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SEXUAL DEVIANCE

The essential text for understanding and managing deviant sexual interest and paraphilic disorders

Sexual Deviance is an authoritative text that provides an understanding to the assessment, management, and treatment of sexual deviance and paraphilic disorders. The international panel of contributorsnoted experts on the topicilluminate the emerging theories that help to explain the developmental influences and pathways of sexual deviance and its connection to offending behaviour. The text considers various developmental influences such as neurobiological pathways as well as the effects of pornography.

The contributors highlight the assessment and diagnosis of sexual deviance and explore the links to offending behavior such as rape fantasy, algolagnic paraphilia, online viewing of indecent images of children, and sexual sadism. The book examines the effectiveness of a variety of current treatments including behavioral, pharmacological, co

Table of Contents

About the Editors vii

About the Contributors ix

Acknowledgments xvii

Part I: Sexual Deviance and Paraphilic Disorders 1

1. An Overview of Sexual Deviance and Paraphilic Disorders 3
Leam A. Craig and Ross M. Bartels

Part II: Theory of Sexual Deviance and Paraphilias 23

2. The Developmental Pathways of Sexual Deviance: More than 100 Years of Research in Context 25
Patrick Lussier, Evan McCuish, and Jonathan James

3. Toward a Theory of Chronophilic Sexual Orientation in Heterosexual Men 41
Alexander F. Schmidt and Roland Imhoff

4. Understanding Sexual Thoughts and Sexual Fantasizing: The Dual-Process Model of Sexual Thinking 53
Ross M. Bartels, Anthony R. Beech, and Leigh Harkins

5. Neurobiological Basis of Sexual Deviance 67
Tillmann H. C. Kruger and Jonas Kneer

Part III: Assessing and Diagnosing Sexual Deviance 89

6. Problems and Controversies with Psychiatric Diagnoses of Paraphilia 91
Christian C. Joyal

7. Diagnosing Sexual Sadism and Other Paraphilic Disorders on the Agonistic Continuum 117
Deirdre M. D'Orazio and Charles A. Flinton

8. Understanding Minor Attraction 132
Rebecca Lievesley and Craig Harper

9. Passivity Paraphilias: Understanding Necrophilic and Somnophilic Interest 145
Mark Pettigrew and Elizabeth T. Deehan

10. Measures of Male Sexual Interest 156
Pamela M. Yates

Part IV: Sexual Deviance and Offending Behavior 169

11. Non-contact Paraphilic Disorders and Offending 171
Leah Kaylor and Elizabeth L. Jeglic

12. Sexual Sadism and Offending 189
Tamsin Higgs, Jean Proulx, Alexandre Gauthier, Etienne Garant, and Jonathan James

13. The Structure and Measurement of Sadism: Implications for Validation 207
Raymond A. Knight and Nicholas Longpré

14. Online Sexual Deviance and Pedophilia 222
Ethel Quayle

Part V: Managing Sexual Deviance and Paraphilic Disorders 239

15. A Generalized Model for Identifying Risk-Related Change in Sexual Deviance 241
David Thornton

16. Psychological Treatments for Paraphilias and Compulsive Sexual Behavior 253
Michael H. Miner and Rosemary Munns

17. Managing Paraphilic Interests in the Community: An International Perspective 268
Klaus M. Beier

18. Pharmacological Treatments for Individuals with Paraphilic Disorders or at Risk for Sexual Offending 282
Daniel Turner and Peer Briken

19. Rehabilitating Paraphilic Disorder in Prisons: Interventions Sensitive to Shame and Trauma and the Importance of Safe Prisons 295
Jamie S. Walton

20. Behavioral Control Models in Managing Sexual Deviance 311
Jayson Ware, Lauren McIvor, and Yolanda M. Fernandez

Author Index 324

Subject Index 346

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      Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
      Publication Date: 06/05/2021
      ISBN13: 9781119705833, 978-1119705833
      ISBN10: 1119705835
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      Book Synopsis
      SEXUAL DEVIANCE

      The essential text for understanding and managing deviant sexual interest and paraphilic disorders

      Sexual Deviance is an authoritative text that provides an understanding to the assessment, management, and treatment of sexual deviance and paraphilic disorders. The international panel of contributorsnoted experts on the topicilluminate the emerging theories that help to explain the developmental influences and pathways of sexual deviance and its connection to offending behaviour. The text considers various developmental influences such as neurobiological pathways as well as the effects of pornography.

