Cognitive approaches to the assessment of sexual interest in sexual offenders

Cognitive approaches to the assessment of sexual interest in sexual offenders / edited by David Thornton and D. Richard Laws.

New for the Wiley Series in Forensic Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Approaches to the Treatment of Sexual Offenders describes and evaluates the current methods of measuring sexual interest in sex offenders - namely penile plethysmography, the Abel Assessment for Sexual Interest, Affinity 2.1, the Im...

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Other Authors: Thornton, D. (David), Laws, D. Richard
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chichester, UK ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009.
Subjects:
Sex offenders > Research.
Child molesters > Research.
Psychological tests.
PSYCHOLOGY > Mental Illness.
Psychological tests
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Summary:New for the Wiley Series in Forensic Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Approaches to the Treatment of Sexual Offenders describes and evaluates the current methods of measuring sexual interest in sex offenders - namely penile plethysmography, the Abel Assessment for Sexual Interest, Affinity 2.1, the Implicit Association Test, the Stroop test and the polygraph. The book also discusses how established cognitive assessment methods such as the attentional blink and the startle probe reflex can be adapted for use with sex offenders. It therefore brings together in one volume all the latest research an.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiii, 236 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780470747551
0470747552
9780470747568
0470747560
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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