Sex Offenders: Identification, Risk Assessment, Treatment, and Legal Issues

Fabian M. Saleh, Albert J. Grudzinskas, John M. Bradford

Oxford University Press, USA, Feb 11, 2009 - Medical - 457 pages

A comprehensive clinical resource on sexual offenders that covers the basics in diagnosis, natural history, risk assessment, and treatment in a way that is easy to absorb and to incorporate into practice. The sections on legal issues are absolutely necessary for anyone working with sexual offenders in order to understand the extensive legal framework that operates around this subtype of offender. The editors and contributors are concerned to ensure public safety while at the same time amintaining medical integrity and respect for due process. The book is intended for psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, trainees, and researchers who work with sex offenders, as well as attorneys, members of the judiciary, and policymakers.

About the author

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.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Sex Offenders: Identification, Risk Assessment, Treatment, and Legal Issues
• Editors: Fabian M. Saleh, Albert J. Grudzinskas, John M. Bradford
• Contributor: Fabian M. Saleh
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA, 2009
• ISBN: 0195177045, 9780195177046
• Length: 457 pages
• Subjects: Medical / Psychiatry / General; Psychology / Mental Illness