Sexually Violent Predators: A Clinical Science Handbook

423 Pages·2019·6.8 MB·English

by  William T. O'Donohue, Daniel S. Bromberg

William T. O’Donohue · Daniel S. Bromberg
Editors
Sexually Violent
Predators: A
Clinical Science
Handbook
Sexually Violent Predators: A Clinical
Science Handbook
William T. O’Donohue
Daniel S. Bromberg
Editors
Sexually Violent
Predators: A Clinical
Science Handbook
Editors
William T. O’Donohue Daniel S. Bromberg
University of Nevada Special Psychological Services, LLC
Reno, NV, USA Bloomfield, NJ, USA
ISBN 978-3-030-04695-8 ISBN 978-3-030-04696-5 (eBook)
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Contents
Part I Historical and Legislative Issues
1 Sexually Violent Predators: An Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
William T. O’Donohue and Daniel S. Bromberg
2 Sexually Violent Predator Laws: Historical
Development and Evolution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Philip H. Witt and David DeMatteo
3 Civil Commitment of Sex Offenders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Corey Rayburn Yung
Part II Perpetrators
4 Taxonomic Discrimination Among Sex
Offenders: Forensic Utility? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Raina V. Lamade and Robert A. Prentky
5 Civil Commitment of Youthful Offenders:
Issues and Concerns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Michael H. Miner
6 The Physiological Basis of Problematic Sexual
Interests and Behaviors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Klaus M. Beier, Tillmann Krüger, Boris Schiffer,
Alfred Pauls, and Till Amelung
7 Minority Report: Halo of Interminable Treatment . . . . . . . . . . 101
V. Ellsworth Lewis
Part III Assessment, Methodological, & Psychometric Issues
8 Psychometric Issues in SVP Risk Assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Richard W. Elwood and Donn R. Kolbeck
9 Using Self-Report in Psychological Assessments
of Sexually Violent Predator Evaluations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Edward J. Daly III, Jill Holtz, Nicholas D. Young,
Anthony Albano, and Mackenzie S. Sommerhalder
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10 T he Assessment and Diagnosis of “Mental Abnormalities,”
Personality Disorders, and Psychopathy
in Sexually Violent Predator Evaluations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Martin Sellbom and Daniel S. Bromberg
11 F orensic Utility of Psychological Assessment
in Sexually Violent Predator Civil
Commitment Proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
Kirk A. B. Newring and Megan N. Carter
12 S exually Violent Predator Evaluations:
Problems and Proposals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Andrew J. Ahrendt and William T. O’Donohue
13 T he Evaluation of Sexually Violent Predator Evaluations . . . . 217
William T. O’Donohue, Olga Cirlugea,
and Catalina Vechiu
14 R isk Prediction and Sex Offending . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Jacinta R. Cording, Tony Ward,
and Sarah M. Beggs Christofferson
15 T he Use of Penile Plethysmography
in SVP Assessment and Treatment Decision-Making . . . . . . . . 243
Joseph J. Plaud
16 S exual Offenders with Mental Health Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Claire Nagi and Tony Ward
17 C ultural Considerations in the Assessment
of Sexually Violent Predators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Brian D. Leany and Lorraine T. Benuto
18 R ecidivism and the Sexually Violent Predator Population . . . . 277
Georgia Winters, Cynthia Calkins, Elizabeth Jeglic,
and Jennifer Schneider
Part IV Treatment, Containment, & Reintegration Issues
19 B ehavior Analytic Approaches to Assessment
and Intervention for Sex Offenders
with Intellectual Disabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
Timothy R. Vollmer, P. Raymond Joslyn,
Jorge R. Reyes, and Stephen F. Walker
20 T reatment of SVPs and Reintegration
into Community Settings: New Jersey’s Special
Treatment Unit as an Exemplar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309
Glenn Ferguson and Jackson Tay Bosley
21 T he Pathway from Prison to Civil Commitment
to Release in New Jersey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
Rusty Reeves, Richard Cevasco, and Dean De Crisce
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22 Prospects for the Future of SVP Treatment Programs . . . . . . . 367
David Thornton
23 Management of Sex Offenders in Community Settings . . . . . . 379
Charity Wijetunga, Emilie Picard, and Barry Rosenfeld
24 Supervision of Sex Offenders and Sexually
Violent Predators in Community Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393
James Rauth and Daniel S. Bromberg
Part V Expert Testimony in SVP Cases
25 Effective Use of an Expert in Sexually Violent Predator
Commitment Hearings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405
Tamara Rice Lave
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421
Contributors
Andrew J. Ahrendt University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV, USA
Anthony Albano Educational Psychology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln,
Lincoln, NE, USA
Till  Amelung Institute of Sexology and Sexual Medicine, Charité  –
Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin,
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin,
Germany
Sarah M. Beggs Christofferson Department of Psychology, University of
Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
Klaus M. Beier Institute of Sexology and Sexual Medicine, Charité –
Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin,
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin,
Germany
Lorraine T. Benuto Department of Psychology, University of Nevada,
Reno, Reno, NV, USA
Jackson  Tay  Bosley University Correctional Health Care, Rutgers
University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
Community Integrity Program, SHARE Princeton University, Princeton, NJ,
USA
Daniel S. Bromberg Special Psychological Services, L.L.C., Bloomfield,
NJ, USA
Cynthia Calkins John Jay College, New York, NY, USA
Megan N. Carter Special Commitment Center, Steilacoom, WA, USA
Richard Cevasco Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care, Piscataway,
NJ, USA
Olga Cirlugea University of Nevada, Reno, San Diego, CA, USA
Jacinta R. Cording Department of Psychology, University of Canterbury,
Christchurch, New Zealand
Edward  J.  Daly III Educational Psychology, University of Nebraska-
Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA
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Dean De Crisce Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care, Piscataway,
NJ, USA
David DeMatteo Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Richard W. Elwood Sand Ridge Evaluation Unit, Madison, WI, USA
Glenn Ferguson Special Treatment Unit, Avenel, NJ, USA
Health Solutions-Youth and Family Services, Pueblo, CO, USA
Jill  Holtz Educational Psychology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln,
Lincoln, NE, USA
Elizabeth Jeglic John Jay College, New York, NY, USA
P. Raymond Joslyn University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
Donn R. Kolbeck Sand Ridge Evaluation Unit, Madison, WI, USA
Tillmann Krüger Division of Clinical Psychology and Sexual Medicine,
Department of Psychiatry, Social Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Hannover
Medical School, Hannover, Germany
Raina V. Lamade Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck, NJ, USA
Tamara Rice Lave University of Miami School of Law, Coral Gables, FL,
USA
Brian D. Leany Lake’s Crossing Center: Maximum Security Facility for
Forensic Mental Health Services, Reno, NV, USA
Department of Psychology, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV, USA
V. Ellsworth Lewis University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV, USA
Michael H. Miner University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis,
MN, USA
Claire Nagi Cardiff Metropolitan University, Cardiff, Wales, UK
Kirk A. B. Newring Forensic Behavioral Health, Papillion, NE, USA
Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln, NE, USA
Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, NE, USA
William T. O’Donohue University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, NV, USA
Alfred  Pauls Institute of Sexology and Sexual Medicine, Charité  –
Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin,
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin,
Germany
Emilie Picard Department of Psychology, Fordham University, Bronx, NY,
USA
Joseph J. Plaud Applied Behavioral Consultants, LLC, Boston, MA, USA
Robert A. Prentky School of Psychology, Fairleigh Dickinson University,
Teaneck, NJ, USA
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James Rauth New Jersey State Parole Board (Retired), Trenton, NJ, USA
Rusty Reeves Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care, Piscataway, NJ,
USA
Rutgers University Correctional Health Care, c/o New Jersey Department of
Corrections, Trenton, NJ, USA
Jorge R. Reyes Westfield State University, Westfield, MA, USA
Barry Rosenfeld Department of Psychology, Fordham University, Bronx,
NY, USA
Boris Schiffer Division of Forensic Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry,
Psychotherapy and Preventive Medicine, LWL-University Hospital Bochum,
Ruhr- University Bochum (RUB), Bochum, Germany
Jennifer Schneider Special Treatment Unit, Avenel, NJ, USA
Martin Sellbom Department of Psychology, University of Otago, Dunedin,
New Zealand
Mackenzie  S.  Sommerhalder Educational Psychology, University of
Nebraska- Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA
David Thornton Forensic Assessment, Training, & Research (FAsTR),
LLC, Madison, WI, USA
Catalina Vechiu University of Nevada, Reno, NV, USA
Timothy R. Vollmer University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
Stephen F. Walker Aurora University, Aurora, IL, USA
Tony  Ward School of Psychology, Victoria University of Wellington,
Wellington, New Zealand
Charity Wijetunga Department of Psychology, Fordham University, Bronx,
NY, USA
Georgia Winters Graduate Center, City University of New York, New York,
NY, USA
John Jay College, New York, NY, USA
Philip H. Witt Somerset Psychological Group, P.A., Somerville, NJ, USA
Nicholas D. Young Medical College of Wisconsin, Children’s Hospital of
Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA
Corey Rayburn Yung University of Kansas College of Law, Lawrence, KS,
USA