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Book The Sex Offender  Issues in assessment  treatment  and supervision of adult and juvenile populations

Download or read book The Sex Offender Issues in assessment treatment and supervision of adult and juvenile populations written by Barbara K. Schwartz and published by Civic Research Institute, Inc.. This book was released on 1995 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Juvenile Sexual Offending

Download or read book Juvenile Sexual Offending written by Gail Ryan and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-02-02 with total page 519 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Praise for previous editions of Juvenile Sexual Offending “A stimulating presentation of clinical thinking that demonstrates why the authors are leaders in the juvenile sex offending field.” —Jim Breiling, National Institute of Mental Health “Juvenile Sexual Offending provides a comprehensive, in-depth look at the juvenile sexual abuser and assessment and treatment issues. The increase in sexual abuse by adolescents makes this book a must for professionals whose work brings them into contact with juvenile sexual abusers.” —Robert E. Longo, Serendipity Healing Arts “This book should be required reading for everyone providing services to adolescents who have committed sexual offenses and to their families. It remains the seminal text from which a framework for assessment, treatment, and aftercare are gleaned.” —Joann Schladale, Resources for Resolving Violence This classic text sets the foundation for working with juveniles who have sexually offended The new edition of Juvenile Sexual Offending provides a research-based, goal-oriented approach to the assessment, treatment, supervision, and care of this difficult population. Written by leading specialists in the field, the Third Edition represents the tremendous strides in research on brain growth and development. A thorough overview of the process of risk evaluation is included, as well as detailed and practical guidelines on gauging the possibility of repeated offense. Also included: New chapters on legislative and policy developments; risk assessment; adult responsibilities; and outcomes pairing risk management with health promotion Greatly expanded coverage of treatment, including new chapters on abuse-specific and offense-specific treatment interventions, and the effects of trauma Practitioner-friendly guidance to help mental health professionals with decision making; program development; case management skills; and working within multidisciplinary teams Juvenile Sexual Offending, Third Edition helps mental health professionals, child welfare, law enforcement, and juvenile justice professionals move toward successful assessment and treatment of juveniles who sexually abuse, reducing the risk of sexual abuse in future generations.

Book The Sex Offender  Theoretical advances  treating special populations  and legal developments

Download or read book The Sex Offender Theoretical advances treating special populations and legal developments written by Barbara K. Schwartz and published by Civic Research Institute, Inc.. This book was released on 1995 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Juvenile Sex Offenders

    Book Details:
  • Author : Eileen P. Ryan
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press
  • Release : 2012-04-19
  • ISBN : 0195393309
  • Pages : 265 pages

Download or read book Juvenile Sex Offenders written by Eileen P. Ryan and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-04-19 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text introduces clinicians to the challenging task of performing mental health evaluations for youth who have committed sexual offenses or have engaged in sexually abusive behavior.

Book Sex Offender Treatment

    Book Details:
  • Author : Daniel T. Wilcox
  • Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
  • Release : 2014-11-10
  • ISBN : 1118674413
  • Pages : 424 pages

Download or read book Sex Offender Treatment written by Daniel T. Wilcox and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2014-11-10 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sex Offender Treatment is an innovative case study-based guide to the treatment of sexual offenders, offering direct access to the insights and experience of experts in the field. The book describes case formulations, assessment processes, and treatment undertaken with specific sexual offender types. Takes an innovative case study approach to sexual offender assessment and treatment, sharing practical insights and real-world experience in a challenging field Coverage is organized by key offender populations and includes bipolar offenders, child sexual abusers, Internet offenders, psychopathic offenders, personality disordered offenders and female offenders This distinctive approach aids trainee and novice workers to recognise key treatment issues, and plan and implement courses of therapeutic engagement and intervention to improve offender self-control Contributors include Bill Marshall, Leam Craig, Phil Rich, Bill Lindsay and Tony Ward

