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Treatment of High-Risk Sexual Offenders addresses concrete management strategies, from initial intake to community treatment programs, and describes a detailed program for high risk offenders which has been developed, tested and refined for over 15 years.
  • Provides a thorough review of contemporary theory and research relating to complex, challenging populations, and translates it into a comprehensive system of assessment and treatment for high risk sexual offenders
  • Offers detailed coverage of setting and staff requirements, the importance of the therapeutic alliance, and how to balance individual therapy with group components in order to develop social and self-management skills
  • Builds on the principle of integrative care, drawing on the established Risk-Need-Responsivity (RNR) model for offender assessment and rehabilitation but adding new components of CBT and motivational interviewing
  • Includes a complete assessment battery and strateg

    Table of Contents

    Acknowledgements vii

    Introduction viii

    1 Background and Definitions 1

    2 The Regional Treatment Centre High Intensity Sex Offender Treatment Program (RTCSOTP): Description of Group Characteristics and the Treatment Program 8

    3 Treatment Outcome for High‐Risk Violent and Sexual Offenders 19

    4 Therapist and Setting Characteristics 48

    5 The Integrated Risk–Need–Responsivity (RNR‐I) Model 69

    6 Etiological Factors: Attachment Theory and Complex Post‐Traumatic Stress 72

    7 Combining Attachment Theory and Complex Post‐Traumatic Stress Disorder and Theories of Sexual Offending: The Integrated Risk–Need–Responsivity (RNR‐I) Model 83

    8 The Good Lives Model and Sexual Offending 97

    9 Therapeutic Orientation and Relevance to Assessment 106

    10 Self‐Management Component 117

    11 Social Skills and Individual Therapy 126

    12 Alcohol Abuse, Drug Abuse, and Sexual Offending 154

    13 Deviant Sexual Arousal 163

    14 The Integrated Risk–Need–Responsivity Model (RNR‐I): Practical Applications for Assessment and Treatment of Sexual Offenders with Substance or Alcohol Abuse Disorders 177

    15 A Model for Community Management 186

    16 Summary and Conclusions 216

    References 223

    Appendix I: Decision Matrix 246

    Appendix II: List of Pre‐ and Post‐treatment Measures 247

    Appendix III: Goals for Professional Growth and Development 252

    Index 255

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      Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 11/12/2015
      ISBN13: 9781118980163, 978-1118980163
      ISBN10: 1118980166
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      Book Synopsis
      Treatment of High-Risk Sexual Offenders addresses concrete management strategies, from initial intake to community treatment programs, and describes a detailed program for high risk offenders which has been developed, tested and refined for over 15 years.
      • Provides a thorough review of contemporary theory and research relating to complex, challenging populations, and translates it into a comprehensive system of assessment and treatment for high risk sexual offenders
      • Offers detailed coverage of setting and staff requirements, the importance of the therapeutic alliance, and how to balance individual therapy with group components in order to develop social and self-management skills
      • Builds on the principle of integrative care, drawing on the established Risk-Need-Responsivity (RNR) model for offender assessment and rehabilitation but adding new components of CBT and motivational interviewing
      • Includes a complete assessment battery and strateg

        Table of Contents

        Acknowledgements vii

        Introduction viii

        1 Background and Definitions 1

        2 The Regional Treatment Centre High Intensity Sex Offender Treatment Program (RTCSOTP): Description of Group Characteristics and the Treatment Program 8

        3 Treatment Outcome for High‐Risk Violent and Sexual Offenders 19

        4 Therapist and Setting Characteristics 48

        5 The Integrated Risk–Need–Responsivity (RNR‐I) Model 69

        6 Etiological Factors: Attachment Theory and Complex Post‐Traumatic Stress 72

        7 Combining Attachment Theory and Complex Post‐Traumatic Stress Disorder and Theories of Sexual Offending: The Integrated Risk–Need–Responsivity (RNR‐I) Model 83

        8 The Good Lives Model and Sexual Offending 97

        9 Therapeutic Orientation and Relevance to Assessment 106

        10 Self‐Management Component 117

        11 Social Skills and Individual Therapy 126

        12 Alcohol Abuse, Drug Abuse, and Sexual Offending 154

        13 Deviant Sexual Arousal 163

        14 The Integrated Risk–Need–Responsivity Model (RNR‐I): Practical Applications for Assessment and Treatment of Sexual Offenders with Substance or Alcohol Abuse Disorders 177

        15 A Model for Community Management 186

        16 Summary and Conclusions 216

        References 223

        Appendix I: Decision Matrix 246

        Appendix II: List of Pre‐ and Post‐treatment Measures 247

        Appendix III: Goals for Professional Growth and Development 252

        Index 255

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