Evaluating Sex Offenders: A Manual for Civil Commitments and BeyondDennis M. Doren SAGE Publications, 2002 M04 10 - 256 páginas A professional volume to help practitioners, clinicians, counselors, and parole officers, assess risk and evaluate offenders who have been convicted of a sex crime. This is the most comprehensive volume available on every aspect of assessing risk. It compares all current risk assessment techniques of sex offenders in terms of ease of use, reliability, and predictive power. It is a complete guide to assessing sex offenders for likelihood of re-offense, and it provides a wealth of information on other aspects of the assessment process, including information gathering, interviewing offenders, and writing reports. Chapter topics include: defining risk; data gathering; diagnostic issues; recidivism base rates; risk factor lists; actuarial scales; instrumentation (violent and sexual); the evaluation report; presenting in court; ethical issues. |
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... Ethical Considerations 49 Summary Comments 49 3. Diagnostic Issues Within Sex Offender Civil Commitment Assessments: Defining Relevant Paraphilias Defending the Labels We Use Why Diagnose at All? DSM-IV Definitional Problems for ...
... Ethical Issues Procedural Concerns Communication Concerns A Final Comment Appendix A: Relapse Prevention Interview Basic Principles of Scoring Relapse Prevention Interview Score Sheet Appendix B: Templates for Segments of Precommitment ...
... ethical in business. Although it may be reasonable to say that few of us really like being controlled by governmental imposition, we also understand that this is the price we pay for lowering the overall risk we face. At times, this ...
... ethical stance. In fact, to be clear, I very much respect the process of professionals limiting their practice to areas that do not compromise their values and ethics. Nothing in this book will state differently. Among people who also ...
... ethical issues arise once that question is answered (for whatever reason) in the affirmative. The reason this chapter was left to the end was not at all reflective of a paucity of ethical issues to discuss, or because the delineation of ...
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2 Procedures for Conducting the Assessment | 27 |
Defining Relevant Paraphilias | 51 |
Diagnostic Issues Beyond the Paraphilias | 87 |
5 Using Risk Assessment Instrumentation | 103 |
6 Recidivism Base Rates | 145 |
7 Clinical Adjustments | 161 |
8 The Evaluation Report and Court Testimony | 179 |
Appendix A | 201 |
Appendix B | 211 |
Appendix C | 217 |
Appendix D | 225 |
References | 229 |
Index | 237 |
About the Author | 243 |
9 Ethical Issues | 189 |
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Evaluating Sex Offenders: A Manual for Civil Commitments and Beyond Dennis M. Doren Vista previa limitada - 2002 |
Evaluating Sex Offenders: A Manual for Civil Commitments and Beyond Dennis M. Doren Vista previa limitada - 2002 |
Evaluating Sex Offenders: A Manual for Civil Commitments and Beyond Dennis M. Doren Vista previa limitada - 2002 |