Forensic Management of Sexual Offenders

Robert Alan Prentky, Ann Wolbert Burgess (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

331 Seiten

2012 | Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2000
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
978-1-4613-6866-3 (ISBN)

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Over the past several decades the seeming escalation of crimes involving sexually deviant, coercive, and aggressive behavior has become an increasingly serious problem, manifested in costs to both victims and society at large. The long-term psychological impact of sexual assault on adult and child victims has been documented numerous times. The costs incurred by society include a network of medical and psychological services provided to aid victim recovery, the investigation, trial, and incarceration of offenders-often in segregated units or special facilities-and the invisible but tangible blanket of fear that forces potential victims to schedule normal daily activities around issues of safety. Despite the gravity of the problem, there has been a paucity of empirical research directed at the etiology, course, remediation, and management of sexually deviant and coercive behavior. In treating these disorders and in making crucial decisions about how to manage these offenders, clinicians have been forced to rely on their personal experience. Such experience by its nature is unsystematic and lacks the validation that empirical research provides. The lack of sound empirical data addressing the problem is certainly noteworthy, though not surprising. The paucity of research in this area may well be attributable to historical scientific timidity about most aspects of sexual behavior. In 1922 Dr. Robert L.

1. Incidence and Prevalence.- 2. Victim Impact.- 3. Diagnosis and Classification.- 4. Assessment.- 5. Prediction.- 6. Legal Responses to Sexual Violence.- 7. Forensic Evidence.- 8. Remediation.- 9. Special Topics.- Appendix. Risk Assessment Instruments.- References.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	27.9.2012
Reihe/Serie	Perspectives in Sexuality
Zusatzinfo	XI, 331 p.
Verlagsort	New York, NY
Sprache	englisch
Maße	178 x 254 mm
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Sexualität / Partnerschaft
	Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie
ISBN-10	1-4613-6866-9 / 1461368669
ISBN-13	978-1-4613-6866-3 / 9781461368663
Zustand	Neuware