Forensic psychiatry & mental health law

Psychiatry & Law Radar

Tue 22 SepPAPER

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CIRCADIAN BIOLOGY AND SEXUAL OFFENDING: A HYPOTHESIS INTEGRATING CHRONOBIOLOGICAL RHYTHMS WITH ROUTINE ACTIVITY THEORY.

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A proposed model pairing circadian timing with Routine Activity Theory offers no new data and concedes that "evidence linking circadian biology specifically to sexual offending remains indirect" (Chronobiol Int. 2026:1-10), so it supports no new inference about biological timing, volition or responsibility in a sexual-offense evaluation.

Chronobiol Int. 2026:1-10.