Cognitive approaches to the assessment of sexual interest in sexual offenders
Title:
Cognitive approaches to the assessment of sexual interest in sexual offenders
Author:
Thornton, D. (David)
ISBN:
9780470057810
9780470057841
Publication Information:
Chichester : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009.
Physical Description:
xiii, 236 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Series:
Wiley series in forensic clinical psychology
General Note:
Formerly CIP.
Contents:
Penile plethysmography : strengths, limitations, innovations / D. Richard Laws -- The Abel assessment for sexual interests-2 (AASI-2) : a critical review / Susan J. Sachsenmaier & Carmen L.Z. Gress -- Affinity : the development of a self report assessment of paedophile sexual interest incorporating a viewing time validity measure / David V. Glasgow -- Cognitive modeling of sexual arousal and interest : choice reaction time measures / Carmen L.Z. Gress & D. Richard Laws -- The implicit association test as a measure of sexual interest / Nicola S. Gray and Robert J. Snowden -- Measuring child molesters' implicit cognitions about self and children / Kevin L. Nunes -- The rapid serial visual presentation test of sexual interest in child molesters / Vanja E. Flak, Anthony R. Beech & Glyn W. Humphreys -- Assessing sexual interest with the emotional Stroop test / Paul Smith -- Comparing two implicit cognitive measures of sexual interest : a pictorial modified Stroop task and the implicit association test / Caoilte Ciardha & Michael Gormley -- The startle-probe reflex : an alternative approach to the measurement of sexual interest / Jeffrey E. Hecker, Matthew W. King, and R. Jamie Scoular -- Postscript : steps towards effective assessment of sexual interest / David Thornton and D. Richard Laws.
Abstract:
"Cognitive Approaches to the Assessment of Sexual Interest in Sexual Offenders examines the specific issue of cognitive approaches to the assessment of sexual interest in sex offenders. Chapters written by authorities in the field provide information for practitioners and researchers on methods of assessment that are primarily based on procedures developed in cognitive science. The methods are typically simple, straightforward and require little time to administer and score. Used in combination they can provide convergent measures of a single phenomenon - sexual interest." "Offering a broad approach to the subject, the book's contents range from widely used means of assessment, such as questionnaires, to methods designed specifically for sexual assessment, for example, penile plethysmography. The book also encompasses innovative approaches, such as the Stroop test and the Implicit Association Test.".
"Edited by two acknowledged experts in the research field of sex offending, this book is an outstanding contribution to the work of those engaged in practice and research aimed at preventing sex offending."--BOOK JACKET.