Ward / Polaschek / Beech Theories of Sexual Offending

1. Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-0-470-03288-6
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 390 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Wiley Series in Forensic Clinical Psychology

This comprehensive text provides an up-to-date review and critiqueof current theorising about sexual offending. It presents the keyideas underpinning each theory in a clear and accessible manner.Theories are rigorously tested and evaluated, and their merits areexamined from both a research and a clinical point of view.
Importantly, the emphasis is on providing clear links betweentheory and practice, and the clinical implications of the differenttheories and perspectives are explicitly discussed. In addition, anumber of new ideas about the aetiology of sexual offending arepresented.
Theories of Sexual Offending is one of the fewbooks to draw all of the disparate strands of theorising together,and is the only one to clearly link theory to practice. It will bea valuable resource for any professional working with sexualoffenders, such as clinical and forensic psychologists,psychiatrists, probation officers and social workers. It will alsobe of interest to students of forensic and clinical psychology.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ward, Tony

Polaschek, Devon

Beech, Anthony R.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

About the Authors.
Series Editors' Preface.
Acknowledgements.
PART I: INTRODUCTION.
1. Theory construction, development, and evaluation.
PART II: LEVEL I THEORIES (MULTIFACTORIAL THEORIES).
2. Finkelhor's Precondition Theory.
3. Marshall and Barbaree's Integrated Theory.
4. Hall and Hirschman's Quadripartite Theory.
5. Ward and Siegert's Pathways Model.
6. Malamuth's Confluence Model of SexualAggression.
7. Evolutionary Theory and Sexual Offending.
PART III: LEVEL II THEORIES (SINGLE FACTOR THEORIES).
8. Theories of Cognitive Distortions.
9. Theories of Deficient Victim Empathy.
10. Theories of Deviant Sexual Preferences.
11. Feminist Theories.
12. Theories of Intimacy Deficits.
13. Theories of Risk.
PART IV: LEVEL III THEORIES (DESCRIPTIVE MODELS).
14. The Relapse Prevention and Self-Regulation Models.
15. Offence, chains, offence cycles and offence processmodels.
PART V: TREATMENT THEORIES.
16. The Risk-Need Treatment Model.
17. Classification and Treatment.
18. Strength Based Treatment Theories.
19. Theories of Treatment Responsivity.
PART VI: CONCLUSIONS.
20. Conclusions.
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Tony ward, PhD, DipClinPsyc, is a clinical psychologist by trainingand has been working in the clinical and forensic field since 1987.He was formerly Director of the Kia Marama Sexual Offenders' Unitat Rolleston Prison in New Zealand, and has taught both clinicaland forensic psychology at Victoria, Canterbury, and MelbourneUniversities. He is currently the Director of Clinical Training atVictoria University of Wellington. Professor Ward's researchinterests fall into five main areas: rehabilitation models andissues; cognition and sex offenders; the problem behavior processin offenders; the implications of naturalism for theoryconstruction and clinical practice; and assessment and caseformulation in clinical construction and clinical practice; andassessment and case formulation in clinical psychology. He haspublished over 110 research articles, chapters and books. Theseinclude Remaking Relapse Prevention, with D.R. Laws and S.M. Hudson(Sage, 2000) and the Source book of Treatment Programs for SexualOffenders, with W. l. Marshall, Y.A. Fernandez, and S.M. Hudson(Plenum, 1998). Email: Tony. [e-mail]
Devon Polaschek, PhD, DipClinPsyc, is a senior lecturer incriminal justice psychology at Victoria University of Wellington,New Zealand, and former Director of Clinical tr5aining. herresearch interests include (a) offence processes of rapists andviolent offenders, (b) cognition in and cognitive-experimentalresearch with violent and sexual offenders, and (c) offenderrehabilitation theory and evolution. She is also a researchConsultant to the Violence Prevention Unit at Rimutaka Prison, nearWellington. Email: [e-mail].
Anthony Beech, DPhil, BSc, is professor in criminologicalpsychology in the School of Psychology at the University ofBirmingham and a Fellow of the British Psychological Society. Overthe last 10 years he has been the lead researcher of the STEP (SexOffender Treatment Evaluation Project) team. Here he has beeninvolved in treatment evaluation and the development of systems tolook at treatment need and treatment change in sex offenders. thiswork is regarded as having a major influence on assessment andtreatment in the UK. he has written widely on the topi8cs ofassessment and treatment of sexual offenders, and other relatedsubjects. Email: [e-mail].