Cognitive Approaches to the Assessment of Sexual Interest in Sexual OffendersISBN: 978-0-470-05781-0
Hardcover
250 pages
October 2009
Other Available Formats: Paperback
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—Don Grubin, Professor of Forensic Psychiatry, Newcastle University
Thornton and Laws' book provides up-to-date and comprehensive
information on each technology. Written by authoritative sources,
this book is likely to move this field of enquiry forward
considerably.
— Dr Ruth Mann, Interventions & Substance Misuse
Group, National Offender Management Service, England and
Wales
This book gives an outstanding overview of current trends in sex
offender assessment. Experts in the field deliver insights into
novel latency-based testing procedures. The book features chapters
on viewing time and choice-reaction time tasks, on modified
versions of the Stroop test, on the attentional blink and the
startle probe as well as on the implicit association test. Most of
these tests originated in cognitive psychological research and are
now being fruitfully applied to identify disorders of sexual
preference. The exposition is clear and succinct. The book serves
as an introduction to and an overview of an exciting new area of
research. Within the field of sex offender treatment and
assessment, this book will be a highly useful resource for
researchers and practitioners alike.
— Dr Andreas Mokros, Department of Forensic
Psychiatry, University of Regensburg