Assessment and Treatment of Sex Offenders : A Handbook

by Editor: Anthony R. Beech (University of Birmingham); Editor: Leam A. Craig (Forensic Psychology Practice Ltd); Editor: Kevin D. Browne (University of Nottingham )

• ISBN13: 9780470727270
• ISBN10: 0470727276
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2009-03-01
• 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

Table of Contents

About the Editors

List of Contributors

Preface

Introduction

Overview and Structure of Book

Attachment Problems and Sex Offending

Risk Assessment

Factors Associated with Sexual Recidivism

The Predictive Accuracy of Risk Factors and Frameworks

Approaches To Offender Assessment

Sex Offender Risk-Based Case Formulation

Psychometric Assessment of Sexual Deviance

Measuring Sexual Deviance: Attention-Based Measures

The Standardisation of Phallometry

Using the Polygraph to Manage Risk in Sex Offenders

Assessment of Sexual Addiction

Assessments For Specific Populations

Decision Making During the Offending Process: An Assessment Among Subtypes of Sexual Aggressors of Women

Internet Sex Offenders

The Assessment of Treatment Related Issues and Risk in Sex Offenders with Intellectual Disability

The Peaks: Assessing Sex Offenders in a Dangerous and Severe Personality Disorders Unit

Predicting Risk of Sexual Recidivism in Juveniles: Predictive Validity of the J-SOAP-II

Interventions

Models of Offender Rehabilitation: The Good Lives Model and The Risk Need Responsivity Model

Modifying Sexual Preferences

Advances in the Treatment of Adult Incarcerated Sex Offenders

A Community Residential Treatment Approach for Sexual Abusers: A Description of the Lucy Faithfull FoundationÆs Wolvercote Clinic and Related Projects

Interventions For Specific Populations

Treatment for Men with Intellectual Disabilities and Sexually Abusive Behaviour

Interventions with Sex Offenders with Mental Illness

Working with Sex Offenders with Personality Disorder Diagnoses

Understanding the Complexities and Needs of Adolescent Sex Offenders

Multisystemic Therapy for Youth with Problem Sexual Behaviours

Female Sex Offenders: Issues and Considerations in Working with this Population

POLICY AND PRACTICE

Working to Prevent Sexual Abuse in the Family

Police Work with Sex Offenders: Detection, Management and Assessment

Community Strategies for Managing High Risk Offenders: The Contribution of Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements

Actuarial Risk Assessments in USA Courtrooms

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