Identifying and treating sex offenders : current approaches, research, and techniques / / Robert Geffner. [et al.], editors

• Pubblicazione: Binghamton, N.Y. : , : Haworth Maltreatment & Trauma Press, , 2003
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (307 p.)
• Disciplina: 616.85/83
• Soggetto topico: Sex offenders - Rehabilitation; Psychosexual disorders - Diagnosis; Child sexual abuse - Prevention
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: GeffnerRobert
• Note generali: "Co-published simultaneously as Journal of child sexual abuse, volume 12, numbers 3/4 2003."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Identifying and Treating Sex Offenders: Current Approaches, Research, and Techniques; Copyright; CONTENTS; About the Contributors; INTRODUCTION AND THEORETICAL ISSUES; Adult Sexual Offenders: Current Issues and Future Directions; Policy Interventions Designed to Combat Sexual Violence: Community Notification and Civil Commitment; Sexual Deviancy: Diagnostic and Neurobiological Considerations; The Role of Theory in the Assessment of Sex Offenders; ASSESSMENT AND FORENSIC ISSUES; Boundaries and Family Practices: Implications for Assessing Child Abuse ; Practical Considerations in the Interview and Evaluation of Sexual OffendersThe Current Role of Post-Conviction Sex Offender Polygraph Testing in Sex Offender Treatment; TREATMENT ISSUES AND APPROACHES; Treatment of Adult Sexual Offenders: A Therapeutic Cognitive-Behavioural Model of Intervention; Sex Hormones, Neurotransmitters, and Psychopharmacological Treatments in Men with Paraphilic Disorders; Enhancing Victim Empathy for Sex Offenders; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Gain a better understanding of the behaviors of sex offenders to create effective interventions! Identifying and Treating Sex Offenders: Current Approaches, Research, and Techniques brings you up-to-date on the latest significant issues and state-of-the-art tools involved in the evaluation and treatment of adult sex offenders. This book provides you with current data regarding what is known about sex offenders, so that appropriate assessment, treatment, and prevention methods can be developed and utilized. Experts in the field discuss controversial topics?including diagnoses, classifi
• Titolo autorizzato: Identifying and treating sex offenders
• ISBN: 0-429-23797-9; 0-203-82444-X; 1-283-96747-2; 1-136-77939-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910462564903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II