Cognitive Approaches to the Assessment of Sexual Interest in Sexual Offenders

241 Pages·2009·4.44 MB·English

by  Clive R. Hollin

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COGNITIVE APPROACHES TO THE
ASSESSMENT OF SEXUAL INTEREST
IN SEXUAL OFFENDERS
Cognitive Approaches to the Assessment of Sexual Interest in Sexual Offenders Ed ited by D. Thornton and D. R. Laws
© 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. ISBN: 978-0-470-05781-0
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WILEY SERIES IN
FORENSIC CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY
Editedby
CliveR.Hollin
ClinicalDivisionofPsychiatry,UniversityofLeicester,UK
and
MaryMcMurran
SchoolofCommunityHealthSciences,DivisionofPsychiatry,
UniversityofNottingham,UK
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COGNITIVE APPROACHES
TO THE ASSESSMENT OF
SEXUAL INTEREST
IN SEXUAL OFFENDERS
Editedby
David Thornton
and
D. Richard Laws
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CONTENTS
AbouttheEditors vii
ListofContributors ix
SeriesEditors’Preface xi
Introduction 1
DavidThorntonandD.RichardLaws
1 PenilePlethysmography:Strengths,Limitations,Innovations 7
D.RichardLaws
2 TheAbelAssessmentforSexualInterests–2:ACriticalReview 31
SusanJ.SachsenmaierandCarmenL.Z.Gress
3 Affinity:TheDevelopmentofaSelf-ReportAssessmentofPaedophile
SexualInterestIncorporatingaViewingTimeValidityMeasure 59
DavidV.Glasgow
4 CognitiveModellingofSexualArousalandInterest:ChoiceReaction
TimeMeasures 85
CarmenL.Z.GressandD.RichardLaws
5 TheImplicitAssociationTestasaMeasureofSexualInterest 101
NicolaS.GrayandRobertJ.Snowden
6 MeasuringChildMolesters’ImplicitCognitionsaboutSelf
andChildren 125
KevinL.Nunes
7 TheRapidSerialVisualPresentationTestofSexualInterestin
ChildMolesters 145
VanjaE.Flak,AnthonyR.BeechandGlynW.Humphreys
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8 AssessingSexualInterestwiththeEmotionalStroopTest 159
PaulSmith
9 ComparingTwoImplicitCognitiveMeasuresofSexualInterest:A
PictorialModifiedStroopTaskandtheImplicitAssociationTest 177
CaoilteO´ CiardhaandMichaelGormley
10 TheStartleProbeReflex:AnAlternativeApproachtothe
MeasurementofSexualInterest 203
JeffreyE.Hecker,MatthewW.KingandR.JamieScoular
11 Postscript:StepsTowardsEffectiveAssessmentofSexualInterest 225
DavidThorntonandD.RichardLaws
Index 229
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ABOUT THE EDITORS
David Thornton, Ph.D., is currently treatment director for Wisconsin’s program
forSexuallyViolentPersonsatSandRidgeSecureTreatmentCenter.Heisanad-
junctprofessorintheClinicalPsychologydepartmentoftheUniversityofBergen
inNorwayandholdshonoraryappointmentsattheUniversityofWisconsinand
theUniversityofBirmingham.HereceivedhisPh.D.inpsychologyfromtheUni-
versityofExeterinEngland.HeisamemberoftheBritishPsychologicalSociety
andaCharteredForensicPsychologist.Hecurrentlyservesontheeditorialboard
ofSexualAbuse:AJournalofResearchandTreatment.HeisalsoamemberoftheEx-
ecutiveBoardoftheAssociationfortheTreatmentofSexualAbusersandreceived
that organization’s Significant Achievement Award in 2005. Between 1990 and
2001,heheadedthemultidisciplinaryteamwithinHerMajesty’sPrisonService’s
headquarters that was responsible for the development of programs designed to
reducetherateofre-offendingbydischargedprisoners.Hespecializesinthedevel-
opment of assessment and treatment programs for sexual and violent offenders.
His published research has primarily focused on program evaluation, therapist
