This study compares the disclosure performance of sex offenders under two polygraph modalities: first, the traditional single examiner mode, and second the collaborative multidisciplinary team approach. Its asks whether under the team approach offender disclosure rates increase, thus enabling rehabilitative processes to operate more effectively and at the same time offer assurance of increased ...

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Polygraph testing is becoming increasingly important in sex offender treatment. Polygraph advocates cite dramatic increases in historical disclosures that presumably allow more precise targeting of treatment interventions, earlier detection of risky behaviors that often lead to new offenses, and improved treatment and supervision compliance. Based on this, they believe the procedure supports de...

Phallometry evaluations are of great value in sex offender treatment programs, in assessing for a deviant drive related to criminal offenses and in monitoring treatment results, especially in connection with cognitive behavioral techniques that teach skills for reducing deviant sexual interests. The research on phallometry, however, is fraught with methodological problems that limit its utility...

The association of callous-unemotional (CU) traits with violence and severe antisocial behavior has led to a recent focus on the association between CU traits and sexual offending behavior. When assessing juveniles with sexual offenses, practice standards recommend that multiple sources of data are considered. However, the differential correlates of parent-report versus self-report of CU traits...

Understanding factors that affect the severity of a juvenile-stranger sexual assault has implications for crime prevention, and potentially, the assessment and treatment of juvenile sex offenders. This study investigated how victim characteristics and the number of suspects affected the use of physical violence and weapons and the occurrence of penetration in 495 allegations of sexual assault c...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to determine which predictors influence the risk of relapse among a cohort of amphetamine-type substance (ATS) users in Iran. METHODS A Cox proportional hazards model was conducted to determine factors associated with the relapse time in the Matrix treatment program provided by the Iranian National Center of Addiction Studies (INCAS) between March 2010 and...

Abstract Objectives We attempted to apply the Bayesian shared component spatial modeling (SCSM) for identification of hotspots from two (offenders and offenses) instead one or variables developed three risk surfaces (1) common by both offenders offenses; (2) specific offenders, (3) offenses. Methods applied SCSM examine joint distributions juvenile delinquents (offenders) violent crime (offense...

Adolescent sex offenders increasingly are involved in the mental health delivery system. Because researchers have concluded that between 34 and 60 percent of all sexual offenses are perpetrated by adolescents, it is imperative that mental health counselors possess the knowledge and skills to appropriately identify and treat these adolescents. The authors provide information on current assessmen...

This is an uncontrolled, descriptive study of 30 sexually sadistic criminals. All were men, and all intentionally tortured their victims in order to arouse themselves. Their crimes often involved careful planning, the selection of strangers as victims, approaching the victim under a pretext, participation of a partner, beating victims, restraining victims and holding them captive, sexual bondag...