Cognitive Approaches to the Assessment of Sexual Interest in Sexual Offenders

Herausgegeben von Thornton, David; Laws, D. Richard

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Bringing together all the latest research and practice in this area, along with critical commentary on the effectiveness of each method, Cognitive Approaches to the Assessment of Sexual Interest in Sexual Offenders explores inexpensive, non-invasive methods of measuring sexual interest in sex offenders that can be used with both male and female offenders. Written to help clinical forensic psychologists and forensic psychiatrists evaluate the effectiveness of treatment, and the risk of recidivism, the book also discusses how established cognitive assessment methods can be adapted for use with sex offenders.

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New for the Wiley Series in Forensic Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Approaches to the Treatment of Sexual Offenders describes and evaluates the current methods of measuring sexual interest in sex offenders namely penile plethysmography, the Abel Assessment for Sexual Interest, Affinity 2.1, the Implicit Association Test, the Stroop test and the polygraph. The book also discusses how established cognitive assessment methods such as the attentional blink and the startle probe reflex can be adapted for use with sex offenders. It therefore brings together in one volume all the latest research and practice in this area, along with critical commentary on the effectiveness of each method.

Produktdetails

• Wiley Series in Forensic Clinical Psychology
• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 460g
• ISBN-13: 9780470057841
• ISBN-10: 047005784X
• Artikelnr.: 26940917

Autorenporträt

David Thornton is Treatment Director at Sand Ridge Secure Treatment Centre in Wisconsin, USA, which specializes in the rehabilitation of dangerous sex offenders. He developed the Thornton Program, which places emphasis on the patient implementing what has been learnt in therapy. D. Richard Laws is the Director of the Pacific Psychological Assessment Corporation in Victoria, Canada, an organization that specializes in assessment and treatment tools for clinicians to use when treating sex offenders.

Inhaltsangabe

About the Editors. List of Contributors. Series Editors' Preface.
Introduction (David Thornton and D. Richard Laws). 1 Penile
Plethysmography: Strengths, Limitations, Innovations (D. Richard Laws). 2
The Abel Assessment for Sexual Interests - 2: A Critical Review (Susan J.
Sachsenmaier and Carmen L.Z. Gress). 3 Affinity: The Development of a
Self-Report Assessment of Paedophile Sexual Interest Incorporating a
Viewing Time Validity Measure (David V. Glasgow). 4 Cognitive Modelling of
Sexual Arousal and Interest: Choice Reaction Time Measures (Carmen L.Z.
Gress and D. Richard Laws). 5 The Implicit Association Test as a Measure of
Sexual Interest (Nicola S. Gray and Robert J. Snowden). 6 Measuring Child
Molesters' Implicit Cognitions about Self and Children (Kevin L. Nunes). 7
The Rapid Serial Visual Presentation Test of Sexual Interest in Child
Molesters (Vanja E. Flak, Anthony R. Beech and Glyn W. Humphreys). 8
Assessing Sexual Interest with the Emotional Stroop Test (Paul Smith). 9
Comparing Two Implicit Cognitive Measures of Sexual Interest: A Pictorial
Modified Stroop Task and the Implicit Association Test (Caoilte ¿O Ciardha
and Michael Gormley). 10 The Startle Probe Reflex: An Alternative Approach
to the Measurement of Sexual Interest (Jeffrey E. Hecker, Matthew W. King
and R. Jamie Scoular). 11 Postscript: Steps Towards Effective Assessment of
Sexual Interest (David Thornton and D. Richard Laws). Index.