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- catalog abstract "Written for mental health professionals, this indispensable guide reviews the range of relevant literature covering issues in assessing child molesters. A vital road map, Assessment of Sexual Offenders Against Children steers you to the most current knowledge available on the subject in a compact, accessible form. Learn from this resource what characteristics do and do not differentiate child molesters from other people, what situational factors are related to molestation, what instruments are used in the assessment of child molesters, how assessment information is used to appraise risk and guide treatment, and what elements to include in a useful assessment report. In addition, this volume covers the ethical and legal issues of this type of assessment. Not only does this APSAC Study Guide provide a high-level introduction to actual assessment issues by directing you to the literature, it also offers an opportunity to earn six continuing education units. Assessment of Sexual Offenders Against Children offers mental health professionals - those who perform risk assessments or plan treatment programs for those who have committed sex offenses against children - a unique home study option to earning continuing education credits.".
- catalog contributor b10027123.
- catalog contributor b10027124.
- catalog created "c1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "c1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1996.".
- catalog description "1. Objectives -- 2. Conceptual description -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 General issues in the assessment sex offenders against children -- 2.3 Characteristics of sex offenders against children -- 2.3.1 Social competence -- 2.3.2 Cognitions and beliefs -- 2.3.3 Sexual preferences -- 2.3.4 Personality and psychopathology -- 2.3.5 Hormonal and brain dysfunctions -- 2.3.6 Typologies of child molesters -- 2.4 Situational predictors of sexual offenses against children -- 3. Implications for practice -- 3.1 The assessment -- 3.1.1 Interview -- 3.1.2 Psychological tests -- 3.1.3 Phallometric assessment -- 3.1.4 Polygraph testing -- 3.2 Appraising risk -- 3.3 Treatment planning -- 3.4 Ethical issues -- 3.4.1 Who is the client? -- 3.4.2 Confidentiality and reporting -- 3.4.3 Professional guidelines -- 3.4.4 Legal guidelines -- 3.4.5 Conflict of interest -- 3.5 The report -- 4. Recommended assessment instruments.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 65-78).".
- catalog description "Written for mental health professionals, this indispensable guide reviews the range of relevant literature covering issues in assessing child molesters. A vital road map, Assessment of Sexual Offenders Against Children steers you to the most current knowledge available on the subject in a compact, accessible form. Learn from this resource what characteristics do and do not differentiate child molesters from other people, what situational factors are related to molestation, what instruments are used in the assessment of child molesters, how assessment information is used to appraise risk and guide treatment, and what elements to include in a useful assessment report. In addition, this volume covers the ethical and legal issues of this type of assessment. Not only does this APSAC Study Guide provide a high-level introduction to actual assessment issues by directing you to the literature, it also offers an opportunity to earn six continuing education units. Assessment of Sexual Offenders Against Children offers mental health professionals - those who perform risk assessments or plan treatment programs for those who have committed sex offenses against children - a unique home study option to earning continuing education credits.".
- catalog extent "xiii, 98 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "Assessment of sexual offenders against children.".
- catalog identifier "0761901108 (pbk. : acid-free paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Assessment of sexual offenders against children.".
- catalog isPartOf "The APSAC study guides ; vol. 1".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "c1996.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Thousand Oaks, Ca. : SAGE Publications,".
- catalog relation "Assessment of sexual offenders against children.".
- catalog subject "616.85/836 20".
- catalog subject "Child Abuse, Sexual.".
- catalog subject "Child molesters Psychology.".
- catalog subject "Child sexual abuse.".
- catalog subject "HV6570 .Q56 1996".
- catalog subject "Pedophilia psychology.".
- catalog subject "Pedophilia.".
- catalog subject "W1 AP549G v.1 1996".
- catalog subject "WM 610 Q7a 1996".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. Objectives -- 2. Conceptual description -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 General issues in the assessment sex offenders against children -- 2.3 Characteristics of sex offenders against children -- 2.3.1 Social competence -- 2.3.2 Cognitions and beliefs -- 2.3.3 Sexual preferences -- 2.3.4 Personality and psychopathology -- 2.3.5 Hormonal and brain dysfunctions -- 2.3.6 Typologies of child molesters -- 2.4 Situational predictors of sexual offenses against children -- 3. Implications for practice -- 3.1 The assessment -- 3.1.1 Interview -- 3.1.2 Psychological tests -- 3.1.3 Phallometric assessment -- 3.1.4 Polygraph testing -- 3.2 Appraising risk -- 3.3 Treatment planning -- 3.4 Ethical issues -- 3.4.1 Who is the client? -- 3.4.2 Confidentiality and reporting -- 3.4.3 Professional guidelines -- 3.4.4 Legal guidelines -- 3.4.5 Conflict of interest -- 3.5 The report -- 4. Recommended assessment instruments.".
- catalog title "Assessment of sexual offenders against children / authors, Vernon L. Quinsey, Martin L. Lalumière.".
- catalog type "text".