Assessment and Treatment of Sex Offenders A Handbook [Paperback]

• 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 those with Dangerous and Severe Personality Disorder  

List of Contributors.

Foreword.

INTRODUCTION.

1. Overview (Anthony R. Beech, Leam A. Craig and Kevin D. Browne).

2. Attachment Problems and Sex Offending (Jackie Craissati).

PART ONE: RISK ASSESSMENT.

3. Factors Associated with Sexual Recidivism (Franca Cortoni).

4. The Predictive Accuracy of Risk Factors and Frameworks (Leam A. Craig, Anthony R. Beech and Leigh Harkins).

PART TWO: APPROACHES TO OFFENDER ASSESSMENT.

5. Sex Offender Risk-Based Case Formulation (Douglas P. Boer, Jo Thakker and Tony Ward).

6. Psychometric Assessment of Sexual Deviance (Leam A. Craig and Anthony R. Beech).

7. Measuring Sexual Deviance: Attention-Based Measures (Carmen L.Z. Gress and D. Richard Laws).