      The contributors highlight the assessment and diagnosis of sexual deviance and explore the links to offending behavior such as rape fantasy, algolagnic paraphilia, online viewing of indecent images of children, and sexual sadism. The book examines the effectiveness of a variety of current treatments including behavioral, pharmacological, co

      Table of Contents

      About the Editors vii

      About the Contributors ix

      Acknowledgments xvii

      Part I: Sexual Deviance and Paraphilic Disorders 1

      1. An Overview of Sexual Deviance and Paraphilic Disorders 3
      Leam A. Craig and Ross M. Bartels

      Part II: Theory of Sexual Deviance and Paraphilias 23

      2. The Developmental Pathways of Sexual Deviance: More than 100 Years of Research in Context 25
      Patrick Lussier, Evan McCuish, and Jonathan James

      3. Toward a Theory of Chronophilic Sexual Orientation in Heterosexual Men 41
      Alexander F. Schmidt and Roland Imhoff

      4. Understanding Sexual Thoughts and Sexual Fantasizing: The Dual-Process Model of Sexual Thinking 53
      Ross M. Bartels, Anthony R. Beech, and Leigh Harkins

      5. Neurobiological Basis of Sexual Deviance 67
      Tillmann H. C. Kruger and Jonas Kneer

      Part III: Assessing and Diagnosing Sexual Deviance 89

      6. Problems and Controversies with Psychiatric Diagnoses of Paraphilia 91
      Christian C. Joyal

      7. Diagnosing Sexual Sadism and Other Paraphilic Disorders on the Agonistic Continuum 117
      Deirdre M. D'Orazio and Charles A. Flinton

      8. Understanding Minor Attraction 132
      Rebecca Lievesley and Craig Harper

      9. Passivity Paraphilias: Understanding Necrophilic and Somnophilic Interest 145
      Mark Pettigrew and Elizabeth T. Deehan

      10. Measures of Male Sexual Interest 156
      Pamela M. Yates

      Part IV: Sexual Deviance and Offending Behavior 169

      11. Non-contact Paraphilic Disorders and Offending 171
      Leah Kaylor and Elizabeth L. Jeglic

      12. Sexual Sadism and Offending 189
      Tamsin Higgs, Jean Proulx, Alexandre Gauthier, Etienne Garant, and Jonathan James

      13. The Structure and Measurement of Sadism: Implications for Validation 207
      Raymond A. Knight and Nicholas Longpré

      14. Online Sexual Deviance and Pedophilia 222
      Ethel Quayle

      Part V: Managing Sexual Deviance and Paraphilic Disorders 239

      15. A Generalized Model for Identifying Risk-Related Change in Sexual Deviance 241
      David Thornton

      16. Psychological Treatments for Paraphilias and Compulsive Sexual Behavior 253
      Michael H. Miner and Rosemary Munns

      17. Managing Paraphilic Interests in the Community: An International Perspective 268
      Klaus M. Beier

      18. Pharmacological Treatments for Individuals with Paraphilic Disorders or at Risk for Sexual Offending 282
      Daniel Turner and Peer Briken

      19. Rehabilitating Paraphilic Disorder in Prisons: Interventions Sensitive to Shame and Trauma and the Importance of Safe Prisons 295
      Jamie S. Walton

      20. Behavioral Control Models in Managing Sexual Deviance 311
      Jayson Ware, Lauren McIvor, and Yolanda M. Fernandez

      Author Index 324

      Subject Index 346

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