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Latest papers
The Sexual Recidivism Rates of Women Are Still Low: An Updated Meta-Analysis.
Criminal behaviour and mental health : CBMH · 2026
Offence-Supportive Cognitions, Atypical Sexuality, Problematic Self-Regulation, and Perceived Anonymity Among Online and Contact Sexual Offenders Against Children.
Archives of sexual behavior · 2021 · senior author
The Development and Validation of the Cognitions of Internet Sexual Offending (C-ISO) Scale.
Sexual abuse : a journal of research and treatment · 2020 · senior author
Latest funding
- $199,341
Mobilizing evidence into the effective treatment of sexual offenders: A feasibility study
SSHRC · 2020 · Principal investigator
- $185,154
Facteurs de risque et caractéristiques des auteurs de leurre et des consommateurs de pornographie juvénile dans une perspective d'intervention et de pratique policière
SSHRC · 2019 · Co-investigator
- $22,906
Mobilizing the evidence into best practices for reducing sexual re-offending
SSHRC · 2018 · Principal investigator
7 publications.
The Sexual Recidivism Rates of Women Are Still Low: An Updated Meta-Analysis.
Hanson RK, Cortoni F, Sandler J
Offence-Supportive Cognitions, Atypical Sexuality, Problematic Self-Regulation, and Perceived Anonymity Among Online and Contact Sexual Offenders Against Children.
Paquette S, Cortoni F
The Development and Validation of the Cognitions of Internet Sexual Offending (C-ISO) Scale.
Paquette S, Cortoni F
A Billion Distorted Thoughts: An Exploratory Study of Criminogenic Cognitions Among Men Who Sexually Exploit Children Over the Internet.
Paquette S, Longpré N, Cortoni F
The Factor Structure of the Aggression Questionnaire With Violent Offenders.
Pettersen C, Nunes KL, Cortoni F
Women convicted of promoting prostitution of a minor are different from women convicted of traditional sexual offenses: a brief research report.
Cortoni F, Sandler JC, Freeman NJ
The recidivism rates of female sexual offenders are low: a meta-analysis.
Cortoni F, Hanson RK, Coache MÈ
Mobilizing evidence into the effective treatment of sexual offenders: A feasibility study
Principal investigators: Cortoni, Franca
Keywords: sexual aggression; sexual recidivism; evidence-based interventions
Facteurs de risque et caractéristiques des auteurs de leurre et des consommateurs de pornographie juvénile dans une perspective d'intervention et de pratique policière
Principal investigators: Fortin, Francis
Keywords: cybercrime; pornographie juvénile; leurre informatique; agression sexuelle
Mobilizing the evidence into best practices for reducing sexual re-offending
Principal investigators: Cortoni, Franca
Keywords: sexual aggression; recidivism; evidence-based interventions
Intimate partner sexual violence: pathways in the offending process
Principal investigators: Proulx, Jean
Keywords: sexual aggression; intimate partner violence; offending process; criminal career; life course
An exploration of the developmental context of deviant sexual fantasies among sexual offenders
Principal investigators: Cortoni, Franca
Keywords: criminal behavior; sexual offending; sexual deviance; deviant sexual fantasies
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