Sexual offenders : personal construct theory and deviant sexual behaviour / James Horley.
Material type: TextPublication details: London : Routledge, 2008.Description: 176 pISBN:- 9781583917350 (hbk.) :
- 9781583917350 (hardback)
- 364.153 HOR
- HQ71 .H67 2008
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Long Loan | TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Nursing Collection | 364.153 HOR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 205567 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Sexual Offending: An Alternative Construction--2. Sexual Offender Self-labelling and PCT--3. Social Power and Sexual Assault--4. Alternative Approaches to the Psychological Assessment of Sex Offenders--5. Psychotherapy with Sexual Offenders--6. Assessment and Treatment of Sexual Offenders: An Illustrative Case. 7.Final Considerations.
Is there an alternative way of treating sexual offenders beyond traditional psychiatry? This text explores and develops personal construct theory in terms of forensic and social psychology, and examines the possibilities for sexual offender assessment and therapy.