Sexually Violent Predators: A Clinical Science Handbook
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| Altres autors: | , |
| Sumari: | XI, 432 p. 18 illus. text |
| Idioma: | anglès |
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Cham :
Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer,
2019.
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| Edició: | 1st ed. 2019. |
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| Accés en línia: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-04696-5 |
| Format: | Electrònic Llibre |
Taula de continguts:
- Historical overview
- An overview of legislation
- Sexually violent predators legislation: arguments pro and con
- Management of sexually violent predators while in federal custody
- Can sexually violent predators be managed in community settings?
- What happens to civillycommitted sexually violent predators? The state of treatment for incarcerated sex offenders
- Offenders targeting children vs. offenders targeting adults
- Juvenile offenders and sexual violence
- Understanding recidivism in the treatment of sexual offenders
- The psychometrics of risk assessments for the paraphilias
- A general psychometric overview of sexually violent predators criteria: what is the burden?
- Statistical controversies in sexually violent predators assessments
- What constructs ought to be measured when conducting sexually violent predators evaluations?
- Comorbid mental health problems in sexually violent predators
- Cultural considerations in sexually violent predators evaluations
- Sexuallyviolent predators and the DSM-V
- General issues in the prediction of deviant sexual behavior
- The assessment and diagnosis of personality disorders
- The assessment and diagnosis of “mental defects” and psychopathy
- The assessment and diagnosis of the paraphilias
- Problems with reliance on self-report.-Physiological assessment: polygraph and plethysmography
- What should a standard sexually violent predator's evaluation protocol look like?
- Sexually violent predators and expert testimony
- Understanding the victims.