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

By: Material type: TextPublication details: Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, c2002.Description: xii, 243 p. ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 0761921133 (c)
  • 0761921141 (p)
  • 9780761921134 (c)
  • 9780761921141 (p)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 364.15/3 21
LOC classification:
  • KF9325 .D67 2002
Contents:
Relevant Components of Sex Offender Civil Commitment Laws: The Evaluation "Referral Questions" -- The Relevant Statutes -- Different Types of Assessments -- Who Is Allowed to Do These Evaluations -- The Overall Criteria for Commitment -- The Issue of Lesser Restrictive Alternatives -- Procedures for Conducting the Assessment -- National Standards -- Standard Procedures for Gathering Information -- Ethical Considerations -- Diagnostic Issues Within Sex Offender Civil Commitment Assessments: Defining Relevant Paraphilias -- Defending the Labels We Use -- Why Diagnose at All? -- DSM-IV Definitional Problems for Paraphilia -- Paraphilia, Not Otherwise Specified, Nonconsent -- Other Relevant Types of Paraphilia NOS -- Thresholds for Diagnosing a Paraphilia -- The Descriptive Language We Use -- Diagnostic Issues Within Sex Offender Civil Commitment Assessments: Diagnostic Issues Beyond the Paraphilias -- Nonparaphiliac Diagnoses Common in Sex Offender Civil Commitment Assessments -- Differentiations Among Commonly Diagnosed Disorders -- Drawing the Predisposition Nexus -- Using Risk Assessment Instrumentation -- The Overall Risk Assessment Methodological Choice -- Comparing the Accuracy of Differing Methodologies -- Selecting What Instruments to Use -- Interpreting Actuarial Instrument Results -- Recidivism Base Rates -- What Do We Know About the Sexual Recidivism Base Rate? -- Why Base Rates Matter -- For Which Sex Offenders Do Base Rates Matter? -- Clinical Adjustments -- Defining Proper Adjustments -- The Theoretical Basis for Clinical Adjustments -- Adjustments Based on Risk Factors -- Adjustments Based on Protective Factors -- Assessing Beyond the Actuarial Scheme -- Evaluator Bias -- The Evaluation Report and Court Testimony -- The Evaluation Report -- Testifying About Evaluation Findings -- Ethical Issues -- Procedural Concerns -- Communication Concerns -- Relapse Prevention Interview -- Basic Principles of Scoring -- Relapse Prevention Interview Score Sheet -- Templates for Segments of Precommitment Forms and Reports -- Informed Consent Form -- Diagnostic Segment -- Actuarial Instrument Time and Legal Status Limitations Template -- Sample Precommitment Evaluation Report -- State Statute # Evaluation -- Templates for Segments of Reexamination (Postcommitment) Evaluation Report -- Treatment Benefit Template -- Template for Risk Management Segment.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-236) and index.

Relevant Components of Sex Offender Civil Commitment Laws: The Evaluation "Referral Questions" -- The Relevant Statutes -- Different Types of Assessments -- Who Is Allowed to Do These Evaluations -- The Overall Criteria for Commitment -- The Issue of Lesser Restrictive Alternatives -- Procedures for Conducting the Assessment -- National Standards -- Standard Procedures for Gathering Information -- Ethical Considerations -- Diagnostic Issues Within Sex Offender Civil Commitment Assessments: Defining Relevant Paraphilias -- Defending the Labels We Use -- Why Diagnose at All? -- DSM-IV Definitional Problems for Paraphilia -- Paraphilia, Not Otherwise Specified, Nonconsent -- Other Relevant Types of Paraphilia NOS -- Thresholds for Diagnosing a Paraphilia -- The Descriptive Language We Use -- Diagnostic Issues Within Sex Offender Civil Commitment Assessments: Diagnostic Issues Beyond the Paraphilias -- Nonparaphiliac Diagnoses Common in Sex Offender Civil Commitment Assessments -- Differentiations Among Commonly Diagnosed Disorders -- Drawing the Predisposition Nexus -- Using Risk Assessment Instrumentation -- The Overall Risk Assessment Methodological Choice -- Comparing the Accuracy of Differing Methodologies -- Selecting What Instruments to Use -- Interpreting Actuarial Instrument Results -- Recidivism Base Rates -- What Do We Know About the Sexual Recidivism Base Rate? -- Why Base Rates Matter -- For Which Sex Offenders Do Base Rates Matter? -- Clinical Adjustments -- Defining Proper Adjustments -- The Theoretical Basis for Clinical Adjustments -- Adjustments Based on Risk Factors -- Adjustments Based on Protective Factors -- Assessing Beyond the Actuarial Scheme -- Evaluator Bias -- The Evaluation Report and Court Testimony -- The Evaluation Report -- Testifying About Evaluation Findings -- Ethical Issues -- Procedural Concerns -- Communication Concerns -- Relapse Prevention Interview -- Basic Principles of Scoring -- Relapse Prevention Interview Score Sheet -- Templates for Segments of Precommitment Forms and Reports -- Informed Consent Form -- Diagnostic Segment -- Actuarial Instrument Time and Legal Status Limitations Template -- Sample Precommitment Evaluation Report -- State Statute # Evaluation -- Templates for Segments of Reexamination (Postcommitment) Evaluation Report -- Treatment Benefit Template -- Template for Risk Management Segment.

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