Assessment and Treatment of Sex Offenders (eBook)

A Handbook

Anthony R. Beech, Leam A. Craig, Kevin D. Browne (Herausgeber)

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2009
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-0-470-72727-0 (ISBN)

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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  

Anthony R. Beech, D.Phil, FBPsS, C.Psychol (Forensic) is Professor of Criminological Psychology at the 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.

Inhalt

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 (JackieCraissati).

PART ONE: RISK ASSESSMENT.

3. Factors Associated with Sexual Recidivism (FrancaCortoni).

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. Craigand Anthony R. Beech).

7. Measuring Sexual Deviance: Attention-Based Measures(Carmen L.Z. Gress and D. Richard Laws).

8. The Standardisation of Phallometry (YolandaFernandez).

9. Using the Polygraph to Manage Risk in Sex Offenders (DonGrubin).

10. Assessment of Sexual Addiction (Liam E. Marshall and MattD. O'Brien).

PART THREE: ASSESSMENTS FOR SPECIFIC POPULATIONS.

11. Decision Making During the Offending Process: An AssessmentAmong Subtypes of Sexual Aggressors of Women (Jean Proulx andEric Beauregard).

12. Internet Sex Offenders (David Middleton).

13. The Assessment of Treatment-Related Issues and Risk in SexOffenders and Abusers with Intellectual Disability (William R.Lindsay and John L. Taylor).

14. The Peaks: Assessing Sex Offenders in a Dangerous and SeverePersonality Disorders Unit (Todd E. Hogue).

15. Predicting Risk of Sexual Recidivism in Juveniles:Predictive Validity of the J-SOAP-II (Robert A. Prentky, AnnPimental, Deborah J. Cavanaugh and Sue Righthand).

PART FOUR: INTERVENTIONS.

16. Models of Offender Rehabilitation: The Good Lives Model andthe Risk-Need-Responsivity Model (Tony Ward, Rachael M. Collieand Patrice Bourke).

17. Modifying Sexual Preferences (William. L. Marshall, MattD. O'Brien and Liam E. Marshall).

18. Advances in the Treatment of Adult Incarcerated SexOffenders (Ruth E. Mann and William L. Marshall).

19. A Community Residential Treatment Approach for SexualAbusers: A Description of the Lucy Faithfull Foundation'sWolvercote Clinic and Related Projects (Hilary Eldridge andDonald Findlater).

PART FIVE: ISSUES/INTERVENTIONS FOR SPECIFICPOPULATIONS.

20. Treatment for Men with Intellectual Disabilities andSexually Abusive Behaviour (Glynis Murphy and NeilSinclair).

21. Interventions with Sex Offenders with Mental Illness(Tanya Garrett and Brian Thomas-Peter).

22. Working with Sex Offenders with Personality DisorderDiagnoses (Lawrence Jones).

23. Understanding the Complexities and Needs of Adolescent SexOffenders (Phil Rich).

24. Multisystemic Therapy for Youth with Problem SexualBehaviors (Elizabeth J. Letourneau, Charles M. Borduin and CindyM. Schaeffer).

25. Female Sex Offenders: Issues and Considerations in Workingwith 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 andAssessment (Kevin D. Browne).

28. Community Strategies for Managing High-Risk Offenders: TheContribution of Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements(Hazel Kemshall and Jason Wood).

29. Actuarial Risk Assessments in USA Courtrooms (Dennis M.Doren).

Index.

Rezensionen

"Within this book, Beech and his colleagues have set out to provide a comprehensive body of knowledge for professionals with a remit for assessing and treating sex offenders.9 This aim has been meticulously developed and it offers a scholarly, though accessible resource of great value within this field.9 For its breadth and thoroughness in achieving this objective, I commend it highly." (ATSA Forum, Spring 2011)

"This is an exceptionally valuable compendium combining current knowledge and recent advances in the field of sex offender theory, research and practice." (Association for the treatment of sexual abusers, 2011)

"The text has a number of strengths which distinguishes it from the rapidly growing corpus in this field. The most notable of these is the emphasis on applying the general techniques and concepts of assessment and treatment to specific sex offender populations. This includes groups that are often neglected such as female and juvenile sex offenders, as well as sex offenders with Learning difficulties and/or mental health problems. A further strength is the discussion of the utility and evidenced efficacy on comparatively new measures used in England and Wales, such as the penile plethysmograph and polygraph. Such discussions are essential given current trends in penal policy and practice with sex offenders. For those practitioners, academics and students who are interested in the assessment and treatment of sex offenders this Handbook is a significant addition to the literature and should be placed within easy reach on the bookshelf." (The Howard Journal, July 2010)

"An eclectic collection of chapters which cover all aspects of scholarly understanding concerning sex offenders, Assessment and Treatment of Sex Offenders: A Handbook will prove invaluable to researchers, practitioners and students interested in furthering their understanding of this often complex offender group.

"This book will prove an essential text to professionals and students who are involved in the study of, assessment, treatment and/or management of sex offenders. A book which covers the area so comprehensively has been a significant omission for some time, and thus this text is timely and fulfils a significant gap in the academic market."
-Professor Jane L. Ireland, University of Central Lancashire

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 4.3.2009
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Klinische Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften
• Schlagworte: Forensic Psychology • Forensic psychology, sex offender, assessment, intervention, treatment, criminal, probation • Forensische Psychologie • Psychologie • Psychology
• ISBN-10: 0-470-72727-6 / 0470727276
• ISBN-13: 978-0-470-72727-0 / 9780470727270