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Book The Treatment of Sex Offenders with Developmental Disabilities

Download or read book The Treatment of Sex Offenders with Developmental Disabilities written by William R. Lindsay and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-03-12 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A practical treatment manual, specifically developed for use with offenders who have intellectual disabilities, which will help clinicians to prepare and run therapeutic group sessions as part of an offender rehabilitation programme. Traditional methods and techniques have been modified so that they can be used with offenders with developmental disabilities Looks at topics such as disclosure, dealing with cognitive distortions, the cycle of offending, victim awareness, pathways to offending and non-offending and relapse prevention As well as CBT, new initiatives in offender rehabilitation, such as self-regulation and the Good Lives Model (GLM), are covered

Book The Wiley Handbook on What Works for Offenders with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Download or read book The Wiley Handbook on What Works for Offenders with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities written by William R. Lindsay and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2019-10-03 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brings together the growing amount of evidence on the assessment and treatment of offenders with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Written by a team of international experts, this comprehensive and informative book provides a contemporary picture of evidence-based practice for offenders with intellectual and developmental disabilities. By adopting a scientist-practitioner position directed at an academic level with practitioner guidelines, it provides a valuable reference source for professionals from allied disciplines who are using or seeking to apply research for this client group. The Wiley Handbook of What Works for Offenders with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: An Evidence Based Approach to Theory, Assessment and Treatment is divided into five sections: Introduction, Phenotypes & Genotypes and Offending Behavior, Validated Assessments, Treatment, and Conclusions. The Introduction offers an overview of the entire book and is followed by a second overview covering the ethics of evidence-based practice. After that come chapters on protecting the rights of people with intellectual disabilities in correctional settings, and behavioral and cognitive phenotypes in genetic disorders associated with offending. The third part of the book studies the assessment of individuals with anger and violence issues, inappropriate sexual behavior, alcohol abuse, and emotional difficulties. Next comes a section that looks how to offenders can be treated. The final section discusses future directions and requirements for offenders with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Provides an overview of the ethical challenges and issues faced by those who work with intellectually and developmentally disabled offenders Focuses on proof of treatment effectiveness and validation of assessment methods to direct readers toward "What Works" Features contributions from authors across the entire English-speaking world including the UK, US, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand The Wiley Handbook of What Works for Offenders with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: An Evidence Based Approach to Theory, Assessment and Treatment will appeal to all who work in the field of offenders with intellectual and developmental disabilities, including nursing staff, social workers and probation officers, medical and psychology staff, and more.

Book The Treatment of Sex Offenders with Developmental Disabilities

Download or read book The Treatment of Sex Offenders with Developmental Disabilities written by William R. Lindsay and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-04-20 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A practical treatment manual, specifically developed for use with offenders who have intellectual disabilities, which will help clinicians to prepare and run therapeutic group sessions as part of an offender rehabilitation programme. Traditional methods and techniques have been modified so that they can be used with offenders with developmental disabilities Looks at topics such as disclosure, dealing with cognitive distortions, the cycle of offending, victim awareness, pathways to offending and non-offending and relapse prevention As well as CBT, new initiatives in offender rehabilitation, such as self-regulation and the Good Lives Model (GLM), are covered

Book Offenders with Developmental Disabilities

Download or read book Offenders with Developmental Disabilities written by William R. Lindsay and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2004-07-16 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For over a century, developmental disabilities have been associated with crime in prejudicial and pejorative contexts. Offenders with Developmental Disabilities provides a balanced, comprehensive review of the prevalence, nature and development of offending by those with intellectual disabilities. Not only does this volume include coverage of evidence-based assessment and treatment ideas, strategies and plans, but also places the field in a historical, legal and ethical context. William Lindsay, John Taylor and Peter Sturmey have brought together a wealth of contributors from differing backgrounds to share new material and knowledge of assessments, treatment, and service issues in a single volume. Divided into five parts, Part I opens with theoretical issues; Part II deals with legal and services contexts including ethical concerns; Part III considers risk assessment, general assessment and approaches to evaluation; Part IV addresses specific issues of sexual offending, anger and aggression, fire raising, dual diagnosis, female offenders and personality disorder; Part V concludes with service development, professional and research issues. Forensic practitioners and students from psychology and psychiatry, lawyers and advocates, nurses and social workers will all find this comprehensive and practical book an inspiration in taking this field forward.

