I meant sentences like: > Pandey had a burning need to know what these rapists were thinking. She decided to ask the rapists themselves. > Their utter lack of

I meant sentences like: > Pandey had a burning need to know what these rapists were thinking. She decided to ask the rapists themselves. > Their utter lack of remorse came as a surprise to her. > She saw a pattern of "cognitive distortion" — they had created their own version of the crime that allowed them to justify their actions. Statements like that imply a certain level of cognitive capacity and agency, which maybe these inmates have, but if so that isn't demonstrated anywhere in the article. All I'm saying is that the implications of the research are very different depending on whether these folks are upper middle class, college educated with normal IQ, EQ, etc., versus if half of them have severe lead poisoning or TBIs or whatever.