Assessment and Treatment of Sex Offenders A Handbook

by Beech, Anthony R.; Craig, Leam A.; Browne, Kevin D.

• ISBN13: 9780470019009
• ISBN10: 047001900X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-04-20
• Publisher: WILEY

Summary

A comprehensive resource for practitioners working with sexual offenders. Discusses assessments and interventions, as well as providing a comprehensive literature review There are around 10,000 convictions or cautions for sexual offences in the UK each year; early evidence suggests that treatment programmes can halve re-conviction rates Edited by a University of Birmingham team who are world leaders in researching this area; the subject is of interest worldwide, with strong markets in Canada and New Zealand Includes material on managing offenders with developmental disabilities and those with Dangerous and Severe Personality Disorder

Author Biography

Anthony R. Beech,D.Phil, FBPsS, C.Psychol (Forensic) is Professor of Criminological Psychology,University of Birmingham.

Leam A. Craig  PhD, MSc, CSci, AFBPsS, EuroPsy C.Psychol(Forensic) is a Consultant Forensic Psychologist and Partner at Forensic Psychology Practice Ltd.  

Kevin D. Browne, Ph.D., M.Ed., M.Sc., C.Psychol. (Forensic), C.Biol. is Professor of Forensic Psychology and Child Health and Director of Education in the Institute of Work, Health and Organisations (I-WHO), University of Nottingham.

Table of Contents

About the Editors	p. xi
List of Contributors	p. xiii
Foreword	p. xxv
Introduction
Overview	p. 1
Attachment Problems and Sex Offending	p. 13
Risk Assessment
Factors Associated with Sexual Recidivism	p. 39
The Predictive Accuracy of Risk Factors and Frameworks	p. 53
Approaches to Offender Assessment
Sex Offender Risk-Based Case Formulation	p. 77
Psychometric Assessment of Sexual Deviance	p. 89
Measuring Sexual Deviance: Attention-Based Measures	p. 109
The Standardisation of Phallometry	p. 129
Using the Polygraph to Manage Risk in Sex Offenders	p. 145
Assessment of Sexual Addiction	p. 163
Assessments for Specific Populations
Decision Making During the Offending Process: An Assessment Among Subtypes of Sexual Aggressors of Women	p. 181
Internet Sex Offenders	p. 199
The Assessment of Treatment-Related Issues and Risk in Sex Offenders and Abusers with Intellectual Disability	p. 217
The Peaks: Assessing Sex Offenders in a Dangerous and Severe Personality Disorders Unit	p. 237
Predicting Risk of Sexual Recidivism in Juveniles: Predictive Validity of the J-SOAP-II	p. 265
Interventions
Models of Offender Rehabilitation: The Good Lives Model and the Risk-Need-Responsivity Model	p. 293
Modifying Sexual Preferences	p. 311
Advances in the Treatment of Adult Incarcerated Sex Offenders	p. 329
A Community Residential Treatment Approach for Sexual Abusers: A Description of the Lucy Faithfull Foundation's Wolvercote Clinic and Related Projects	p. 349
Issues/Interventions for Specific Populations
Treatment for Men with Intellectual Disabilities and Sexually Abusive Behaviour	p. 369
Interventions with Sex Offenders with Mental Illness	p. 393
Working with Sex Offenders with Personality Disorder Diagnoses	p. 409
Understanding the Complexities and Needs of Adolescent Sex Offenders	p. 431
Multisystemic Therapy for Youth with Problem Sexual Behaviors	p. 453
Female Sex Offenders: Issues and Considerations in Working with this Population	p. 473
Policy and Practice
Working to Prevent Sexual Abuse in the Family	p. 491
Police Work with Sex Offenders: Detection, Management and Assessment	p. 515
Community Strategies for Managing High-Risk Offenders: The Contribution of Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements	p. 535
Actuarial Risk Assessments in USA Courtrooms	p. 551
Index	p. 567
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