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Author |
: Dennis M. Doren |
Publisher |
: SAGE Publications |
Total Pages |
: 257 |
Release |
: 2002-04-10 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781452212289 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1452212287 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (89 Downloads) |
Synopsis Evaluating Sex Offenders by : Dennis M. Doren
Evaluating Sex Offenders is the first and only "how to" book describing the complete sex offender civil commitment evaluation. Aimed at helping practitioners, clinicians, counselors, and parole officers assess risk and evaluate offenders who have been convicted of a sex crime, the text offers readers a step-by-step description of what examiners need to know, 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.
Author |
: Dennis M. Doren |
Publisher |
: SAGE |
Total Pages |
: 260 |
Release |
: 2002-04-10 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0761921141 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780761921141 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (41 Downloads) |
Synopsis Evaluating Sex Offenders by : Dennis M. Doren
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.
Author |
: Nathan James |
Publisher |
: Nova Publishers |
Total Pages |
: 80 |
Release |
: 2008 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1604565055 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781604565058 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (55 Downloads) |
Synopsis Civil Commitment of Sexually Dangerous Persons by : Nathan James
The 109th Congress passed legislation that allows the federal government to civilly commit "sexually dangerous persons". Civil commitment, as it relates to sex offenders, is when a state retains custody of an individual, found by a judge or jury to be a "sexually dangerous person" by involuntarily committing the person to a secure mental health facility after the offender's prison sentence is done. In 1990, the state of Washington passed the first civil commitment law for sexually dangerous persons. Currently, 18 other states and the federal government have similar laws. Moreover, the Supreme Court, in Kansas v. Hendricks and Kansas v. Crane, ruled that current civil commitment laws are constitutional. The civil commitment of sex offenders centres on the belief that sex offenders are more likely than other offenders to re-offend. However, data on sex offender recidivism is varied. Data show that the recidivism risk for sex offenders may be lower than it is typically thought to be; in fact, some studies show that sex offenders recidivate at a lower rate than many other criminals. Other studies show that, given time, almost all sex offenders will commit a new sex crime. Most discussions about recidivism examine ways to decrease it; for example, by providing sex offenders with treatment. Research on the efficacy of sex offender treatment is promising, but it cannot prove that treatment reduces recidivism.
Author |
: Dennis M. Doren |
Publisher |
: SAGE |
Total Pages |
: 257 |
Release |
: 2002-04-10 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780761921141 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0761921141 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (41 Downloads) |
Synopsis Evaluating Sex Offenders by : Dennis M. Doren
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.
Author |
: William T. O'Donohue |
Publisher |
: Springer |
Total Pages |
: 423 |
Release |
: 2019-07-03 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9783030046965 |
ISBN-13 |
: 3030046966 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (65 Downloads) |
Synopsis Sexually Violent Predators: A Clinical Science Handbook by : William T. O'Donohue
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 interactions of biophysiological and environmental factors that contribute to criminal sexual behavior. Chapters discuss a wide range of assessment issues and instruments central to SVP evaluation, and the possibilities for developing interventions that address individual motivations and behaviors to reduce the risk of reoffending. And throughout, careful attention is paid to ongoing legal, ethical, and logical concerns regarding sexually violent offenders, their treatment and confinement, and their post-confinement placement. Among the topics covered: · Civil commitment of sex offenders. · The physiological basis of problematic sexual interests and behaviors. · Sexually violent predator evaluations: problems and proposals. · Cultural considerations in the assessment of sexually violent predators. · Management of sex offenders in community settings. · Effective use of an expert in sexually violent predator commitment hearings. Offering numerous issues for discussion and debate with considerable implications for clinical practice, policy, and the judicial system, Sexually Violent Predators will interest and enlighten forensic psychologists and psychiatrists as well as social workers, policy-makers, and legal professionals.
Author |
: Alec Buchanan |
Publisher |
: Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages |
: 300 |
Release |
: 2011-07-07 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0521131847 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780521131841 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (47 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Psychiatric Report by : Alec Buchanan
The written report is central to the practice of psychiatry in legal settings. It is required of mental health professionals acting as expert witnesses in criminal cases, civil litigation situations, child custody proceedings and risk assessments. This book provides a theoretical background to psychiatric writing for the law and a practical guide to the preparation of the report. The first section addresses practical and ethical concerns, including the conduct of the forensic psychiatric evaluation, conflicts of interest, record keeping and confidentiality. The second section contains practical and detailed advice on preparing various types of report, including reports for use in criminal and civil litigation, civil commitment hearings and child custody proceedings. A final section covers special issues arising during report preparation including the use of psychological tests and the detection of malingering. This is an essential guide for anyone required to write a psychiatric report.
Author |
: John H. Yunker |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 116 |
Release |
: 2011 |
ISBN-10 |
: MINN:31951D03160967S |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (7S Downloads) |
Synopsis Civil Commitment of Sex Offenders by : John H. Yunker
Author |
: Kellie Dworaczyk |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 16 |
Release |
: 1999 |
ISBN-10 |
: OCLC:45788199 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (99 Downloads) |
Synopsis Civil Commitment of Sex Offenders by : Kellie Dworaczyk
Author |
: Cary Federman |
Publisher |
: University of Michigan Press |
Total Pages |
: 311 |
Release |
: 2021-06-15 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780472128839 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0472128833 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (39 Downloads) |
Synopsis Democracy and Deliberation by : Cary Federman
Sex offender laws include residency restrictions, registration and notification requirements, and post-conviction civil commitment. These laws and regulations impose serious restrictions on the movements of convicted sex offenders. This is controversial because these laws and regulations occur after the sex offender has completed his time in prison. These laws and regulations are intended to have both a deterrent and therapeutic effect. Residency restrictions seek to prevent sex offenders from recommitting their crimes and civil commitment provides psychological services while incarcerated in a forensic facility. Most works on this subject are deeply critical of these laws. Cary Federman takes a more sympathetic approach to sex offender legislation. He focuses on the deliberative intentions of legislators, exploring the limits of judicial review and the rights of interested parties to influence lawmaking. Leaders of these interested parties are usually the parents of children who have been sexually violated and murdered. Critics of sex offender legislation tend to focus on the convicted parties, arguing that their rights have been violated. Democracy and Deliberation asserts that these laws are expressions of the deliberative intentions of lawmakers concerned about public safety—they are thus constitutional, if not always wise.
Author |
: Timothy J. Henton |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 76 |
Release |
: 2006 |
ISBN-10 |
: OCLC:83613510 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (10 Downloads) |
Synopsis Problems with Civil Commitment of Sex Offenders by : Timothy J. Henton