Sexual offenses committed by people with intellectual disabilities in the light of the counterfeit deviance hypothesis

Abstract

The article consists of two parts. The first presents a negative, or at least ambivalent attitude to sexual activity of people with intellectual disabilities manifested by most people, including traditional psychologists. Based on the above assumption, the author tried to show the validity and pioneering nature of the hypothesis of counterfeit deviance in people with disabilities committing sexual offenses. This hypothesis shows the phenomenon of sexual crime among people with intellectual disabilities in a completely new, more insightful form, taking into account the specificity of their perception of the surrounding world and their moral norms. Most attention was devoted to showing to what extent the counterfeit deviance hypothesis can increase the effectiveness of therapeutic interventions for sex offenders with intellectual disabilities.