Thornton / Laws Cognitive Approaches to the Assessment of Sexual Interest in Sexual Offenders

Erscheinungsjahr 2009
ISBN: 978-0-470-74756-8
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 250 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Wiley Series in Forensic Clinical Psychology

New for the Wiley Series in Forensic Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Approaches to the Treatment of Sexual Offenders describes and evaluates the current methods of measuring sexual interest in sex offenders - namely penile plethysmography, the Abel Assessment for Sexual Interest, Affinity 2.1, the Implicit Association Test, the Stroop test and the polygraph. The book also discusses how established cognitive assessment methods such as the attentional blink and the startle probe reflex can be adapted for use with sex offenders. It therefore brings together in one volume all the latest research and practice in this area, along with critical commentary on the effectiveness of each method.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Thornton, David

Laws, D. Richard

Inhaltsverzeichnis

About the Editors.
List of Contributors.
Series Editors' Preface.
Introduction (David Thornton and D. Richard Laws).
1 Penile Plethysmography: Strengths, Limitations, Innovations(D. Richard Laws).
2 The Abel Assessment for Sexual Interests - 2: A CriticalReview (Susan J. Sachsenmaier and Carmen L.Z. Gress).
3 Affinity: The Development of a Self-Report Assessment ofPaedophile Sexual Interest Incorporating a Viewing Time ValidityMeasure (David V. Glasgow).
4 Cognitive Modelling of Sexual Arousal and Interest: ChoiceReaction Time Measures (Carmen L.Z. Gress and D. RichardLaws).
5 The Implicit Association Test as a Measure of Sexual Interest(Nicola S. Gray and Robert J. Snowden).
6 Measuring Child Molesters' Implicit Cognitions aboutSelf and Children (Kevin L. Nunes).
7 The Rapid Serial Visual Presentation Test of Sexual Interestin Child Molesters (Vanja E. Flak, Anthony R. Beech and Glyn W.Humphreys).
8 Assessing Sexual Interest with the Emotional Stroop Test(Paul Smith).
9 Comparing Two Implicit Cognitive Measures of Sexual Interest:A Pictorial Modified Stroop Task and the Implicit Association Test(Caoilte ´O Ciardha and Michael Gormley).
10 The Startle Probe Reflex: An Alternative Approach to theMeasurement of Sexual Interest (Jeffrey E. Hecker, Matthew W.King and R. Jamie Scoular).
11 Postscript: Steps Towards Effective Assessment of SexualInterest (David Thornton and D. Richard Laws).
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

David Thornton is the treatment director forWisconsin's program for sexually violent persons, and anAdjunct Professor in the department of Clinical Psychology at theUniversity of Bergen, Norway. He is co-author of STATIC-99,the most widely used risk assessment instrument for sexualoffenders in the world, and also of Risk Matrix 2000, thecommonly used risk assessment instrument in the United Kingdom. Hecurrently serves on the editorial board of Sexual Abuse: AJournal of Research and Treatment, and is a member of theExecutive Board of the Association for the Treatment of SexualAbusers.
D. Richard Laws is co-director of the PacificPsychological Assessment Corporation in Victoria, BC, Canada. He isan adjunct faculty member at Simon Fraser University and theUniversity of Birmingham, UK. Dr. Laws is known in the researchfield of sexual deviance primarily for his development ofassessment procedures. He currently serves on the editorial boardsof Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment,Journal of Sexual Aggression, Journal of InterpersonalViolence and Legal and Criminological Psychology.