Sexual offending represents a significant societal burden and a critical public health concern due to its devastating impact on victims. Extensive research on the etiology and maintenance of sexual offending has led to the development of several hypotheses. Among these, a compelling hypothesis suggests that a putative deficit in emotional recognition skills may underlie the genesis of aggressive behavior, including acts of sexual assault against both adults and children. However, previous studies have reported heterogeneity in emotion recognition skills across different subtypes of offending behavior.

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性犯罪者的面部情绪识别


性犯罪对受害者造成毁灭性影响，是重大的社会负担和严重的公共卫生问题。对性犯罪的病因和维持的广泛研究导致了几种假设的发展。其中，一个令人信服的假设表明，情感识别技能的假定缺陷可能是攻击性行为（包括针对成人和儿童的性侵犯行为）的根源。然而，之前的研究表明，不同亚型的犯罪行为的情绪识别技能存在异质性。