Cognitive Approaches to the Assessment of Sexual Interest in Sexual Offenders

Download or read book Cognitive Approaches to the Assessment of Sexual Interest in Sexual Offenders written by David Thornton and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-07-17 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New for the Wiley Series in Forensic Clinical Psychology, Cognitive Approaches to the Treatment of Sexual Offenders describes and evaluates the current methods of measuring sexual interest in sex offenders - namely penile plethysmography, the Abel Assessment for Sexual Interest, Affinity 2.1, the Implicit Association Test, the Stroop test and the polygraph. The book also discusses how established cognitive assessment methods such as the attentional blink and the startle probe reflex can be adapted for use with sex offenders. It therefore brings together in one volume all the latest research and practice in this area, along with critical commentary on the effectiveness of each method.