Book Developmentally Disabled Persons with Sexual Behavior Problems

Download or read book Developmentally Disabled Persons with Sexual Behavior Problems written by Gerry D. Blasingame and published by Wood 'N' Barnes Publishing. This book was released on 2001 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text addresses : Sexuality among the developmentally disabled population; Recidivism rates in the general population; Factors in culpability; Comprehensive mental health and sexuality specific evaluations; Use of polygraph testing with DD offenders; Constructing an inter-agency team for community management and supervision; Integration of treatment and supervision in both residential and community-based treatment; and Treatment failures and success.

Book The Wiley Handbook on What Works for Offenders with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Download or read book The Wiley Handbook on What Works for Offenders with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities written by William R. Lindsay and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2019-12-16 with total page 479 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brings together the growing amount of evidence on the assessment and treatment of offenders with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Written by a team of international experts, this comprehensive and informative book provides a contemporary picture of evidence-based practice for offenders with intellectual and developmental disabilities. By adopting a scientist-practitioner position directed at an academic level with practitioner guidelines, it provides a valuable reference source for professionals from allied disciplines who are using or seeking to apply research for this client group. The Wiley Handbook of What Works for Offenders with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: An Evidence Based Approach to Theory, Assessment and Treatment is divided into five sections: Introduction, Phenotypes & Genotypes and Offending Behavior, Validated Assessments, Treatment, and Conclusions. The Introduction offers an overview of the entire book and is followed by a second overview covering the ethics of evidence-based practice. After that come chapters on protecting the rights of people with intellectual disabilities in correctional settings, and behavioral and cognitive phenotypes in genetic disorders associated with offending. The third part of the book studies the assessment of individuals with anger and violence issues, inappropriate sexual behavior, alcohol abuse, and emotional difficulties. Next comes a section that looks how to offenders can be treated. The final section discusses future directions and requirements for offenders with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Provides an overview of the ethical challenges and issues faced by those who work with intellectually and developmentally disabled offenders Focuses on proof of treatment effectiveness and validation of assessment methods to direct readers toward "What Works" Features contributions from authors across the entire English-speaking world including the UK, US, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand The Wiley Handbook of What Works for Offenders with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: An Evidence Based Approach to Theory, Assessment and Treatment will appeal to all who work in the field of offenders with intellectual and developmental disabilities, including nursing staff, social workers and probation officers, medical and psychology staff, and more.

Book The Wiley Handbook on Offenders with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

Download or read book The Wiley Handbook on Offenders with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities written by William R. Lindsay and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2018-08-10 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The essential resource to the most recent research and practice on offenders with intellectual and developmental disabilities The Wiley Handbook on Offenders with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities is a comprehensive compendium to the research and evidence supporting clinical work with people with intellectual and developmental disabilities who offend or are at risk of offending. With contributions from an international panel of experts, the text reviews the most recent developments in the assessment, treatment and management of various types of offenders with intellectual disabilities including violent offenders, sexual offenders and firesetters. The text also explores the developments in research on risk assessment and management of people with intellectual disabilities who offend or are at risk of offending. In addition, the handbook also contains information on developments in research into the epidemiology of offending in this population, pathways into services and the trajectories of the criminal careers of those who will later go on to offend. This important resource: Includes contributions from expert international researchers and practitioners in the field Describes a range of theoretical, conceptual and ethical assessments as well as treatment and service development issues that are relevant practitioners in clinical practice Presents the ethical-legal considerations that offer a conceptual framework for the handbook Sets out a variety of the most current evidence-based interventions Written for psychologists, psychiatrists, nurses and other mental health professionals, and those in education and training, The Wiley Handbook on Offenders with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities offers a much-needed resource on the latest developments in the field.

