Assessment and Treatment of Sex Offenders: A Handbook

Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

Assessment and Treatment of Sex Offenders: A Handbook

Editor(s): Anthony R. Beech, Leam A. Craig, Kevin D. Browne

Published Online: 28 MAY 2012 02:12AM EST

Print ISBN: 9780470019009

Online ISBN: 9780470714362

DOI: 10.1002/9780470714362

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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

Table of contents

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      Front Matter (pages i–xxvii)

    1. Overview (pages 1–12)

      ANTHONY R. BEECH, LEAM A. CRAIG and KEVIN D. BROWNE

    1. Attachment Problems and Sex Offending (pages 13–35)

      Jackie Craissati

  4. Part I: Risk Assessment

    1. Factors Associated with Sexual Recidivism (pages 38–52)

      Franca Cortoni

    2. The Predictive Accuracy of Risk Factors and Frameworks (pages 53–74)

      Leam A. Craig, Anthony R. Beech and Leigh Harkins

  5. Part II: Approaches to Offender Assessment

    1. Sex Offender Risk-Based Case Formulation (pages 76–87)

      Douglas P. Boer, JO Thakker and Tony Ward

    2. Psychometric Assessment of Sexual Deviance (pages 89–107)

      Leam A. Craig and Anthony R. Beech

    3. Measuring Sexual Deviance: Attention-Based Measures (pages 109–128)

      CARMEN L.Z. GRESS and D. RICHARD LAWS

    4. The Standardisation of Phallometry (pages 129–143)

      Yolanda Fernandez

    5. Using the Polygraph to Manage Risk in Sex Offenders (pages 145–161)

      Don Grubin

    6. Assessment of Sexual Addiction (pages 163–177)

      Liam E. Marshall and Matt D. O'brien

  6. Part III: Assessments for Specific Populations

    1. Decision Making During the Offending Process: An Assessment Among Subtypes of Sexual Aggressors of Women (pages 180–197)

      Jean Proulx and Eric Beauregard

    2. Internet Sex Offenders (pages 199–215)

      David Middleton

    3. The Assessment of Treatment-Related Issues and Risk in Sex Offenders and Abusers with Intellectual Disability (pages 217–235)

      William R. Lindsay and John L. Taylor

    4. The Peaks: Assessing Sex Offenders in a Dangerous and Severe Personality Disorders Unit (pages 237–264)

      Todd E. Hogue

    5. Predicting Risk of Sexual Recidivism in Juveniles: Predictive Validity of the J-SOAP-II (pages 265–290)

      Robert A. Prentky, Ann Pimental, Deborah J. Cavanaugh and Sue Righthand

  7. Part IV: Interventions

    1. Models of Offender Rehabilitation: The Good Lives Model and The Risk-Need-Responsivity Model (pages 291–310)

      Tony Ward, Rachael M. Collie and Patrice Bourke

    2. Modifying Sexual Preferences (pages 311–327)

      William L. Marshall, Matt D. O'Brien and Liam E. Marshall

    3. Advances in the Treatment of Adult Incarcerated Sex Offenders (pages 329–347)

      Ruth E. Mann and William L. Marshall

    4. A Community Residential Treatment Approach for Sexual Abusers: A Description of the Lucy Faithfull Foundation's Wolvercote Clinic and Related Projects (pages 349–366)

      Hilary Eldridge and Donald Findlater

  8. Part V: Issues/Interventions for Specific Populations

    1. Treatment for Men with Intellectual Disabilities and Sexually Abusive Behaviour (pages 368–392)

      Glynis Murphy and Neil Sinclair

    2. Interventions with Sex Offenders with Mental Illness (pages 393–408)

      Tanya Garrett and Brian Thomas-Peter

    3. Working with Sex Offenders with Personality Disorder Diagnoses (pages 409–430)

      Lawrence Jones

    4. Understanding the Complexities and Needs of Adolescent Sex Offenders (pages 431–452)

      Phil Rich

    5. Multisystemic Therapy for Youth with Problem Sexual Behaviors (pages 453–472)

      Elizabeth J. Letourneau, Charles M. Borduin and Cindy M. Schaeffer

    6. Female Sex Offenders: Issues and Considerations in Working with this Population (pages 473–488)

      Hannah J. Ford

  9. Part VI: Policy and Practice

    1. Working to Prevent Sexual Abuse in the Family (pages 490–514)

      Kevin D. Browne

    2. Police Work with Sex Offenders: Detection, Management and Assessment (pages 515–533)

      Kevin D. Browne

    3. Community Strategies for Managing High-Risk Offenders: The Contribution of Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements (pages 535–550)

      Hazel Kemshall and Jason Wood

    4. Actuarial Risk Assessments in USA Courtrooms (pages 551–566)

      Dennis M. Doren

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      Index (pages 567–582)

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