Assessment and Treatment of Sex Offenders

A Handbook
Ed. by Anthony R. Beech, Leam A. Craig and Kevin D. Browne

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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A comprehensive resource for practitioners working with sexual offenders. Discusses assessments and interventions, as well as providing a comprehensive literature review There are around 10,000 convictions or cautions for sexual offences in the UK each year; early evidence suggests that treatment programmes can halve re conviction rates Edited by a University of Birmingham team who are world leaders in researching this area; the subject is of interest worldwide, with strong markets in Canada and New Zealand Includes material on managing offenders with developmental disabilities and those with Dangerous and Severe Personality Disorder

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 624
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Mai 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 1030g
• ISBN-13: 9780470019009
• ISBN-10: 047001900X
• Artikelnr.: 25619962

Autorenporträt

Anthony 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.

Inhaltsangabe

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 Treatment Approach for Sexual Abusers: A
Description of the Lucy Faithfull Foundation's Wolvercote Clinic and
Related Projects (Hilary Eldridge and Donald Findlater). PART FIVE:
ISSUES/INTERVENTIONS FOR SPECIFIC POPULATIONS. 20. Treatment for Men with
Intellectual Disabilities and Sexually Abusive Behaviour (Glynis Murphy and
Neil Sinclair). 21. Interventions with Sex Offenders with Mental Illness
(Tanya Garrett and Brian Thomas-Peter). 22. Working with Sex Offenders with
Personality Disorder Diagnoses (Lawrence Jones). 23. Understanding the
Complexities and Needs of Adolescent Sex Offenders (Phil Rich). 24.
Multisystemic Therapy for Youth with Problem Sexual Behaviors (Elizabeth J.
Letourneau, Charles M. Borduin and Cindy M. Schaeffer). 25. Female Sex
Offenders: Issues and Considerations in Working with this Population
(Hannah J. Ford). PART SIX: POLICY AND PRACTICE. 26. Working to Prevent
Sexual Abuse in the Family (Kevin D. Browne). 27. Police Work with Sex
Offenders: Detection, Management and Assessment (Kevin D. Browne). 28.
Community Strategies for Managing High-Risk Offenders: The Contribution of
Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements (Hazel Kemshall and Jason
Wood). 29. Actuarial Risk Assessments in USA Courtrooms (Dennis M. Doren).
Index.