style, actuarial risk assessment and psychological risk factors. He is co-author of
STATIC-99,themostwidelyusedriskassessmentinstrumentforsexualoffenders
in the world, and of Risk Matrix 2000, the most commonly used risk assessment
instrumentintheUnitedKingdom.
D.RichardLaws,Ph.D.,iscurrentlyCo-DirectorofthePacificPsychologicalAs-
sessmentCorp.(PPAC),whichmarketsvisualstimuliforassessmentandtraining
manuals for use in forensic psychology. He is additionally the Director of Pa-
cific Design Research, which serves as a development arm of PPAC. Dr Laws
holdsadjunctfacultyappointmentsatSimonFraserUniversityandtheUniversity
of Birmingham (UK). He received his Ph.D. in educational psychology in 1969
fromSouthernIllinoisUniversity,Carbondale.Hecurrentlyservesontheeditorial
boardsofSexualAbuse:AJournalofResearchandTreatment,JournalofSexualAggres-
sion, Journal of Interpersonal Violence and Legal and Criminological Psychology. He is
the author of numerous journal articles, book chapters and scholarly essays, and
co-editor/co-authorofanumberofbooksandmanuals.DrLawsistherecipient
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viii ABOUTTHEEDITORS
oftheSignificantAchievementAward(1989)andServiceAward(1998)oftheAs-
sociationfortheTreatmentofSexualAbusers(ATSA)andhasservedasPresident
ofthatorganization(1992–93).
Editor’snote:Co-editorD.R.LawsandcontributorsC.L.Z.GressandD.Glasgow
haveafinancialinterestinsomeoftheproceduresdescribedinthisbook.
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LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
AnthonyR.Beech
Professor,CentreforForensicandCriminologicalPsychology,SchoolofPsychol-
ogy,UniversityofBirmingham,Birmingham,UK.
CaoilteO´ Ciardha
SchoolofPsychology,UniversityofDublin,TrinityCollege,Dublin,Ireland.
VanjaE.Flak
CentreforForensicandCriminologicalPsychology,SchoolofPsychology,Univer-
sityofBirmingham,Birmingham,UK.
DavidV.Glasgow
Head, Product Development, Pacific Psychological Assessment Corp., Victoria,
British Columbia, Canada, and Carlton Glasgow Partnership, Colne, Lancashire,
UK.
MichaelGormley
SchoolofPsychology,UniversityofDublin,TrinityCollege,Dublin,Ireland.
NicolaS.Gray
Professor, Cardiff University, Cardiff, and Caswell Clinic, Bro-Morgannwg NHS
Trust,Bridgend,UK.
CarmenL.Z.Gress
Faculty of Education, Simon Fraser University and the University of Victoria,
British Columbia, Canada, and Co-Director, Pacific Psychological Assessment
Corp.,Victoria,BritishColumbia,Canada.
JeffreyE.Hecker
Professor,DepartmentofPsychology,UniversityofMaine,Orono,Maine,USA.
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GlynW.Humphreys
Professor,BehaviouralBrainSciencesCentre,SchoolofPsychology,Universityof
Birmingham,Birmingham,UK.
MatthewW.King
DepartmentofPsychology,UniversityofMaine,Orono,Maine,USA.
D.RichardLaws
Co-Director, Pacific Psychological Assessment Corp., Victoria, British Columbia,
Canada.
KevinL.Nunes
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology & Institute of Criminology and
CriminalJustice,CarletonUniversity,Ottawa,Ontario,Canada.
SusanSachsenmaier
SandRidgeSecureTreatmentCenter,EvaluationUnit,Madison,Wisconsin,USA.
R.JamieScoular
HighlandsBehavioralHealthSystems,Denver,Colorado,USA.
PaulSmith
Associate Principal Lecturer in Forensic Psychology, Department of Psychology,
LeedsTrinityandAllSaints,Leeds,UK.
RobertSnowden
Professor,CardiffUniversity,Cardiff,UK.
DavidThornton
SandRidgeSecureTreatmentCenter,Mauston,Wisconsin,USA