Identifying and treating sex offenders : current approaches, research, and techniques / Robert Geffner. [et al.], editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Geffner, Robert.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sex offenders--Rehabilitation.

Sex offenders.

Psychosexual disorders--Diagnosis.

Psychosexual disorders.

Child sexual abuse--Prevention.

Child sexual abuse.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (307 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, 2003.

Binghamton, N.Y. : Haworth Maltreatment & Trauma Press, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Gain a better understanding of the behaviors of sex offenders to create effective interventions! Identifying and Treating Sex Offenders: Current Approaches, Research, and Techniques brings you up-to-date on the latest significant issues and state-of-the-art tools involved in the evaluation and treatment of adult sex offenders. This book provides you with current data regarding what is known about sex offenders, so that appropriate assessment, treatment, and prevention methods can be developed and utilized. Experts in the field discuss controversial topics?including diagnoses, classifi

Contents:

Cover; Identifying and Treating Sex Offenders: Current Approaches, Research, and Techniques; Copyright; CONTENTS; About the Contributors; INTRODUCTION AND THEORETICAL ISSUES; Adult Sexual Offenders: Current Issues and Future Directions; Policy Interventions Designed to Combat Sexual Violence: Community Notification and Civil Commitment; Sexual Deviancy: Diagnostic and Neurobiological Considerations; The Role of Theory in the Assessment of Sex Offenders; ASSESSMENT AND FORENSIC ISSUES; Boundaries and Family Practices: Implications for Assessing Child Abuse

Practical Considerations in the Interview and Evaluation of Sexual OffendersThe Current Role of Post-Conviction Sex Offender Polygraph Testing in Sex Offender Treatment; TREATMENT ISSUES AND APPROACHES; Treatment of Adult Sexual Offenders: A Therapeutic Cognitive-Behavioural Model of Intervention; Sex Hormones, Neurotransmitters, and Psychopharmacological Treatments in Men with Paraphilic Disorders; Enhancing Victim Empathy for Sex Offenders; Index

Notes:

"Co-published simultaneously as Journal of child sexual abuse, volume 12, numbers 3/4 2003."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-136-77938-8

0-429-23797-9

0-203-82444-X

1-283-96747-2

1-136-77939-6

9780429237973

OCLC:

829461794