Book Identifying and Treating Youth Who Sexually Offend

Download or read book Identifying and Treating Youth Who Sexually Offend written by Kristina Crumpton Franey and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-01-11 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What factors contribute to the making of a youthful sexual offender? This book is designed to assist professionals working with youth who sexually offend. A distinguished panel of experts discusses the latest research and provides theory, techniques, and practical guidelines for the assessment and treatment of this challenging population. Identifying and Treating Youth Who Sexually Offend: Current Approaches, Techniques, and Research lays an essential foundation with a theoretical overview that frames the subject in a clear, easy-to-follow style. This section includes: a comprehensive overview of the controversies, definitions, and salient characteristics of youth who sexually offend that that provides an understanding of the factors believed to be related to sex offending among youth as well as an up-to-date review of current theory an examination of an etiological model that is frequently applied to adult sex offenders—is it applicable for use with youthful offenders? The second section of Identifying and Treating Youth Who Sexually Offend tackles the challenges professionals face when conducting assessments of sexually abusive youth. This section is designed to help the clinicians of today and tomorrow become better equipped to handle the daunting task of assessment—from choosing assessment tools to decreasing denial with specific interviewing techniques. Readers will learn: how to distinguish subtypes among this population—with a research review and comparative descriptions of clinical and empirical typologies as well as discussion of the Trauma Outcome Process model and practical examples for clinicians how to predict the rate of re-offense among youth who sexually offend, with a review of five risk assessment methods and four scales plus directions for using them—includes the Juvenile Sex Offender Assessment Protocol (JSOAP), the Protective Factors Scale (PFS), and the Estimate of Risk of Adolescent Sex Offender Recidivism (ERASOR) the “nuts and bolts” of the interviewing and clinical assessment phase of treatment—a look at effective interviewing strategies, the process of change, and the stages of change model the importance of family therapy in the treatment of these youth—ways to include parents in relapse prevention planning and ways to handle treatment providers’ misconceptions and concerns about including family therapy in this type of treatment cognitive-behavioral treatment models for use in outpatient settings—with treatment strategies directed toward various individual or family clinical targets, including psychological dysfunctions, sexual deviance, adolescent development and adaptive skills, and parent/family relationships an integrated (holistic) experiential approach to treatment, complete with sample exercises and a discussion of the pros and cons of many current treatment modalities a multi-family group therapy (MFGT) approach—with a look at this powerful intervention mode’s advantages, including economic benefits, family-to-family support and mentoring, community-based resourcefulness, and accelerated catalyzing of emotions, and directions for how to establish a MFGT format for treatment current practices in residential treatment for adolescent sex offenders—policies, testing and assessment procedures, therapeutic approaches used, number of males and females in treatment, etc. The final section of Identifying and Treating Youth Who Sexually Offend explores what happens to youth who sexually offend after they leave treatment. This includes: a survey of the literature on recidivism an evaluation of the effectiveness of treatment of 644 juvenile sex offenders through the meta-analysis of 10 studies—with encouraging results! a look at the life experiences of a samp

Book Sex Offender Treatment

Download or read book Sex Offender Treatment written by Edmond J Coleman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-23 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examine the major advances in sexual offender treatment over the last decade and promising new concepts in treatment, supervision, and research Sex Offender Treatment: Accomplishments, Challenges, and Future Directions points the way toward humane, dignified, effective treatment regimes for sexual offenders. In addition to providing an essential overview of the current state of sex offender treatment, this book examines vital areas of service provision and research and points to future directions for the field. On the medical/psychological front, this volume explores the importance of recognizing comorbid psychiatric factors in treatment and of exploring central nervous system function's role as a cause of sexually inappropriate behavior. In the legislative/justice arena it illustrates a “Circles of Support” proposal that mobilizes community resources to aid the adjustment of released offenders rather than branding them as dangerous to the community. And in the area of service provision, this book presents a treatment approach for residential programs that is inspired by research on childhood behavioral problems and special education. This book will increase your effectiveness with: a model of multisystemic treatment for juvenile sex offenders a restorative justice approach for reintegrating adult offenders into the community a study of the physical/mental correlates of organic brain dysfunction a case report on the use of a pharmaceutical treatment (leuprolide acetate) for pedophiles

Book Juvenile Sexual Offenders

Download or read book Juvenile Sexual Offenders written by Phil Rich and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-02-04 with total page 493 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Clinicians who do not exclusively work with juvenile sexual offenders still need to evaluate and assess risk with sexually reactive children in their practices. Providing crucial, current literature, Juvenile Sexual Offenders offers a timely overview of the process of risk evaluation of juvenile sexual offenders. Practical information is provided in effectively conducting thorough evaluations of juvenile sexual offenders. Topics include projecting risk and using the instruments. Professionals in the field, including clinicians, supervisors, and administrators, will receive detailed guidelines on how to gauge potential risk of repeat offense.

Book Assessment and Treatment of Sex Offenders

Download or read book Assessment and Treatment of Sex Offenders written by Anthony R. Beech and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-03-04 with total page 610 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive resource for practitioners working with sexual offenders. Discusses assessments and interventions, as well as providing a comprehensive literature review There are around 10,000 convictions or cautions for sexual offences in the UK each year; early evidence suggests that treatment programmes can halve re-conviction rates Edited by a University of Birmingham team who are world leaders in researching this area; the subject is of interest worldwide, with strong markets in Canada and New Zealand Includes material on managing offenders with developmental disabilities and those with Dangerous and Severe Personality Disorder

