Sexual offending and treatment of sex offenders

Psychiatry

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 17-21

  Grubin, Don ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

forensic psychiatry; hypersexuality; psychiatry and sex offending; risk assessment; risk management; sex offender treatment; sex offenders

Indexed keywords

EID: 25844489677     PISSN: 14761793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1383/psyt.3.11.17.53592     Document Type: Article

References (7)

1. Grubin D., Madsen L., Parsons S., Sosnowski D., and Warberg B. A prospective study of the impact of polygraphy on high-risk behaviours in adult sex offenders. Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment 16 (2004) 209-222
2. Hanson R.K., and Bussière M.T. Predicting relapse: A meta-analysis of sexual offender recidivism studies. J Consult Clin Psychol 66 (1998) 348-362
3. Hanson R.K., and Thornton D. Improving risk assessments for sex offenders: A comparison of three actuarial scales. Law Hum Behav 24 (2000) 119-136
4. Doren D.M. Evaluating Sex Offenders: A Manual for Civil Commitments and Beyond (2002), Sage, Thousand Oaks, CA (Although US-oriented, a good account of assessment approaches and sex offender risk assessment instruments.)
5. Greenberg D.M., and Bradford J.M.W. Treatment of the paraphilic disorders: A review of the role of the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors. Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment 9 (1997) 349-360 (A review of SSRIs in the treatment of sexual offending, which, although published in 1997, is not out of date.)
6. In: Laws D.R., and O'Donohue W. (Eds). Sexual Deviance: Theory, Assessment, and Treatment (1997), Guilford, New York (A comprehensive review of sexually deviant behaviour, focusing on specific paraphilias.)
7. Marshall W.L., Anderson D., and Fernandez Y.M. Cognitive Behavioural Treatment of Sexual Offenders (1999), Wiley, Chichester (Provides a good description of the principles and practice of cognitive-behavioural treatment approaches.)