Cognitive approaches to the assessment of sexual interest in sexual offenders / / edited by D. Thornton and D. R. Laws

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910817313503321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Malden, MA, : John Wiley & Sons, 2009
• ISBN: 1-282-34954-6; 9786612349546; 1-119-95221-2; 0-470-74755-2; 0-470-74756-0
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (252 p.)
• Collana: Wiley Series in Forensic Clinical Psychology
• Altri autori (Persone): ThorntonD (David); LawsD. Richard
• Disciplina: 364.153; 616.85/830072
• Soggetti: Sex offenders - Research; Child molesters - Research
• 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: COGNITIVE APPROACHES TO THE ASSESSMENT OF SEXUAL INTEREST IN SEXUAL OFFENDERS; CONTENTS; About the Editors; List of Contributors; Series Editors' Preface; Introduction; 1 Penile Plethysmography: Strengths, Limitations, Innovations; 2 The Abel Assessment for Sexual Interests - 2: A Critical Review; 3 Affinity: The Development of a Self-Report Assessment of Paedophile Sexual Interest Incorporating a Viewing Time Validity Measure; 4 Cognitive Modelling of Sexual Arousal and Interest: Choice Reaction Time Measures; 5 The Implicit Association Test as a Measure of Sexual Interest; 6 Measuring Child Molesters' Implicit Cognitions about Self and Children7 The Rapid Serial Visual Presentation Test of Sexual Interest in Child Molesters; 8 Assessing Sexual Interest with the Emotional Stroop Test; 9 Comparing Two Implicit Cognitive Measures of Sexual Interest: A Pictorial Modified Stroop Task and the Implicit Association Test; 10 The Startle Probe Reflex: An Alternative Approach to the Measurement of Sexual Interest; 11 Postscript: Steps Towards Effective Assessment of ; Sexual Interest; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 an