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Assessment of sexual offenders against children
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- Creator
- Vernon L. Quinsey, Martin L. Lalumière
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- Language
- English
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- Publication
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- Thousand Oaks, Ca. : SAGE Publications, [1996]
- ©1996
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- xiii, 98 pages ; 26 cm
- ISBNs
- 0761901108, 9780761901105
- OCLC
- ocm33133424
- "Published in cooperation with the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children."
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 65-78).
- 1. Objectives -- 2. Conceptual description -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 General issues in the assessment sex offenders against children -- 2.3 Characteristics of sex offenders against children -- 2.3.1 Social competence -- 2.3.2 Cognitions and beliefs -- 2.3.3 Sexual preferences -- 2.3.4 Personality and psychopathology -- 2.3.5 Hormonal and brain dysfunctions -- 2.3.6 Typologies of child molesters -- 2.4 Situational predictors of sexual offenses against children -- 3. Implications for practice -- 3.1 The assessment -- 3.1.1 Interview -- 3.1.2 Psychological tests -- 3.1.3 Phallometric assessment -- 3.1.4 Polygraph testing -- 3.2 Appraising risk -- 3.3 Treatment planning -- 3.4 Ethical issues -- 3.4.1 Who is the client? -- 3.4.2 Confidentiality and reporting -- 3.4.3 Professional guidelines -- 3.4.4 Legal guidelines -- 3.4.5 Conflict of interest -- 3.5 The report -- 4. Recommended assessment instruments