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Treatment of Sex Offenders

Strengths and Weaknesses in Assessment and Intervention

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Editors:
  1. D. Richard Laws

    1. Pacific Behavioural Assessment, Victoria, Canada

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  2. William O'Donohue

    1. Department of Psychology, University of Nevada, Reno, USA

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  • Closely examines problem areas in assessment and treatment of sex offenders

  • Highlights strengths and weaknesses of the contemporary "treatment package"

  • Discusses problems in the new DSM-V classification of sex offenses

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Problems in the Classification and Diagnosis of the Paraphilias: What Is the Evidence That the DSM Warrants Use?

    • William O’Donohue
    Pages 1-17

  3. A Brief History of Sexual Offender Risk Assessment

    • Leam A. Craig, Martin Rettenberger
    Pages 19-44

  4. Strengths of Actuarial Risk Assessment

    • Robert J. B. Lehmann, Yolanda Fernandez, Leslie-Maaike Helmus
    Pages 45-81

  5. Risk Formulation: The New Frontier in Risk Assessment and Management

    • Caroline Logan
    Pages 83-105

  6. Measurement of Male Sexual Arousal and Interest Using Penile Plethysmography and Viewing Time

    • Robin J. Wilson, Michael H. Miner
    Pages 107-131

  7. Polygraph Testing of Sex Offenders

    • Don Grubin
    Pages 133-156

  8. The Strengths of Treatment for Sexual Offending

    • Adam J. Carter, Ruth E. Mann
    Pages 157-174

  9. Responsivity Dynamic Risk Factors and Offender Rehabilitation: A Comparison of the Good Lives Model and the Risk-Need Model

    • Tony Ward, Gwenda M. Willis
    Pages 175-190

  10. Early Detection and Intervention for Adolescents at Risk for Engaging in Abusive Sexual Behavior: A Case for Prevention

    • Daniel Rothman
    Pages 191-222

  11. Community Control of Sex Offenders

    • Jill S. Levenson
    Pages 223-241

  12. The Best Intentions: Flaws in Sexually Violent Predator Laws

    • Kresta N. Daly
    Pages 243-259

  13. The Shortcomings of Sexual Offender Treatment: Are We Doing Something Wrong?

    • Pamela M. Yates, Drew A. Kingston
    Pages 261-279

  14. Desistance from Crime: Toward an Integrated Conceptualization for Intervention

    • Patrick Lussier
    Pages 281-322

  15. Changing Course: From a Victim/Offender Duality to a Public Health Perspective

    • Joan Tabachnick, Kieran McCartan, Ryan Panaro
    Pages 323-342

  16. Back Matter

    Pages 343-348
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About this book

This rigorous survey offers a comprehensive rethinking of the assessment and treatment of sexual offenders for a bold challenge to practitioners. It critiques what we understand about offenders and the mechanisms of offending behaviors, and examines how this knowledge can best be used to reduce offending and relapses.

 

To this end, experts weigh the efficacy of common assessment methods and interventions, the value of prevention programs, and the validity of the DSM’s classifications of paraphilias. This strengths/weaknesses approach gives professional readers a guide to the current state as well as the future of research, practice, and policy affecting this complex and controversial field.

 

Included in the coverage:

 

  • Strengths of actuarial risk assessment.
  • Risk formulation: the new frontier in risk assessment and management. 
  • Dynamic risk factors and offender rehabilitation: a comparison of the Good Lives Model and the Risk-Need-Responsivity Model.
  • The best intentions: flaws in sexually violent predator laws.
  • Desistance from crime: toward an integrated conceptualization for intervention.
  • From a victim/offender duality to a public health perspective.

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    A call to clear thought and accurate action, Treatment of Sex Offenders

    will generate discussion and interest among forensic psychologists, psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, and social workers.

     

    Reviews

    “High-profile authors have written 14 chapters covering a wide range of topics, including risk assessment, assessment of disordered sexual arousal, strengths and weaknesses of treatment, and community control. ... Treatment of Sex Offenders is a well-written book … edited by two well-respected figures in the field. ... this appears to be an important contribution to the field and will prove to be quite useful for documenting the current state-of-the-art in assessment and treatment of sexual offenders.” (Anita Schlank, PsycCRITIQUES, Vol. 61 (36), September, 2016)

    “The intended audience is forensic psychologists, psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, and social workers. The book is written by an international collection of authors from the U.S., the U.K., Canada, Germany, and New Zealand. … This book does a good job of discussing both theoretical and clinical issues. The strengths/weaknesses approach helps clinicians to better understand what works and what does not. It should be in the libraries of professionals and researchers who work with sexual offenders.” (Gary B. Kaniuk, Doody's Book Reviews, August, 2016)


    Editors and Affiliations

    • Pacific Behavioural Assessment, Victoria, Canada

      D. Richard Laws

    • Department of Psychology, University of Nevada, Reno, USA

      William O'Donohue

    About the editors

    D.Richard Laws, Ph.D., was the director of the Sexual Behavior Laboratory at Atascadero State Hospital in California from 1970-1985; project director at the Florida Mental Health Institute from 1985-1989; manager of forensic psychology at Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta from 1989-1994; and most recently a psychologist with Adult Forensic Psychiatric Services in Victoria, British Columbia from 1994 until his retirement in 1999. Dr. Laws is known in the field of sexual deviation as a developer of assessment procedures and in program development and evaluation. He is the author of numerous articles and book chapters in this area and serves on the editorial board of several journals. He is past president of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers. He is adjunct faculty at the University of Victoria and Simon Fraser University in British Columbia and is Honorary Professor at the University of Birmingham (UK) and Cardiff University (UK). William O’Donohue, Ph.D. is a licensed psychologist and chairman and professor of psychology at the University of Nevada, Reno, and an adjunct professor in the department of philosophy and a faculty member of the National Judicial College. He has published over 70 books and 150 journal articles and book chapters. He holds advanced degrees both in philosophy and psychology. For the past 14 years, he has been director of a free clinic that treats children who have been sexually abused and adults who have been sexually assaulted.

    Bibliographic Information

    • Book Title: Treatment of Sex Offenders

    • Book Subtitle: Strengths and Weaknesses in Assessment and Intervention

    • Editors: D. Richard Laws, William O'Donohue

    • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-25868-3

    • Publisher: Springer Cham

    • eBook Packages: Behavioral Science and Psychology, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)

    • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016

    • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-25866-9Published: 10 March 2016

    • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-79854-7Published: 24 April 2018

    • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-25868-3Published: 29 February 2016

    • Edition Number: 1

    • Number of Pages: X, 348

    • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 3 illustrations in colour

    • Topics: Clinical Psychology, Psychiatry, Law and Psychology, Social Work

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