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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A Manual for Civil Commitments and Beyond Dennis M. Doren. Copyright © 2002 by Sage Publications, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical ...
A Manual for Civil Commitments and Beyond Dennis M. Doren. Contents Introduction ix 1. Relevant Components of Sex Offender Civil Commitment Laws: The Evaluation “Referral ... Offender Civil Commitment Assessments Differentiations Contents.
A Manual for Civil Commitments and Beyond Dennis M. Doren. Nonparaphiliac Diagnoses Common in Sex Offender Civil Commitment Assessments Differentiations Among Commonly Diagnosed Disorders Drawing the Predisposition Nexus Summary Comments ...
... offender civil commitment laws in the United States. Virtually no one disputes that these statutes, typically described under the rubric “sexual predator” laws, have been implemented for the protection of potential victims. Likewise ...
... offender civil commitment laws is that, for someone to be committed, prosecutors need to present evidence concerning the mental condition of individuals and the concomitant risk for enacting certain criminal sexual behaviors in the ...
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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 |