Assessing Men Who Sexually Abuse

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Product details

  • ISBN 9781853024351
  • Weight: 278g
  • Dimensions: 166 x 231mm
  • Publication Date: 01 Nov 1997
  • Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Paperback
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Providing practical guidance on the best way to assess sexual abusers, this book fuses contemporary theory with an awareness of the subjective nature of the work. Assessment in various (clinical, legal and statutory) settings is considered and an overview of assessment methods is presented along with a detailed exposition of techniques. Previously-neglected aspects of work with sexual abusers are dealt with and links are made with fundamental aspects of risk assessment.

'A thorough and detailed overview of all the issues associated with this area of work, and in doing so provide[s] a useful and concise starting point for any newcomer to the field. The book appears to touch on all (or at the very least the key) areas of assessing those who sexually abuse. The reader can choose to read the whole book, concisely compacted into 160 pages and gain a good insight into this whole area. Alternatively, one could delve into the chapters or sections that are of primary interest and still obtain a good overview of that area and come away with a number of references for further information.'

- Forensic Update

David Briggs is a qualified clinical and occupational psychologist who has run a treatment programme for adult sex offenders for over twelve years. He has a particular interest in offenders with learning disabilities and has developed groups for non-abusing partners. Paddy Doyle is a Senior Probation Officer and is responsible for the Management of Northumbria Probation Service's specialist Sex Offender Team. Tess Gooch was the first practitioner appointed to the Northumbria Probation specialist Sex Offender Team. Roger Kennington has also been a specialist practitioner for the Sex Offender Team for the past six years and is now vice chair of the National Association for the Development of Work with Sex Offenders.

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