商品簡介
"This is an invaluable resource for those working with high-risk sex offenders. Drs. Abracen and Looman provide a clear, step-by-step approach based on current theories and research, which also outlines how strategies may need to be adapted for the unique requirements of this complex population. I wish this book had been available when I started my career working with sexual offenders many years ago. It reminds me of how much work has been done and the gains that have been made in this field over the last 20 years."
Dr. Yolanda Fernandez, Clinical/Forensic Psychologist
"This is a very timely piece of work and a `must read' for anyone working with high-risk sexual offenders. It Is a very practical book which is easily accessible to clinicians, but It is also very strongly grounded in the empirical literature. I appreciate the focus given to challenging populations such as psychopaths. The authors have taken a complex, difficult client group and created a manuscript that can be put to practical use by clinicians. I commend them for undertaking this task and believe that the field of sexual offender treatment is fortunate that they have done so."
Dr. Geris Serran, C. Psyc. Correctional Service of Canada
"With a specific focus on evidence-Informed approaches for high-risk sexual offenders, this work by Drs. Abracen and Looman is an Important contribution to the field. Both scholarly and highly practical, it is an authoritative synthesis of the extant literature and evidence-informed clinical practice on the treatment and risk management of high-risk sexual offenders."
Mark Olver, Ph.D., R.D. Psych., /Associate Professor, University of Saskatchewan, Canada
The treatment and management of sexual offenders is a topic of great Interest, but while much has been written about the treatment of sexual offenders generally, little has been written about the comprehensive treatment of groups of specifically high-risk sexual offenders. Treatment of High-Risk Sexual Offenders addresses concrete management strategies, from initial Intake to community treatment programs, and describes a detailed, complete program for high-risk offenders that has been developed, tested and refined over more than 15 years, and has a strong empirical basis.
The model, which Is based on the principle of integrative care, draws on the established Risk-Need-Responsivity (RNR) model for offender assessment and rehabilitation, but adds new components of CBT and motivational interviewing. It gives specific consideration to the role of mental disorder and complex trauma In the development and maintenance of offending behavior, areas that are often neglected. Given the complex nature of this population, treatment focuses on both traditional criminogenic needs not specific to sexual offenders (e.g., substance abuse, criminal thinking styles) and sex offender-specific issues (e.g., deviant arousal, Intimacy deficits) in an Integrated approach. A variety of outcome data related to two sex offender treatment programs managed by the authors, and described in detail, are included in the text.
作者簡介
Dr Jeffrey Abracen is Chief Psychologist with Central District Parole, Correctional Service of Canada. He was previously clinical director of the community based Methadone Maintenance Treatment Program, and until late 2011 was co-director of the Relapse Prevention Maintenance Program offered to sexual offenders in the Central District of Correctional Service of Canada. He has provided training related to the community treatment and supervision of sexual offenders to a variety of audiences and has more than thirty publications in peer-reviewed journals, as well as many conference presentations.
Dr Jan Looman is a psychologist working on the Forensic Unit of Providence Care Mental Health Services in Kingston, Canada, and was previously Clinical Manager at the Regional Treatment Center Ontario, a psychiatric hospital serving the Federal Prison system in Ontario. From 1997-2011 he was Program Director of the Regional Treatment Centre Sex Offender Treatment Program. For the past six years he has conducted Sexually Violent Predator assessments in Washington State. He has carried out training regarding the assessment and treatment of sex offenders at various conferences and workshops and has more than thirty peer-reviewed publications in this area.
