The Use of the Polygraph in Assessing, Treating and Supervising Sex Offenders

A Practitioner's Guide
Herausgegeben von Wilcox, Daniel

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Use of the Polygraph in Assessing, Treating and Supervising Sex Offenders presents an in-depth examination of the contribution that polygraph testing can make to offender treatment programmes, with a particular focus on sexual offenders.
Features coverage of a very timely issue - the British Psychological Society has convened a working party to assess the contribution of the polygraph to forensic work
Potential for greater book demand with the Home Office s current consideration of research on polygraph testing with a view to increasing its usage
Primary focus on sexual offenders

Produktdetails

• Wiley Series in The Psychology of Crime, Policing and Law
• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 358
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. April 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 152mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 526g
• ISBN-13: 9780470742235
• ISBN-10: 0470742232
• Artikelnr.: 27804208

Autorenporträt

Daniel Wilcox is a Chartered Clinical and Forensic Psychologist based in the School of Psychology at the University of Birmingham. He has published and presented extensively on the use of the polygraph in assessing, treating and supervising sex offenders.

Inhaltsangabe

About the Editor. List of Contributors. Series Preface. Preface. Foreword
by Eric J. Holden, Past President, American Polygraph Association and
Chair, APA PCSOT Committee, 2007-2009 1 Overview: Opportunities and
Responsibilities (Daniel T. Wilcox). 2 The Clinical Use of the Polygraph
with Sex Offenders: Caveats and Considerations (David Whittingham). 3
Pre-Conviction and Post-Conviction Polygraph Testing: A Brief History
(Daniel T. Wilcox and Lars Madsen). 4 The Empirical Evidence for the Value
of Post-Conviction Polygraph in the Treatment and Supervision of Sex
Offenders (Lars Madsen and Daniel T. Wilcox). 5 Basics of Post-Conviction
Sex Offender Polygraph Testing (Daniel E. Sosnowski and Daniel T. Wilcox).
6 Case Studies in the Utility of the Polygraph (Daniel T. Wilcox, Zerine
O'Keeffe and Caroline Oliver). 7 Polygraph Testing Internet Offenders (Jos
Buschman and Stefan Bogaerts). 8 Risk Assessment and the Polygraph (Theresa
A. Gannon, Anthony R. Beech and Tony Ward). 9 The Accuracy of Polygraphy in
the Treatment and Supervision of Sex Offenders (Lars Madsen). 10 Sex
Offender Polygraph Testing in the United States: Trends and Controversies
(Peggy Heil and Kim English). 11 Other Post-Conviction Applications of
Polygraphy (Shay Addison and Lou Crisilla). 12 Interviewing and
Interrogation (J.P. Blair). 13 Alternate Technologies for the Detection of
Deception (Jennifer M.C. Vendemia, Michael J. Schillaci, Robert F. Buzan,
Eric P. Green and Scott W. Meek). 14 Forensic Assessment of Sexual
Interest: A Review (E. Kalmus, Anthony R. Beech and B. Warberg). Index.