NCJ Number
174052
Editor(s)
E Coleman,
S M Dwyer,
N J Pallone
Date Published
1996
Length
180 pages
Annotation
This volume discusses the most recent research on the effectiveness of sex offender treatment throughout the world.
Abstract
The book begins with a description of standards of care for the treatment of adult sex offenders. Other articles examine the nature of interpersonal violence and aggression, further the understanding of pedophilia (testing the "abuse-to-abuser" hypothesis) and the assessment, psychosexual profiling and treatment of exhibitionism. Still others address the importance of good assessment techniques; combining hostile masculinity and impersonal sex; issues affecting victims and families of sex offenders; why treatment does not work for some sex offenders; medical problems associated with sex offenders; working with special populations of sex offenders, especially those with learning difficulties or mental retardation; and variations in remodeling and their therapeutic implications. The articles were contributed by specialists in varied backgrounds, which are reflected in the way the articles are written. References, figures, notes, tables