The relationship between situational factors and the modus operandi of 103 adolescents involved in sexual offenses against children (12 year old or less) is analyzed. Situational factors taken into account in this study are the location of the crime, the offender-victim relationship and the presence of deviant sexual fantasies involving the victim prior to the offense. Modus operandi strategies...

2 Premise Interpretation in Conditional Reasoning Conditional sentences are pervasive in human communication. Many arguments contain conditional premises or a conditional conclusion. The expression conditional reasoning could appropriately be applied to such arguments. However, there is a tradition in psychological research, which will be followed here, to restrict the use of this expression to...

The relationship between situational factors and the modus operandi of 103 adolescents involved in sexual offenses against children (12 years old or younger) is analyzed. Situational factors taken into account in this study are the location of the crime, the offender-victim relationship, and the presence of deviant sexual fantasies involving the victim prior to the offense. Modus operandi strat...