Abstract
Abstract Previous research regarding sexual offending has been focused on the empirical identification of reliable predictors of sexual recidivism. Currently, the field is in need of theoretical frameworks that describe the aetiology of sexual offending behaviour and clarify the nature of sexual deviance and its role in the mechanisms of sexual offending. Contrary to popular belief, sexual offending behaviour does not automatically imply sexual deviance, nor does sexual deviance imply the inevitability of sexual offending behaviour. This chapter applies an Incentive Theory of Sexual Motivation, which describes sexual desire as an emotional response to a competent stimulus, to sexual offending behaviour. The theory was originally developed to describe normal sexual behaviour; however, it also provides a promising starting point for uncovering the mechanisms of sexual offending behaviour and the role of sexual deviance therein.
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