Sexually Violent Predators: A Clinical Science Handbook

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: O'Donohue, William T. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Bromberg, Daniel S. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Forensic psychology.; Forensic psychiatry.; Social work.; Sexual behavior.; Sexual psychology.; Forensic Psychology.; Forensic Psychiatry.; Social Work.; Sexual Behavior.

This information-rich volume expands current knowledge about sexually violent predators and critiques SVP laws with the goal of fostering improvements in clinical practice and public policy. It offers a finely detailed evidence base on this problematic class of offenders, including the complex inter...

Table of Contents:

• Historical overview
• An overview of legislation
• Sexually violent predators legislation: arguments pro and con
• Management of sexually violent predators while in federal custody
• Can sexually violent predators be managed in community settings?
• What happens to civillycommitted sexually violent predators? The state of treatment for incarcerated sex offenders
• Offenders targeting children vs. offenders targeting adults
• Juvenile offenders and sexual violence
• Understanding recidivism in the treatment of sexual offenders
• The psychometrics of risk assessments for the paraphilias
• A general psychometric overview of sexually violent predators criteria: what is the burden?
• Statistical controversies in sexually violent predators assessments
• What constructs ought to be measured when conducting sexually violent predators evaluations?
• Comorbid mental health problems in sexually violent predators
• Cultural considerations in sexually violent predators evaluations
• Sexually violent predators and the DSM-V
• General issues in the prediction of deviant sexual behavior
• The assessment and diagnosis of personality disorders
• The assessment and diagnosis of "mental defects" and psychopathy
• The assessment and diagnosis of the paraphilias
• Problems with reliance on self-report.-Physiological assessment: polygraph and plethysmography
• What should a standard sexually violent predator's evaluation protocol look like?
• Sexually violent predators and expert testimony
• Understanding the victims.