The Use of the Polygraph in Assessing, Treating and Supervising Sex Offenders A Practitioner's Guide

by Wilcox, Daniel

• ISBN13: 9780470742235
• ISBN10: 0470742232
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-04-20
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

The Use of the Polygraph in Assessing, Treating and Supervising Sex Offenders presents an in-depth examination of the contribution that polygraph testing can make to offender treatment programmes, with a particular focus on sexual offenders. Features coverage of a very timely issue - the British Psychological Society has convened a working party to assess the contribution of the polygraph to forensic work Potential for greater book demand with the Home Office's current consideration of research on polygraph testing with a view to increasing its usage Primary focus on sexual offenders

Author Biography

Daniel Wilcox is a Chartered Clinical and Forensic Psychologist based in the School of Psychology at the University of Birmingham. He has published and presented extensively on the use of the polygraph in assessing, treating and supervising sex offenders.

Table of Contents

About the Editor	p. ix
List of Contributors	p. xi
Series Preface	p. xv
Preface	p. xix
Foreword	p. xxiii
Overview: Opportunities and Responsibilities	p. 1
The Clinical Use of the Polygraph with Sex Offenders: Caveats and Considerations	p. 9
Pre-Conviction and Post-Conviction Polygraph Testing: A Brief History	p. 31
The Empirical Evidence for the Value of Post-Conviction Polygraph in the Treatment and Supervision of Sex Offenders	p. 49
Basics of Post-Conviction Sex Offender Polygraph Testing	p. 65
Case Studies in the Utility of the Polygraph	p. 97
Polygraph Testing Internet Offenders	p. 113
Risk Assessment and the Polygraph	p. 129
The Accuracy of Polygraphy in the Treatment and Supervision of Sex Offenders	p. 155
Sex Offender Polygraph Testing in the United States: Trends and Controversies	p. 181
Other Post-Conviction Applications of Polygraphy	p. 217
Interviewing and Interrogation	p. 243
Alternate Technologies for the Detection of Deception	p. 267
Forensic Assessment of Sexual Interest: A Review	p. 297
Index	p. 323
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