Sex Offenders
Identification, Risk Assessment, Treatment, and Legal Issues
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Initial publish date
- Feb 2009
- Category
- General
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780195177046
- Publish Date
- Feb 2009
- List Price
- $80.00
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780190884369
- Publish Date
- Nov 2021
- List Price
- $215.00
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Description
This comprehensive reference by nationally recognized experts provides an interdisciplinary overview of existing knowledge about sex offenders. It provides in-depth coverage of the problem of identification, risk assessment and management, treatment, and legal solutions. It seeks to ensure public safety while at the same time maintaining medical integrity and respect for due process. The book is intended for psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, and researchers who work with sex offenders, as well as attorneys, members of the judiciary, and policymakers.
About the authors
Contributor Notes
Fabian M. Saleh is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Law and Psychiatry Program, Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at University of Massachusetts Memorial Medical Center/UMass Medical School. Albert J. Grudzinskas is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry in Law at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. John M. Bradford is a Professor and Head, Division of Forensic Psychiatry at the University of Ottawa.