1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910465114003321

Titolo

Encyclopedia of ageism / / Erdman B. Palmore, Laurence Branch, Diana K. Harris, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; ; London, [England] : , : Routledge, , 2005

©2005

ISBN

1-315-04397-1

1-135-42294-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (366 p.)

Disciplina

305.26/03

Soggetti

Ageism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; About the Editors; Contributors; Foreword; Preface; Abuse in nursing homes; Abuse by elders in nursing homes; Advertising; African Americans; Age conflict; Age denial; Age inequality; Age norms; Age segregation; Age stratification; Aged as a minority group; Ageism in the Bible; Ageism survey; Age-specific public programs; Alcoholism; Antiaging medicine; Architecture; Art; Arts; Assisted living; Attribution theory; Benefits of aging; Biological definitions of aging; Blaming the aged; Books; Botox; Cards ; Change strategies; Changes in attitudes

Children's attitudesChildren's literature; Churches; Cohorts; Consent to treatment; Cost-benefit analysis; Costs of ageism; Criminal victimization; Cross-cultural ageism; Cultural lag; Cultural sources or ageism; Definitions; Demographic trends; Dentistry; Disability; Discounts; Disengagement theory; Driver's license testing; Education; Employment discrimination; Ethical issues; Euphemisms; Face-lifts; Facts on Aging Quiz; Facts on Aging and Mental Health Quiz; Family; Financial abuse; Functional age; Future of ageism; Generational equity; Geriatrics; Gerontocracy; Gerontology; Health care

HispanicsHistory; HIV/AIDS; Hollywood; Housing; Human rights of older persons; Humor; Hypertension; Individual sources of ageism; Intergenerational projects; Isolation ; Japan ; Journalism ; Language ;



Legal review program ; Legal system ; Literature ; Living wills ; Mandatory retirement of judges ; Measuring ageism in children ; Medical students ; Memory and cognitive function ; Memory stereotypes ; Mental illness ; Modernization theory ; Nursing ; Nursing homes ; Organizations opposing ageism ; Patronizing; Pension bias; Perpetual youth; Physical therapy; Politics; Positive Aging Newsletter

Public policyReducing ageism; Responses to ageism; Retirement communities; Role expectations; Scapegoating; Self-fulfilling prophecy; Semantic differential scale; Senior centers; Sexism; Sexuality; Slogans; Social psychology; Social Security; Societal ageism; Songs; Stage theory; Stereotypes; Subcultures; Successful aging; Suicide; Tax breaks; Television; Terms preferred by older people; Theories of aging; Transportation; Types of ageists; Typologies; Unconscious ageism; Voice quality; Index

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910830381303321

Titolo

Assessment and treatment of sex offenders [[electronic resource] ] : a handbook / / edited by Anthony R. Beech, Leam A. Craig and Kevin D. Browne

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, UK ; ; Malden, MA, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009

ISBN

0-470-01900-X

9786612042294

0-470-71436-0

1-282-04229-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (612 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BeechAnthony R

CraigLeam

BrowneKevin D (Kevin Dominic)

Disciplina

365/.661

616.8583

Soggetti

Sex offenders

Sex offenders - Rehabilitation

Sex offenders - Psychology

Criminal behavior, Prediction of

Risk assessment

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Assessment and Treatment of Sex Offenders: A Handbook""; ""Contents""; ""About the Editors""; ""List of Contributors""; ""Foreword""; ""1 Overview""; ""2 Attachment Problems and Sex Offending""; ""PART ONE Risk Assessment""; ""3 Factors Associated with Sexual Recidivism""; ""4 The Predictive Accuracy of Risk Factors and Frameworks""; ""PART TWO Approaches to Offender Assessment""; ""5 Sex Offender Risk-Based Case Formulation""; ""6 Psychometric Assessment of Sexual Deviance""; ""7 Measuring Sexual Deviance: Attention-Based Measures""; ""8 The Standardisation of Phallometry""

""9 Using the Polygraph to Manage Risk in Sex Offenders""""10 Assessment of Sexual Addiction""; ""PART THREE Assessments for Specific Populations""; ""11 Decision Making During the Offending Process: An Assessment Among Subtypes of Sexual Aggressors of Women""; ""12 Internet Sex Offenders""; ""13 The Assessment of Treatment- Related Issues and Risk in Sex Offenders and Abusers with Intellectual Disability""; ""14 The Peaks: Assessing Sex Offenders in a Dangerous and Severe Personality Disorders Unit""

""15 Predicting Risk of Sexual Recidivism in Juveniles: Predictive Validity of the J-SOAP-II""""PART FOUR Interventions""; ""16 Models of Offender Rehabilitation: The Good Lives Model and The Risk-Need-Responsivity Model""; ""17 Modifying Sexual Preferences""; ""18 Advances in the Treatment of Adult Incarcerated Sex Offenders""; ""19 A Community Residential Treatment Approach for Sexual Abusers: A Description of the Lucy Faithfull Foundation�s Wolvercote Clinic and Related Projects""; ""PART FIVE Issues/Interventions for Specific Populations""

""20 Treatment for Men with Intellectual Disabilities and Sexually Abusive Behaviour""""21 Interventions with Sex Offenders with Mental Illness""; ""22 Working with Sex Offenders with Personality Disorder Diagnoses""; ""23 Understanding the Complexities and Needs of Adolescent Sex Offenders""; ""24 Multisystemic Therapy for Youth with Problem Sexual Behaviors""; ""25 Female Sex Offenders: Issues and Considerations in Working with this Population""; ""PART SIX Policy and Practice""; ""26 Working to Prevent Sexual Abuse in the Family""

""27 Police Work with Sex Offenders: Detection, Management and Assessment""""28 Community Strategies for Managing High-Risk Offenders: The Contribution of Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements""; ""29 Actuarial Risk Assessments in USA Courtrooms""; ""Index""

Sommario/riassunto

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 thos