Book Toolkit for Working with Juvenile Sex Offenders

Download or read book Toolkit for Working with Juvenile Sex Offenders written by Daniel S. Bromberg and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2014-03-04 with total page 595 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Juvenile sex offender therapy has changed markedly since it emerged in the 1980s. Toolkit for Working with Juvenile Sex Offenders provides therapists with a summary of evidence-based practice with this population, including working with comorbid conditions and developmental disabilities. It provides tools for use in assessment, case formulation, and treatment, and includes forms, checklists, and exercises. The intended audience is practitioners engaged in the assessment and treatment of juveniles whose sexual interests and/or behaviors are statistically non-normative and/or problematic. Readers will find a chapter on academic assessment and intervention, a domain frequently not covered by texts in this field. Identifies evidence-based treatment practice specifically for juveniles Provides tools for assessment, case formulation, and treatment Covers treatment in comorbid conditions or developmental disabilities Contains forms, checklists, and client exercises for use in practice

Book The Juvenile Sex Offender

Download or read book The Juvenile Sex Offender written by Howard E. Barbaree and published by Guilford Press. This book was released on 2008-06-19 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From leading scientists and practitioners, this authoritative work examines what is known about the nature and development of juvenile sexual offending, the consequences for both victims and perpetrators, and approaches to assessment, intervention, and relapse prevention. Pathways of normal sexual development are described, and the biological, social, and psychological processes that lead to sexual conduct problems are investigated. The book explores how juvenile offenders are dealt with in the mental health and criminal justice systems, reviews available psychological and pharmacological treatment approaches, and provides research-based recommendations for improving existing practices.

Book International Perspectives on the Assessment and Treatment of Sexual Offenders

Download or read book International Perspectives on the Assessment and Treatment of Sexual Offenders written by Douglas P. Boer and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-03-21 with total page 752 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: International Perspectives on the Assessment and Treatment of Sexual Offenders: Theory, Practice and Research provides the first truly global perspective on the assessment and treatment of sex offenders. Presents a comprehensive overview of current theories and practices relating to the assessment and treatment of sex offenders throughout the world, including the US, Europe, and Australasia Covers all the major developments in the areas of risk assessment, treatment, and management Includes chapters written by internationally respected practitioners and researchers experienced in working with sexual offenders such as Bill Marshall, Ruth Mann, Karl Hanson and Jayson Ware

Book Arts Therapies and Sexual Offending

Download or read book Arts Therapies and Sexual Offending written by Marian Liebmann and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2021-01-21 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A resource for arts therapists and other clinicians on working with people who have committed sexual offences. There is a strong focus on the value of establishing a therapeutic relationship involving non-verbal media as a cornerstone, drawing upon current research and practice. Emphasis is placed on working with transference and counter-transference, being trauma-informed, and making use of effective supervision. This group of offenders can benefit hugely from the provision of arts therapies, and this book provides valuable experiences of working with people who have committed sexual offences.

Book The Sex Offender  Current treatment modalities and systems issues

Download or read book The Sex Offender Current treatment modalities and systems issues written by Barbara K. Schwartz and published by Civic Research Institute, Inc.. This book was released on 1995 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Program Development in the 21st Century

Download or read book Program Development in the 21st Century written by Nancy G. Calley and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2010-12-01 with total page 545 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offering practical strategies and tools readers can use on the job, this comprehensive book covers the practices, conditions, and legislative issues that affect program development. Using a unique 14-step model, the author guides readers through every stage of the process, from identifying a need, establishing a research basis, and designing the clinical program through implementing, evaluating, and sustaining the program. This valuable work captures the most significant changes that have occurred in human services and mental health program development over the last decade and demonstrates the need for mental health professionals to be well versed in business, management, and research as well as in clinical skills.

Book Sex Offenders

    Book Details:
  • Author : Fabian M. Saleh M.D.
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press
  • Release : 2009-02-11
  • ISBN : 9780198039334
  • Pages : 480 pages

Download or read book Sex Offenders written by Fabian M. Saleh M.D. and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2009-02-11 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive reference by nationally recognized experts provides an interdisciplinary overview of existing knowledge about sex offenders. It provides in-depth coverage of the problem of identification, risk assessment and management, treatment, and legal solutions. It seeks to ensure public safety while at the same time maintaining medical integrity and respect for due process. The book is intended for psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, and researchers who work with sex offenders, as well as attorneys, members of the judiciary, and policymakers.

Book Sex Offenders

    Book Details:
  • Author : Fabian M. Saleh M.D.
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press
  • Release : 2009-02-11
  • ISBN : 0190292113
  • Pages : 480 pages

Download or read book Sex Offenders written by Fabian M. Saleh M.D. and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2009-02-11 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive reference by nationally recognized experts provides an interdisciplinary overview of existing knowledge about sex offenders. It provides in-depth coverage of the problem of identification, risk assessment and management, treatment, and legal solutions. It seeks to ensure public safety while at the same time maintaining medical integrity and respect for due process. The book is intended for psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, and researchers who work with sex offenders, as well as attorneys, members of the judiciary, and policymakers.