Description
Book SynopsisThis comprehensive text provides an up-to-date review and critique of current theorising about sexual offending. It presents the key ideas underpinning each theory in a clear and accessible manner. Theories are rigorously tested and evaluated, and their merits are examined from both a research and a clinical point of view.
Table of ContentsAbout the Authors.
Series Editors' Preface.
Acknowledgements.
PART I: INTRODUCTION.
1. Theory construction, development, and evaluation.
PART II: LEVEL I THEORIES (MULTIFACTORIAL THEORIES).
2. Finkelhor’s Precondition Theory.
3. Marshall and Barbaree’s Integrated Theory.
4. Hall and Hirschman’s Quadripartite Theory.
5. Ward and Siegert’s Pathways Model.
6. Malamuth’s Confluence Model of Sexual Aggression.
7. Evolutionary Theory and Sexual Offending.
PART III: LEVEL II THEORIES (SINGLE FACTOR THEORIES).
8. Theories of Cognitive Distortions.
9. Theories of Deficient Victim Empathy.
10. Theories of Deviant Sexual Preferences.
11. Feminist Theories.
12. Theories of Intimacy Deficits.
13. Theories of Risk.
PART IV: LEVEL III THEORIES (DESCRIPTIVE MODELS).
14. The Relapse Prevention and Self-Regulation Models.
15. Offence, chains, offence cycles and offence process models.
PART V: TREATMENT THEORIES.
16. The Risk-Need Treatment Model.
17. Classification and Treatment.
18. Strength Based Treatment Theories.
19. Theories of Treatment Responsivity.
PART VI: CONCLUSIONS.
20. Conclusions.
Index.
