Evaluating sex offenders : a manual for civil commitments and beyond

Evaluating sex offenders : a manual for civil commitments and beyond / Dennis M. Doren.

& Nbsp; Evaluating Sex Offenders is the first and only "how to" book describing the complete sex offender civil commitment evaluation. Aimed at helping practitioners, clinicians, counselors, and parole officers assess risk and evaluate offenders who have been convicted of a sex crime,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Doren, Dennis M. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, 2002.
Series:Online access: SAGE SAGE Research Methods Core.
Subjects:
Sex offenders > United States.
Mentally ill > Commitment and detention > United States.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sexual Abuse & Harassment.
Mentally ill > Commitment and detention
Sex offenders
United States
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Table of Contents:
  • Relevant components of sex offender civil commitment laws: the evaluation "referral questions"
  • Procedures for conducting the assessment
  • Diagnostic issues within sex offender civil commitment assessments: defining relevant paraphilias
  • Diagnostic issues within sex offender civil commitment assessments: diagnostic issues beyond the paraphilias
  • Using risk assessment instrumentation
  • Recidivism base rates
  • Clinical adjustments
  • The evaluation report and court testimony
  • Ethical issues.

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