Description
Book SynopsisThis is a task force report on dangerous sex offenders.
Trade ReviewThis straight-shooting book should be read by mental health professionals, criminal justice personnel, and legislators who must deal with these difficult issues.
* Journal of Clinical Psychiatry *
Readers of Dangerous Sex Offenders will find an unusually cogent synopsis of interesting and controversial issues. It is authoritative and well referenced without undo academic interruption. . . . Dangerous Sex Offenders is worth a critical reading. There is a good summary of important issues, research recommendations and policy recommendations.
* Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease *
This authoritative examination of recent research and legal responses to sex offenders provides an even-handed introduction to a highly controversial social issue. . . . This well-documented text is a wonderful example of scientific and ethical understanding of human behavior that should influence policy making.
* Readings: A Journal of Reviews and Commentary in Mental Health *
While the intended audience is primarily those in forensic psychiatry and psychology, the book has much wider appeal. . . . This is, in short, a very welcome book.
* Sexual and Relationship Therapy *
It is concise, well-written and addresses this complex, prevalent, unresolved social problem.
* Psychiatric Times *
Table of ContentsPreface. Epidemiology of sex offenders. Sexual predator commitment laws: legal issues. Paraphilias: prevalence, characteristics, evaluation, and cognitive-behavioral treatment. Juvenile sex offenders. Pharmacological treatment of sexual offenders. Sexual offender recidivism. Frequently asked questions. Policy recommendations. Index.
