Ebook: Cognitive Approaches to the Assessment of Sexual Interest in Sexual Offenders

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.Content:
Chapter 1 Penile Plethysmography: Strengths, Limitations, Innovations (pages 7–29): D. Richard Laws
Chapter 2 The Abel Assessment for Sexual Interests – 2: A Critical Review (pages 31–57): Susan J. Sachsenmaier and Carmen L. Z. Gress
Chapter 3 Affinity: The Development of a Self?Report Assessment of Paedophile Sexual Interest Incorporating a Viewing Time Validity Measure (pages 59–84): David V. Glasgow
Chapter 4 Cognitive Modelling of Sexual Arousal and Interest: Choice Reaction Time Measures (pages 85–99): Carmen L. Z. Gress and D. Richard Laws
Chapter 5 The Implicit Association Test as a Measure of Sexual Interest (pages 101–123): Nicola S. Gray and Robert J. Snowden
Chapter 6 Measuring Child Molesters' Implicit Cognitions about Self and Children (pages 125–143): Kevin L. Nunes
Chapter 7 The Rapid Serial Visual Presentation Test of Sexual Interest in Child Molesters (pages 145–158): Vanja E. Flak, Anthony R. Beech and Glyn W. Humphreys
Chapter 8 Assessing Sexual Interest with the Emotional Stroop Test (pages 159–176): Paul Smith
Chapter 9 Comparing Two Implicit Cognitive Measures of Sexual Interest: A Pictorial Modified Stroop Task and the Implicit Association Test (pages 177–201): Caoilte O Ciardha and Michael Gormley
Chapter 10 The Startle Probe Reflex: An Alternative Approach to the Measurement of Sexual Interest (pages 203–224): Jeffrey E. Hecker, Matthew W. King and R. Jamie Scoular
Chapter 11 Postscript: Steps Towards Effective Assessment of Sexual Interest (pages 225–227): David Thornton and D. Richard Laws