NCJ Number
190183
Editor(s)
Eli Coleman Ph.D.,
Michael Miner Ph.D.
Date Published
2000
Length
121 pages
Annotation
This volume examines research in the field of sexual offender treatment.
Abstract
The volume contains selected papers from the 5th International Conference on the Treatment of Sexual Offenders held in Caracas, Venezuela, March 22-27, 1998. The authors introduced the recently revised Standards of Care for the Treatment of Sexual Offenders and the formation of a new International Association for the Treatment of Sexual Offenders. Individual papers concerned: (1) standards of care for treating adult sex offenders; (2) the psychoneuroendocrinology of sexual aggression; (3) aggression in relation to brain abnormalities in incarcerated sexual offenders; (4) self-concepts and interpersonal perceptions of sexual offenders in relation to brain abnormalities; (5) brain abnormalities and violent behavior; (6) treatment of adult male child molesters through group family intervention; (7) experiences of adult and adolescent female sex offenders compared to other female and male sex offenders; and (8) a seven-step system to treat pedophiles who were mentally retarded, had mental illness, and physical handicaps. References, bibliography, tables, notes, index