Evaluating Sex Offenders

A Manual for Civil Commitments and Beyond

Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Psychology, Interpersonal Relations, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science
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Author: ISBN: 9781544340272
Publisher: SAGE Publications Publication: April 10, 2002
Imprint: SAGE Publications, Inc Language: English
Author:
ISBN: 9781544340272
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Publication: April 10, 2002
Imprint: SAGE Publications, Inc
Language: English

 

Evaluating Sex Offenders is the first and only "how to" book describing the complete sex offender civil commitment evaluation. Aimed at helping practitioners, clinicians, counselors, and parole officers assess risk and evaluate offenders who have been convicted of a sex crime, the text offers readers a step-by-step description of what examiners need to know, including information gathering, interviewing offenders, and writing reports. Chapter topics include: defining risk; data gathering; diagnostic issues; recidivism base rates; risk factor lists; actuarial scales; instrumentation (violent and sexual); the evaluation report; presenting in court; ethical issues.

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Evaluating Sex Offenders is the first and only "how to" book describing the complete sex offender civil commitment evaluation. Aimed at helping practitioners, clinicians, counselors, and parole officers assess risk and evaluate offenders who have been convicted of a sex crime, the text offers readers a step-by-step description of what examiners need to know, including information gathering, interviewing offenders, and writing reports. Chapter topics include: defining risk; data gathering; diagnostic issues; recidivism base rates; risk factor lists; actuarial scales; instrumentation (violent and sexual); the evaluation report; presenting in court; ethical issues.

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