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Forensic management of sexual offenders / Robert Alan Prentky and Ann Wolbert Burgess.
Holman Biotech Commons HV6556 .P74 2000
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Prentky, R. A.
- Series:
- Perspectives in sexuality
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sex crimes.
- Sex crimes--Investigation.
- Sexology--Research.
- Sexology.
- Forensic sciences.
- Sex Offenses--prevention & control.
- United States.
- Forensic Psychiatry.
- Sex Offenses--legislation & jurisprudence.
- Sex Offenses--psychology.
- Medical Subjects:
- Sex Offenses--prevention & control.
- United States.
- Forensic Psychiatry.
- Sex Offenses--legislation & jurisprudence.
- Sex Offenses--psychology.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 331 pages ; 26 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, [2000]
- Summary:
- This text reviews the major advances that have taken place over the past 20 years in the management of human sexual aggression. This work is intended to reflect what is known and what is not known about the most effective management practices and strategies for sexual offenders. It includes complete discussions of classification, assessment, and prediction. In addition, major controversies in the field are addressed with the goal of separating supposition from fact and myth from reality. By employing an empirical litmus test throughout, the authors are able to identify what is known; what are sound, yet empirically based, hunches; what is speculation; and what lies strictly in the realm of mythology. Written by a forensic psychologist and a forensic nurse, the book offers a unique dual perspective. With over 1400 references, this represents an important source of every facet of the management and disposition of known sex offenders.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1. Incidence and Prevalence 1
- Chapter 2. Victim Impact 9
- Chapter 3. Diagnosis and Classification 25
- Chapter 4. Assessment 71
- Chapter 5. Prediction 99
- Chapter 6. Legal Responses to Sexual Violence 143
- Chapter 7. Forensic Evidence 183
- Chapter 8. Remediation 203
- Appendix. Risk Assessment Instruments 267.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-328) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0306462788
- OCLC:
- 43657122
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