Assessment and Treatment of Sexual Offenders with Intellectual Disabilities A Handbook

by Craig, Leam A.; Lindsay, William R.; Browne, Kevin D.

• ISBN13: 9780470058398
• ISBN10: 0470058390
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-05-17
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

The assessment, treatment, and management of sexual offenders with intellectual disabilities are areas of growing concern within the field of clinical forensic psychology.

Author Biography

Leam A. Craig is a Consultant Forensic Psychologist and Partner at Forensic Psychology Practice Ltd. He has published numerous research chapters, articles and books on the assessment and tretment of sexual offenders. He is also an Honorary Senior Research Fellow, University of Birmingham.
William R. Lindsay is Lead Clinician in Scotland for Castlebeck Care and Chair of Learning Disabilities and Forensic Psychology at the University of Abertay, Dundee. He has contributed to more than 200 academic publications.
Kevin D. Browne is Professor of Forensic Psychology and Child Health at the Institute of Work, Health and Organisations at the University of Nottingham. He is also a consultant to UNICEF and Head of the World Health Organization Collaborating Centre on Child Care and Protection in the UK.

Table of Contents

About the Editors	p. xi
Contributors	p. xiii
Foreword	p. xix
Acknowledgements	p. xxiii
Introduction	p. 1
Overview and Structure of the Book	p. 3
Sexual Offenders with Intellectual Disabilities: Characteristics and Prevalence	p. 13
Developmental Pathways in Intellectually Disabled Sexual Offenders	p. 37
Adolescents with Intellectual Disability and Family Sexual Abuse	p. 47
Applying the Self-Regulation Model to Sexual Offenders with Intellectual Disabilities	p. 69
Diagnostic Assessment and Comorbidity	p. 87
Psychiatric Illness, Pervasive Developmental Disorders and Risk	p. 89
Sexual and Gender Identity Disorders in People with Intellectual Disabilities	p. 111
Risk Assessment	p. 137
Assessing Recidivism Risk in Sex Offenders with Intellectual Disabilities	p. 139
Psychopathy and other Personality Disorders in Sexual Offenders with Intellectual Disabilities	p. 153
Suggested Adaptations to the HCR-20 for Offenders with Intellectual Disabilities	p. 177
Suggested Adaptations to the SVR-20 for Offenders with Intellectual Disabilities	p. 193
Assessing Treatment Need and Deviancy	p. 211
Psychometric Assessment of Sexual Deviancy in Sexual Offenders with Intellectual Disabilities	p. 213
Assessing Treatment Need in Sexual Offenders with Intellectual Disabilities	p. 233
Provisions And Treatment	p. 253
Staff Support and Development when Working with Sexual Offenders with Intellectual Disabilities	p. 255
Community-Based Treatment Programmes for Sex Offenders with Intellectual Disabilities	p. 271
The Treatment of Intellectually Disabled Sexual Offenders in the National Offender Management Service: The Adapted Sex Offender Treatment Programmes	p. 293
Journeying to Wise Mind: Dialectical Behaviour Therapy and Offenders with an Intellectual Disability	p. 317
Future Directions	p. 341
Improving Service Provision for Intellectually Disabled Sexual Offenders	p. 343
Index	p. 365
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