Sexually Violent Predators: A Clinical Science Handbook

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xi

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2. Historical and Legislative Issues

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Sexually Violent Predators: An Overview

      • William T. O’Donohue, Daniel S. Bromberg

      Pages 3-7

   3. Sexually Violent Predator Laws: Historical Development and Evolution

      • Philip H. Witt, David DeMatteo

      Pages 9-20

   4. Civil Commitment of Sex Offenders

      • Corey Rayburn Yung

      Pages 21-34

3. Perpetrators

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 35-35

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   2. Taxonomic Discrimination Among Sex Offenders: Forensic Utility?

      • Raina V. Lamade, Robert A. Prentky

      Pages 37-59

   3. Civil Commitment of Youthful Offenders: Issues and Concerns

      • Michael H. Miner

      Pages 61-72

   4. The Physiological Basis of Problematic Sexual Interests and Behaviors

      • Klaus M. Beier, Tillmann Krüger, Boris Schiffer, Alfred Pauls, Till Amelung

      Pages 73-100

   5. Minority Report: Halo of Interminable Treatment

      • V. Ellsworth Lewis

      Pages 101-119

4. Assessment, Methodological, & Psychometric Issues

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 121-121

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   2. Psychometric Issues in SVP Risk Assessment

      • Richard W. Elwood, Donn R. Kolbeck

      Pages 123-139

   3. Using Self-Report in Psychological Assessments of Sexually Violent Predator Evaluations

      • Edward J. Daly III, Jill Holtz, Nicholas D. Young, Anthony Albano, Mackenzie S. Sommerhalder

      Pages 141-151

   4. The Assessment and Diagnosis of “Mental Abnormalities,” Personality Disorders, and Psychopathy in Sexually Violent Predator Evaluations

      • Martin Sellbom, Daniel S. Bromberg

      Pages 153-165

   5. Forensic Utility of Psychological Assessment in Sexually Violent Predator Civil Commitment Proceedings

      • Kirk A. B. Newring, Megan N. Carter

      Pages 167-197

   6. Sexually Violent Predator Evaluations: Problems and Proposals

      • Andrew J. Ahrendt, William T. O’Donohue

      Pages 199-216

   7. The Evaluation of Sexually Violent Predator Evaluations

      • William T. O’Donohue, Olga Cirlugea, Catalina Vechiu

      Pages 217-224

   8. Risk Prediction and Sex Offending

      • Jacinta R. Cording, Tony Ward, Sarah M. Beggs Christofferson

      Pages 225-241

   9. The Use of Penile Plethysmography in SVP Assessment and Treatment Decision-Making

      • Joseph J. Plaud

      Pages 243-254

   10. Sexual Offenders with Mental Health Issues

       • Claire Nagi, Tony Ward

       Pages 255-267

This information-rich volume expands current knowledge about sexually violent predators and critiques SVP laws with the goal of fostering improvements in clinical practice and public policy. It offers a finely detailed evidence base on this problematic class of offenders, including the complex interactions of biophysiological and environmental factors that contribute to criminal sexual behavior. Chapters discuss a wide range of assessment issues and instruments central to SVP evaluation, and the possibilities for developing interventions that address individual motivations and behaviors to reduce the risk of reoffending. And throughout, careful attention is paid to ongoing legal, ethical, and logical concerns regarding sexually violent offenders, their treatment and confinement, and their post-confinement placement.

 

Among the topics covered:

·         Civil commitment of sex offenders.

·         The physiological basis of problematic sexual interests and behaviors.

·         Sexually violent predator evaluations: problems and proposals.

·         Cultural considerations in the assessment of sexually violent predators.

·         Management of sex offenders in community settings.

·         Effective use of an expert in sexually violent predator commitment hearings.

 

Offering numerous issues for discussion and debate with considerable implications for clinical practice, policy, and the judicial system, Sexually Violent Predators will interest and enlighten forensic psychologists and psychiatrists as well as social workers, policy-makers, and legal professionals.

• sexually violent predators
• sexual offender recidivism
• sexual violence and law
• sexual violence and ethical concerns
• protecting public from sexual predators
• childlren as sexual predators
• child victims of sexual predators
• predicting future dangerousness
• mental health treatment of sexually violent predators
• incarceration of sexually violent predators
• constitutional aspects of sexually violent crimes
• legislation concerning sexually violent crimes
• sexual violence and civil commitment
• psychometrics of risk assessment for paraphilias
• clinial management of sexual paraphilias
• DSM-V and sexually violent predators
• physiological assessment of sexually violent predators
• polygraph and plethysmography in sexually violent crime
• protocols for SVP evaluations
• expert testimony for crimes of sexual violence
• forensic psychiatry

• University of Nevada, Reno, USA

  William T. O’Donohue

• Special Psychological Services, LLC, Bloomfield, USA

  Daniel S. Bromberg

William T. O'Donohue, Ph.D. is professor and chairman of the department of psychology at the University of Nevada, Reno. For the past 16 years Dr. O'Donohue has directed a free clinic supported by a National Institute of Justice grant which assesses and treats sexually abused children. He regularly testifies as an expert witness in this area and has published numerous books and articles in peer-reviewed journals on adolescent development, child sexual abuse, and forensic psychology. Dr. O'Donohue was an advisor to the DSM-V Work Group on Sexual and Gender Identity Disorders of the American Psychiatric Association and is a member of the Nevada Attorney General's Victims of Crime Subcommittee.

Daniel Bromberg, Ph.D., ABPP, is the Director of Special Psychological Services, LLC, Bloomfield, New Jersey. He is a licensed psychologist and is board certified by the American Board of Professional Psychology in behavioral and cognitive psychology. Dr. Bromberg provides a range of assessment and treatment services regarding issues of childhood maltreatment and has a special interest in working with sexual offenders. Dr. Bromberg has also served as an expert witness numerous times.

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