Cognitive Approaches to the Assessment of Sexual Interest in Sexual Offenders

"Thoroton and Laws' edited volume Cognitive Approaches to the Assessment of Sexual interest in Sexual Offendersis a massively useful brief primer on the variety of methods from experimental cognitive psychology that have been examined in relation to this question." (Psychology & Sexuality, January 2010)

This book provides a comprehensive account of the range of approaches and techniques with which male (and in some cases female) sexual arousal patterns can be assessed. A fundamental read for anyone involved in researching, assessing, or treating sex offenders.
—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