solving occurs. Cognition, and in particular, offence-supportive cognitions, have been shown to be related to illegal behaviour, and many psychological intervention programmes aim to reduce offence-supportive cognitions and attitudes. There is evidence that adults with intellectual disabilities who have a history of engaging in illegal behaviour tend to endorse distorted, consistent with biased social information processing.

Item Type:	Book Section
Uncontrolled Keywords:	psychology(all),sdg 16 - peace, justice and strong institutions ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/3200
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School
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Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	01 May 2025 15:30
Last Modified:	04 May 2025 23:45
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/99173
DOI:	10.1002/9781119316268.ch8

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