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The treatment of sex offenders with developmental disabilities: a practice workbook
- Author:
- LINDSAY William R.
- Publisher:
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 343p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Chichester
This book presents a comprehensive approach to the assessment and treatment of sex offenders with developmental disabilities. It is divided into three sections: background, theory and research; treatment considerations; treatments. It features practical advice on how to develop group dynamics and encourage participant ownership, guidance on setting up role plays and coverage of new initiatives such as self-regulation and Good Lives Model (GLM) as well as cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT). Contents include: risk assessment; treatment of inappropriate sexual behaviour; theories of offending and intellectual disability; promoting motivation; offence disclosure and accounts; allocating offenders to pathways; cognitive distortions and attitudes; personal physical and sexual abuse; victim awareness and empathy; pornography and sexual fantasy; attachments and relationships; lifestyle change and preventing relapse; evaluation.
A comparison of anxiety and depression in sex offenders with intellectual disability and a control group with intellectual disability
- Authors:
- LINDSAY William R., LEES Merlanie S.
- Journal article citation:
- Sexual Abuse a Journal of Research and Treatment, 15(4), October 2003, pp.339-345.
- Publisher:
- Sage
The aims of this study were to employ modified versions of the 21-item Beck Anxiety and Depression Inventories with a group of 16 sex offenders with mild intellectual disability and borderline intelligence and 16 control participants with similar levels of intellectual disability. Test-retest correlations found high reliability for both assessments across all participants. There was a significant difference between the scores of the 2 groups with the sex offenders reporting significantly lower levels of anxiety and depression than the control participants. The results are discussed by presenting hypotheses on the emotional stability in each group.
A treatment service for sex offenders and abusers with intellectual disability: characteristics of referrals and evaluation
- Authors:
- LINDSAY William R., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 15(2), 2002, pp.166-174.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
With the advent of community care policies, alternative systems for treatment and management are needed to deal with the problems associated with sex offenders and abusers with intellectual disability. This article describes such a service which attempts to maintain clients' community placements. Concludes that it is possible to set up a relatively cost-effective community service for sex offenders with intellectual disability. In terms of re-offending, the outcomes for alternative disposals reported in the literature.
The treatment of six men with a learning disability convicted of sex offences with children
- Authors:
- LINDSAY William R., et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 37(1), February 1998, pp.83-98.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Describes a cognitive therapy for men with a learning disability convicted of sex offences with children. Methods are described which focus the session, emphasise confidentiality, ensure that the patient accepts responsibility for the offence, and deal with issues of intent, harm done to the victim and sequences of offending behaviour. Methods for producing cognitive change are described. The study attempts to address two major problems in work with sex offenders: the difficulty of employing a controlled treatment design and the importance of a long follow-up period.
Using specific approaches for individual problems in the management of anger and aggression
- Authors:
- LINDSAY William R., et al
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 26(2), 1998, pp.44-50.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This article investigates treatment for anger and aggression using a variety of methods in people with learning difficulties. Treatment approaches include two forms of relaxation (BRT and APR), discussions and exercises on the understanding of emotion, role-plays to develop skills for dealing with feelings of anger, and exercises in the way in which individuals construe various situations.
The treatment of two stalkers with intellectual disabilities using a cognitive approach
- Authors:
- LINDSAY William R., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 11(4), 1998, pp.333-344.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This article reviews the classification of the sex offence of stalking and describes two men with an intellectual disability who have been convicted of offences consistent with stalking. Outlines issues and describes a treatment method described. Outlines and compares the processes of cognitive change for both men by assessing attitudes across the offending areas of rape, voyeurism, exhibitionism and dating abuse. The outcomes are discussed in terms of both individual participants and the population of sex offenders with an intellectual disability.
Assessment and treatment of sexual offenders with intellectual disabilities: a handbook
- Editors:
- CRAIG Leam A., LINDSAY William R., BROWNE Kevin D., (eds.)
- Publisher:
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Publication year:
- 2010
- Pagination:
- 375p.
- Place of publication:
- Chichester
Contributors from the field of forensic psychology contribute to cover theory, research and practical intervention for those working with intellectually disabled sex offenders. Latest research findings on the characteristics and prevalence of sexual offenders with intellectual disabilities are summarised. Key topics covered include: theories of sexual offending, developmental pathways, risk assessment, personality disorders and psychopathy, community and prison based treatment programmes, and legal and mental health services. The available literature on sexual offenders with intellectual disabilities is reviewed along with the latest treatment approaches and legislative developments.
The dynamic risk assessment and management system: an assessment of immediate risk of violence for individuals with offending and challenging behaviour
- Authors:
- LINDSAY William R., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 17(4), December 2004, pp.267-274.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Research on dynamic risk assessment has developed over the last 10 years and a number of variables have emerged as being possible predictors of future sexual and violent offences. These variables include hostile attitude/anger and compliance with routine. In 2002, Thornton developed a framework for dynamic risk assessment which also includes distorted and dysfunctional attitudes, socio-affective functioning, self-management and, for sex offenders, sexual interests. In 2000, Hanson & Harris provided empirical support for the predictive power of a number of dynamic factors which they split into stable and acute variables. In their research they found poor social supports, antisocial lifestyle, and poor self-management strategies to be important in addition to co-operation with supervision and hostile attitude. The present report describes the development of the Dynamic Risk Assessment and Management System (DRAMS) an assessment for dynamic/proximal risk factors in people with intellectual disabilities. In a field trial, the DRAMS was administered by staff unfamiliar with the formal requirements of the assessment. They were familiar with other ward-based assessments. Ten subjects were assessed for reliability purposes (total of 45 assessments) and five subjects were assessed consistently over a 3-month period. Eighteen aggressive incidents were recorded in these five subjects and the relationship between DRAMS assessments and the incidents was calculated. Assessments were recorded on the day of the incident, the day before the incident and on a control day, which was at least 7 days before or after an incident. Four items achieved high reliability mood, psychotic symptoms, self-regulation, compliance with routine in addition to total score. Two items achieved intermediate reliability antisocial behaviour and problems with thinking/attitudes, and three items were not applicable to this client group in that none of the participants was ever rated on them substance abuse, renewal of emotional relationships and victim access. One item had poor reliability therapeutic alliance. There were significant differences between the DRAMS assessment on the control day and assessments both on the day prior to the incident and the day of the incident for three of the six subscales and total score. Initial results would suggest that the DRAMS is a reliable instrument apart from the therapeutic alliance category. Initial signs suggest that it may be predictive of aggressive incidents in residential settings. Several developments to other settings and the client groups are discussed.
Integration of recent reviews on offenders with intellectual disabilities
- Author:
- LINDSAY William R.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 15(2), 2002, pp.111-119.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Reviews 11 articles covering aspects of offenders and offending. The reviews highlights the following issues: epidemiology of offending and offenders; vulnerability; remedial and preventative intervention; and assessment of the offence. Issues of the importance of families and carers, female offenders, recidivism/outcome and research were also mentioned.