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Assessment and treatment of sex offenders : a handbook / edited by Anthony R. Beech, Leam A. Craig and Kevin D. Browne.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sex offenders.
- Sex offenders--Rehabilitation.
- Sex offenders--Psychology.
- Criminal behavior, Prediction of.
- Risk assessment.
- Physical Description:
- xxvii, 582 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chichester, UK ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009.
- Summary:
- Rehabilitation treatment programmes for sexual offenders can have a high success rate if the initial assessment is carried out effectively and the correct interventions applied. In this comprehensive book, the editors bring together an international list of leading researchers and practitioners to review the evidence-base for assessment, evaluate treatment and offer practical guidance to those working within the field.
- Assessment and Treatment of Sex Offenders: A Handbook also includes a comprehensive literature review on working with sex offenders, as well as sections on legislation, working with special populations and approaches to managing sex offenders in the community.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- 1 Overview / Anthony R. Beech, Leam A. Craig, Kevin D. Browne 1
- 2 Attachment Problems and Sex Offending / Jackie Craissati 13
- Part 1 Risk Assessment
- 3 Factors Associated with Sexual Recidivism / Franca Cortoni 39
- 4 The Predictive Accuracy of Risk Factors and Frameworks / Leam A. Craig, Anthony R. Beech, Leigh Harkins 53
- Part 2 Approaches to Offender Assessment
- 5 Sex Offender Risk-Based Case Formulation / Douglas P. Boer, Jo Thakker, Tony Ward 77
- 6 Psychometric Assessment of Sexual Deviance / Leam A. Craig, Anthony R. Beech 89
- 7 Measuring Sexual Deviance: Attention-Based Measures / Carmen L.Z. Gress, D. Richard Laws 109
- 8 The Standardisation of Phallometry / Yolando Fernandez 129
- 9 Using the Polygraph to Manage Risk in Sex Offenders / Don Grubin 145
- 10 Assessment of Sexual Addiction / Liam E. Marshall, Matt D. O'Brien 163
- Part 3 Assessments for Specific Populations
- 11 Decision Making During the Offending Process: An Assessment Among Subtypes of Sexual Aggressors of Women / Jean Proulx, Eric Beauregard 181
- 12 Internet Sex Offenders / David Middleton 199
- 13 The Assessment of Treatment-Related Issues and Risk in Sex Offenders and Abusers with Intellectual Disability / William R. Lindsay, John L. Taylor 217
- 14 The Peaks: Assessing Sex Offenders in a Dangerous and Severe Personality Disorders Unit / Todd E. Hogue 237
- 15 Predicting Risk of Sexual Recidivism in Juveniles: Predictive Validity of the J-SOAP-II / Robert A. Prentky, Ann Pimental, Deborah J. Cavanaugh, Sue Righthand 265
- Part 4 Interventions
- 16 Models of Offender Rehabilitation: The Good Lives Model and the Risk-Need-Responsivity Model / Tony Ward, Rachael M. Collie, Patrice Bourke 293
- 17 Modifying Sexual Preferences / William. L. Marshall, Matt D. O'Brien, Liam E. Marshall 311
- 18 Advances in the Treatment of Adult Incarcerated Sex Offenders / Ruth E. Mann, William L. Marshall 329
- 19 A Community Residential Treatment Approach for Sexual Abusers: A Description of the Lucy Faithfull Foundation's Wolvercote Clinic and Related Projects / Hilary Eldridge, Donald Findlater 349
- Part 5 Issues/Interventions for Specific Populations
- 20 Treatment for Men with Intellectual Disabilities and Sexually Abusive Behaviour / Glynis Murphy, Neil Sinclair 369
- 21 Interventions with Sex Offenders with Mental Illness / Tanya Garrett, Brian Thomas-Peter 393
- 22 Working with Sex Offenders with Personality Disorder Diagnoses / Lawrence Jones 409
- 23 Understanding the Complexities and Needs of Adolescent Sex Offenders / Phil Rich 431
- 24 Multisystemic Therapy for Youth with Problem Sexual Behaviors / Elizabeth J. Letourneau, Charles M. Borduin, Cindy M. Schaeffer 453
- 25 Female Sex Offenders: Issues and Considerations in Working with this Population / Hannah J. Ford 473
- Part 6 Policy and Practice
- 26 Working to Prevent Sexual Abuse in the Family / Kevin D. Browne 491
- 27 Police Work with Sex Offenders: Detection, Management and Assessment / Kevin D. Browne 515
- 28 Community Strategies for Managing High-Risk Offenders: The Contribution of Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements / Hazel Kemshall, Jason Wood 535
- 29 Actuarial Risk Assessments in USA Courtrooms / Dennis M. Doren 551.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780470019009
- 047001900X
- 9780470018996
- 0470018992
- OCLC:
- 191890644
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