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Assessment and Treatment of Sex Offenders - A Handbook

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Informationen zum Autor A nthony R. Beech, D.Phil, FBPsS, C.Psychol (Forensic) is Professor of Criminological Psychology,University of Birmingham. Leam A. Craig  PhD, MSc, CSci, AFBPsS, EuroPsy C.Psychol(Forensic) is a Consultant Forensic Psychologist and Partner at Forensic Psychology Practice Ltd.   Kevin D. Browne , Ph.D., M.Ed., M.Sc., C.Psychol. (Forensic), C.Biol. is Professor of Forensic Psychology and Child Health and Director of Education in the Institute of Work, Health and Organisations (I-WHO), University of Nottingham. Klappentext 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 with in the field. Assessment and Treatment of Sex Offenders: A Handbook also includes a comprehensive literature review on working with sexual offenders, as well as sections on legislation, working with special populations and approaches to managing sex offenders in the community. Zusammenfassung Edited by a team of leading researchers in the field! Assessment and Treatment of Sex Offenders discusses assessments and interventions and includes vital material on managing offenders with developmental disabilities as well as those with dangerous and severe personality disorder. Inhaltsverzeichnis About the Editors. List of Contributors. Foreword. INTRODUCTION. 1. Overview ( Anthony R. Beech, Leam A. Craig and Kevin D. Browne). 2. Attachment Problems and Sex Offending ( Jackie Craissati). PART ONE: RISK ASSESSMENT. 3. Factors Associated with Sexual Recidivism ( Franca Cortoni). 4. The Predictive Accuracy of Risk Factors and Frameworks ( Leam A. Craig, Anthony R. Beech and Leigh Harkins). PART TWO: APPROACHES TO OFFENDER ASSESSMENT. 5. Sex Offender Risk-Based Case Formulation ( Douglas P. Boer, Jo Thakker and Tony Ward). 6. Psychometric Assessment of Sexual Deviance ( Leam A. Craig and Anthony R. Beech). 7. Measuring Sexual Deviance: Attention-Based Measures ( Carmen L.Z. Gress and D. Richard Laws). 8. The Standardisation of Phallometry ( Yolanda Fernandez). 9. Using the Polygraph to Manage Risk in Sex Offenders ( Don Grubin). 10. Assessment of Sexual Addiction ( Liam E. Marshall and Matt D. O'Brien). PART THREE: ASSESSMENTS FOR SPECIFIC POPULATIONS. 11. Decision Making During the Offending Process: An Assessment Among Subtypes of Sexual Aggressors of Women ( Jean Proulx and Eric Beauregard). 12. Internet Sex Offenders ( David Middleton). 13. The Assessment of Treatment-Related Issues and Risk in Sex Offenders and Abusers with Intellectual Disability ( William R. Lindsay and John L. Taylor). 14. The Peaks: Assessing Sex Offenders in a Dangerous and Severe Personality Disorders Unit ( Todd E. Hogue). 15. Predicting Risk of Sexual Recidivism in Juveniles: Predictive Validity of the J-SOAP-II ( Robert A. Prentky, Ann Pimental, Deborah J. Cavanaugh and Sue Righthand). PART FOUR: INTERVENTIONS. 16. Models of Offender Rehabilitation: The Good Lives Model and the Risk-Need-Responsivity Model ( Tony Ward, Rachael M. Collie and Patrice Bourke). 17. Modifying Sexual Preferences ( William. L. Marshall, Matt D. O'Brien and Liam E. Marshall). 18. Advances in the Treatment of Adult Incarcerated Sex Offenders ( Ruth E. Mann and William L. Marshall). 19. A Community Residential T...

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