Description |
1 online resource (257 pages) |
Series |
Online access: SAGE SAGE Research Methods Core
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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 |
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 |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-236) and index |
Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
Subject |
Sex offenders -- United States
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Mentally ill -- Commitment and detention -- United States
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sexual Abuse & Harassment.
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Mentally ill -- Commitment and detention
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Sex offenders
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United States
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Form |
Electronic book
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LC no. |
2002000199 |
ISBN |
9781452212289 |
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1452212287 |
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9781412990059 |
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141299005X |
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1322412111 |
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9781322412115 |
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