Evaluating Sex Offenders

Download or read book Evaluating Sex Offenders written by Dennis M. Doren and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2002-04-10 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Evaluating Sex Offenders is the first and only "how to" book describing the complete sex offender civil commitment evaluation. Aimed at helping practitioners, clinicians, counselors, and parole officers assess risk and evaluate offenders who have been convicted of a sex crime, the text offers readers a step-by-step description of what examiners need to know, including information gathering, interviewing offenders, and writing reports. Chapter topics include: defining risk; data gathering; diagnostic issues; recidivism base rates; risk factor lists; actuarial scales; instrumentation (violent and sexual); the evaluation report; presenting in court; ethical issues.