N Knack, B Winder, L Murphy… - International review of …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
The high prevalence rates and numerous consequences associated with child sexual abuse makes preventing these offences a societal priority. Prevention strategies have traditionally …
The Psychology of Criminal Conduct, Fifth Edition, discusses the psychology of criminal behavior, drawing upon general personality, as well as cognitive-behavioral and cognitive …
This study explored the prevalence of childhood trauma in a sample of male sexual offenders (N= 679) using the Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE) scale. Compared with …
RK Hanson, K Morton-Bourgon - 2004 - publicsafety.gc.ca
This quantitative review examined the research evidence concerning recidivism risk factors for sexual offenders. A total of 95 different studies were examined, involving more than …
Executive summary Sexual offenders do great societal damage causing justifiable public concern. Over the past 10 years psychology has developed techniques to reliably sort male …
D Thornton - Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment, 2002 - Springer
This paper describes the construction and testing of a framework for dynamic risk assessment. A review of previous studies identified 4 domains into which dynamic risk …
ME Olver, SCP Wong, T Nicholaichuk… - Psychological …, 2007 - psycnet.apa.org
Abstract The Violence Risk Scale-Sexual Offender version (VRS-SO) is a rating scale designed to assess risk and predict sexual recidivism, to measure and link treatment …
JS Levenson, DA D'Amora… - Behavioral Sciences & the …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Community notification, known as “Megan's Law,” provides the public with information about known sex offenders in an effort to assist parents and potential victims to protect themselves …
What Works (and Doesn't) in Reducing Recidivism offers criminologists and students an evidence-based discussion of the latest trends in corrections. Experts Latessa, Johnson, and …