Cognitive Approaches to the Assessment of Sexual Interest in Sexual Offenders
Book Details
- Published : 2009
- Cover : Paperback
- Pages : 250
- Category :
Cognitive-Behavioural Therapies - Category 2 :
Trauma and Violence - Catalogue No : 28410
- ISBN 13 : 9780470057841
- ISBN 10 : 047005784X
Reviews and Endorsements
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 and practice in this area, along with critical commentary on the effectiveness of each method.