International Perspectives on the Assessment and Treatment of Sexual Offenders

About the Editors xiii
List of Contributors xvii
Poem by Moira Mpanza xxi
Preface by William L. Marshall xxiii

Part I: Introduction to the International Field of Sexual Offender Assessment and Treatment
1. Adult Sexual Offender Treatment – Is It Effective? 3
Reinhard Eher and Friedemann Pfäfflin
2. Adult Sexual Offender Assessment 13
Carol A. Ireland and Leam A. Craig
3. Female Sexual Offenders 35
Franca Cortoni and Theresa A. Gannon

Part II: Sexual Offender Assessment: Issues and Applications
4. International Comparisons of the Validity of Actuarial Risk Tools for Sexual Offenders, with a Focus on Static-99 57
Leslie Helmus, R. Karl Hanson, and Kelly E. Morton-Bourgon
5. Structured Professional Guidelines: International Applications 85
Martin Rettenberger and Stephen J. Hucker
6. Assessing the Risk of Child Sexual Abuse in Litigious Families in the Family Court 111
Chris Lennings, Annalese Bolton, and Emma Collins
7. Phallometric Assessment of Sexual Arousal 141
Hannah L. Merdian and David T. Jones
8. Proxy Measures of Sexual Deviancy 171
Wineke Smid, Daan van Beek, and Jelle Troelstra
9. Uses, Misuses, and Abuses of Risk Assessment with Sexual Offenders 193
Lea H. Studer, A.Scott Aylwin, Christine Sribney, and John R. Reddon


Part III: Sexual Offender Treatment: Issues and Applications
10. Theoretical Perspectives and their Practical Application for Assessment and Treatment of Sexual Offenders with an Intellectual Disability 215
William R. Lindsay
11. Development and Evaluation of a Treatment Program for Incarcerated Rapists in South Africa 235
Lorinda Bergh
12. The Danish Sexual Offender Treatment and Research Program (DASOP) 251
Ellids Kristensen, Peter Fristed, Marianne Fuglestved, Eva Grahn, Mikael Larsen, Tommy Lillebæk, and Thorkil Sørensen
13. Multisystemic Therapy with Juvenile Sexual Offenders: Development, Validation, and Dissemination 263
Charles M. Borduin, Richard J. Munschy, David V. Wagner, and Erin K. Taylor
14. Risk, Needs, and Responsivity Principles in Action: Tailoring Rapist’s Treatment to Rapist Typologies 287
Sarah Reid, Nick J. Wilson, and Douglas P. Boer
15. The Importance of Contextual Issues within Sexual Offender Treatment 299
Jayson Ware
16. The Role of Culture in Sexual Offender Rehabilitation: A New Zealand Perspective 313
Armon J. Tamatea, Mate Webb, and Douglas P. Boer
17. Managing Sexual Offender Treatment Programs 331
Ruth E. Mann, Jayson Ware, and Yolanda M. Fernandez
18. Denial of Sexual Crimes: A Therapeutic Exploration 355
Kris Vanhoeck and Els Van Daele
19. Motivational Interviewing in the Treatment of Sexual Offenders 373
David S. Prescott and Joel Porter
20. Disclosing the Secret: Working with Families around Sexual Abuse Victimization 397
Yael Idisis and Sheri Oz
21. Pharmacotherapy of Sexual Offenders and Men who are at Risk of Sexual Offending 419
Peer Briken, Andreas Hill, and Wolfgang Berner
22. Bringing “Good Lives” to Life: Applying Social Therapy to Working with Sexual Offenders 433
Andrew Frost
23. Axis I Mental Health Disorders and Sexual Offending 449
Bruce D. Watt and Tania Withington
24. Sexual Offending in Psychotic Patients 463
Leam A. Craig and Orestis Giotakos
25. Forensic-Psychiatric Treatment for Internet Sex Offenders: Ten Years of Experience 479