Evaluating sex offenders : a manual for civil commitments and beyond / Dennis M. Doren.

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Doren, Dennis M [author.]

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TextSeries: Online access: SAGE SAGE Research Methods CorePublication details: Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, 2002.Description: 1 online resource (257 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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9781452212289
1452212287
9781412990059
141299005X
1322412111
9781322412115

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364.15/3 21

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KF9325 .D67 2002

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Contents:

Relevant components of sex offender civil commitment laws: the evaluation "referral questions" -- Procedures for conducting the assessment -- Diagnostic issues within sex offender civil commitment assessments: defining relevant paraphilias -- Diagnostic issues within sex offender civil commitment assessments: diagnostic issues beyond the paraphilias -- Using risk assessment instrumentation -- Recidivism base rates -- Clinical adjustments -- The evaluation report and court testimony -- Ethical issues.

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Summary: & Nbsp; 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.

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& Nbsp; 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.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-236) and index.

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