eBook, ePUB

Assessment and Treatment of Sexual Offenders with Intellectual Disabilities (eBook, ePUB)

A Handbook

Redaktion: Craig, Leam A.; Browne, Kevin D.; Lindsay, William R.

Beschreibung

A practical handbook for practitioners that covers the assessment, treatment and management of sexual offenders with intellectual disabilities - an area of growing interest within clinical forensic psychology.

• New for the Wiley Series in Forensic Clinical Psychology: a practical handbook that covers the assessment, treatment and management of sexual offenders with intellectual disabilities
• Summarises the research literature on the characteristics and prevalence of sexual offenders with intellectual disabilities
• Discusses risk assessment and innovations in treatment and management
• Includes contributors world-renowned in the field of assessment and treatment of sexual offenders with intellectual disabilities such as Tony Ward, Glynis Murphy, and Douglas Boer

Technische Details

• Geräte: eReader
• mit Kopierschutz
• Größe: 1.22MB

Barrierefreiheit

• Text-to-Speech

Autor

Leam A. Craig is a Consultant Forensic Psychologist and Partner at Forensic Psychology Practice Ltd. He has published numerous research chapters, articles and books on the assessment and treatment of sexual offenders. He is also an Honorary Senior Research Fellow, University of Birmingham. William R. Lindsay is Lead Clinician in Scotland for Castlebeck Care and Chair of Learning Disabilities and Forensic Psychology at the University of Abertay, Dundee. He has contributed to more than 200 academic publications.  Kevin D. Browne is Professor of Forensic Psychology and Child Health at the Institute of Work, Health and Organisations at the University of Nottingham.  He is also a consultant to UNICEF and Head of the World Health Organisation Collaborating Centre on Child Care and Protection in the UK.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Dezember 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780470975855
• Artikelnr.: 38207322

Rezensionen

"This well written and presented handbook is divided into six partsbeginning with the theory and incidence of sexual offending withinthe population". (Learning Disability Practice, 1 March 2011)

"...essential reading for anyone wishing to responsibly developor evaluate work with sexual offenders who have intellectualdisabilities. It is an informativeâ??yetreadableâ??volume offering an honest appraisal of an emergingfield." (Association of the Treatment for Sexual Abusers (ATSA)News Forum, Summer 2011)'Craig, Lindsay, and Browne have done a marvellous job ofcompiling this much-needed volume. The contributions provide astrong foundation for the development of effective interventionsthat promote offender responsibility and autonomy and increasetheir quality of life without compromising community safety. Foranyone who works with individuals with intellectual disabilitieswho exhibit sexually aggressive behaviour, this book is amust-read.'
--Marnie Rice, Professor of Psychiatry and BehaviouralNeurosciences at McMaster University, Canada