Main description:

A practical handbook for practitioners that covers the assessment,treatment and management of sexual offenders with intellectualdisabilities an area of growing interest within clinicalforensic psychology. * New for the Wiley Series in Forensic ClinicalPsychology: a practical handbook that covers the assessment,treatment and management of sexual offenders with intellectualdisabilities * Summarises the research literature on the characteristics andprevalence of sexual offenders with intellectual disabilities * Discusses risk assessment and innovations in treatment andmanagement * Includes contributors world-renowned in the field of assessmentand treatment of sexual offenders with intellectual disabilitiessuch as Tony Ward, Glynis Murphy, and Douglas Boer

Contents:

About the Editors. Contributors. Foreword. Acknowledgements. PART ONE INTRODUCTION. 1. Overview and Structure of the Book (Leam A. Craig, WilliamR. Lindsay and Kevin D. Browne). 2. Sexual Offenders with Intellectual Disabilities:Characteristics and Prevalence (Leam A. Craig and William R.Lindsay). 3. Developmental Pathways in Intellectually Disabled SexualOffenders (Susan C. Hayes). 4. Adolescents with Intellectual Disability and Family SexualAbuse (Kevin D. Browne and Michelle McManus). 5. Applying the Self-Regulation Model to Sexual Offenders withIntellectual Disabilities (Lynne Eccleston, Tony Ward and BarryWaterman). PART TWO DIAGNOSTIC ASSESSMENT AND COMORBIDITY. 6. Psychiatric Illness, Pervasive Developmental Disorders andRisk (Fabian Haut and Eleanor Brewster). 7. Sexual and Gender Identity Disorders in People withIntellectual Disabilities (Dorothy M. Griffiths, Paul Fedoroffand Deborah Richards). PART THREE RISK ASSESSMENT. 8. Assessing Recidivism Risk in Sex Offenders with IntellectualDisabilities (William R. Lindsay and John L. Taylor). 9. Psychopathy and other Personality Disorders in SexualOffenders with Intellectual Disabilities (CatrinMorrissey). 10. Suggested Adaptations to the HCR-20 for Offenders withIntellectual Disabilities (Douglas P. Boer, Matthew Frize, RuthPappas, Catrin Morrissey and William R. Lindsay). 11. Suggested Adaptations to the SVR-20 for Offenders withIntellectual Disabilities (Douglas P. Boer, Matthew Frize, RuthPappas, Catrin Morrissey and William R. Lindsay). PART FOUR ASSESSING TREATMENT NEED AND DEVIANCY. 12. Psychometric Assessment of Sexual Deviancy in SexualOffenders with Intellectual Disabilities (Leam A. Craig andWilliam R. Lindsay). 13. Assessing Treatment Need in Sexual Offenders withIntellectual Disabilities (Peter E. Langdon and Glynis H.Murphy). PART FIVE PROVISIONS AND TREATMENT. 14. Staff Support and Development when Working with SexualOffenders with Intellectual Disabilities (Shawn Mosher). 15. Community-Based Treatment Programmes for Sex Offenders withIntellectual Disabilities (William R. Lindsay, Amanda M. Michieand Frank Lambrick). 16. The Treatment of Intellectually Disabled Sexual Offenders inthe National Offender Management Service: The Adapted Sex OffenderTreatment Programmes (Fiona Williams and Ruth E. Mann). 17. Journeying to Wise Mind: Dialectical Behaviour Therapy andOffenders with an Intellectual Disability (MarleenVerhoeven). PART SIX FUTURE DIRECTIONS. 18. Improving Service Provision for Intellectually DisabledSexual Offenders (Hannah Ford and John Rose). Index.