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Hill, Andreas; Rettenberger, Martin; Habermann, Niels; Berner, Wolfgang; Eher, Reinhard; Briken, Peer – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2012
To examine the predictive accuracy of four well established risk assessment instruments (PCL-R, HCR-20, SVR-20, and Static-99) in an important subgroup of sexual offenders, these instruments were assessed retrospectively based on information from forensic psychiatric court reports in a sample of 90 released male sexual homicide offenders (out of…
Descriptors: Recidivism, Foreign Countries, Sexual Abuse, Criminals
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Wiederholt, Ingo C. – Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 1992
Presents psychoanalytic view based on author's 21 years of experience as an expert witness for approximately 750 individuals who committed sex crimes, and on author's clinical psychiatric experience in treating 170 sex offenders released from prison. Describes treatment program theoretically based on these experiences. (Author/NB)
Descriptors: Counseling Techniques, Criminals, Foreign Countries, Psychiatry
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Pfafflin, Friedemann – Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 1992
Reviews methods of treatment used with sex offenders, each based on the erroneous belief that sex offenders constitute a relatively homogeneous taxonomic class. Asserts that sex offenders are people with a sad personal history, in which their deviant sexual behavior represents an effort to banish the pain they experienced during their developing…
Descriptors: Counseling Techniques, Criminals, Foreign Countries, Institutionalized Persons