Book Treating Sex Offenders

Download or read book Treating Sex Offenders written by Jill D. Stinson and published by Guilford Press. This book was released on 2012-10-18 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This structured yet flexible manual presents an innovative group treatment approach that targets deficits in self-regulation—a central problem for sex offenders. Safe Offender Strategies (SOS) comprises 10 evidence-based modules that teach participants the skills to desist from problem behaviors, manage their emotions and impulses, and break unhealthy relationship patterns. Motivational enhancement and validation techniques are woven throughout this collaborative treatment. SOS can be used with a range of clients—including high-risk offenders and those with mental illness or intellectual disabilities—in institutional or outpatient settings. Fifteen reproducible forms and worksheets can be downloaded and printed in a convenient 8 1/2" x 11" size.

Book Assessment and Treatment of Sexual Offenders with Intellectual Disabilities

Download or read book Assessment and Treatment of Sexual Offenders with Intellectual Disabilities written by Leam A. Craig and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-12-03 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A practical handbook for practitioners that covers the assessment, treatment and management of sexual offenders with intellectual disabilities – an area of growing interest within clinical forensic psychology. New for the Wiley Series in Forensic Clinical Psychology: a practical handbook that covers the assessment, treatment and management of sexual offenders with intellectual disabilities Summarises the research literature on the characteristics and prevalence of sexual offenders with intellectual disabilities Discusses risk assessment and innovations in treatment and management Includes contributors world-renowned in the field of assessment and treatment of sexual offenders with intellectual disabilities such as Tony Ward, Glynis Murphy, and Douglas Boer

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 Treating Intellectually Disabled Sex Offenders

Download or read book Treating Intellectually Disabled Sex Offenders written by James Haaven and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report describes how the intensive residential specialized Social Skills Program at Oregon State Hospital combines principles of respect, self-help and experiential learning with traditional sex offender treatment methods. It includes documentation from the program.

Book Mental Disability Law

    Book Details:
  • Author : Michael L. Perlin
  • Publisher : Lexis Law Publishing (Va)
  • Release : 1998
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 602 pages

Download or read book Mental Disability Law written by Michael L. Perlin and published by Lexis Law Publishing (Va). This book was released on 1998 with total page 602 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Developmentally Disabled Persons with Sexual Behavioral Problems

Download or read book Developmentally Disabled Persons with Sexual Behavioral Problems written by Gerry D. Blasingame and published by Wood 'N' Barnes Publishing. This book was released on 2005-10 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Treating Sexual Offenders

Download or read book Treating Sexual Offenders written by William L. Marshall and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-05-13 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through extensive consideration of current research, theory and practice, Treating Sexual Offenders provides a guide to the assessment, treatment, and evaluation of a number of different disorders. Provides therapists with the means to have a continued positive impact on the sex offender, from assessment to post-treatment evaluation and follow-up. Includes fetishisms, transvestic fetishisms, exhibitionism, frottage, pedophilia, sexual sadism, sexual masochism, telephone scatologia, voyeurism, rape, child molestation, and incest. The Therapist Rating Scale used and referenced throughout the text is available for download below. Therapist Rating Scale (pdf file)

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 Offender Treatment

Download or read book Sex Offender Treatment written by S. Margretta Dwyer and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of papers discusses standards of care for the treatment of adult sex offenders as well as interpersonal violence, aggression, pedophilia and exhibitionism. Other topics include : the importance of good assessment techniques; issues affecting victims and families of sex offenders; why treatment does not work for some sex offenders; and, special types of sex offenders such as those with learning difficulties or mental retardation.