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Theresa A. Gannon and Tony Ward
This edition first published 2017
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Names: Gannon, Theresa A., editor. | Ward, Tony, 1954 March 17– editor.
Title: Sexual offending : cognition, emotion and motivation / edited by Theresa A. Gannon and Tony Ward.
Description: Chichester, West Sussex, UK : John Wiley & Sons, 2017. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016038232| ISBN 9780470683521 (cloth) | ISBN 9780470683514 (pbk.)
Subjects: LCSH: Sex offenders–Psychology. | Sex offenders–Rehabilitation. | Sex crimes–Psychological aspects.
Classification: LCC RC560.S47 .S485 2017 | DDC 616.85/8306–dc23
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Theresa A. Gannon: For Amy Haskew (1990–2016): A Talented Student.
Tony Ward: To Bill Marshall, friend, mentor, brilliant researcher, and most
of all, a great bloke.
Theresa A. Gannon, DPhil, CPsychol (Forensic) is Professor of Forensic Psychology and Director of the Centre for Research and Education in Forensic Psychology (CORE‐FP) at the University of Kent, UK. Theresa also works as a Practitioner Consultant Forensic Psychologist specializing in sexual offending and firesetting for the Forensic and Specialist Service Line, Kent and Medway Partnership Trust.
Theresa has published over 100 chapters, articles, books and other scholarly works in the areas of male and female‐perpetrated sexual offending. She is particularly interested in research relating to both the treatment needs and overall supervision of individuals who have sexually offended. This includes offence‐related cognition and emotion, rehabilitation models (i.e., the Good Lives Model), offence‐process models of offending behaviour, polygraph‐assisted supervision and truth facilitation, and attitudes towards individuals who have offended. Theresa is lead editor of several books including Aggressive Offenders’ Cognition: Theory, Research, and Treatment (John Wiley) along with Tony Ward, Anthony Beech and Dawn Fisher, and Female Sexual Offenders: Theory, Assessment, and Treatment (Wiley‐Blackwell) along with Franca Cortoni. Theresa is also co‐editor of several books that discuss or integrate sexual offending with other forensic topics and psychological factors including Public Opinion and Criminal Justice (Willan) along with Jane Wood, Crime and Crime Reduction: The Importance of Group Processes (Routledge) along with Wood, and What Works in Offender Rehabilitation: An Evidence‐Based Approach to Assessment and Treatment (Wiley‐Blackwell) along with Leam Craig and Louise Dixon.
Theresa serves on the editorial boards of several journals including Aggression and Violent Behavior, British Journal of Forensic Practice, International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, and Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment. She is also Editor of Psychology Crime and Law.
Tony Ward, PhD, DipClinPsych received his Ph.D. and trained as a Clinical Psychologist at Canterbury University, Christchurch, New Zealand. Tony was the former Director of the Kia Marama Sexual Offenders’ Unit at Rolleston Prison in New Zealand and has taught clinical and forensic psychology at Victoria, Deakin, Canterbury and Melbourne Universities. He is currently the Director of Clinical Training at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.
Tony has published over 400 chapters, articles, books and other scholarly works in the areas of male sexual offending and general rehabilitation and practice. He is particularly interested in the critique and generation of theory within forensic psychology as well as the examination of ethical constructs in psychological practice. Tony has made a number of key theoretical contributions to the area of sexual offending and offending behaviour more generally, which include: the Self‐Regulation Model of Sexual Offending (Ward & Hudson, 2000), the adaptation of the concept of Implicit Theories to sexual offending (Ward & Keenan, 1999), the Good Lives Model of Rehabilitation (Ward & Stewart, 2003) and the Integrated Theory of Sexual Offending (Ward & Beech, 2006). Tony is also lead editor of several books including Theories of Sex Offending (Wiley‐Blackwell) along with Tony Beech, Sexual Deviance: Issues and Controversies (Sage) along with Richard Laws and Stephen Hudson, and was author of Rehabilitation: Beyond the Risk Paradigm (Routledge) along with Shadd Maruna.
Tony serves on the editorial boards of several journals including Aggression and Violent Behavior, Legal and Criminological Psychology, and Psychology Crime and Law. Tony has served as Associate Editor for Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment and Legal and Criminological Psychology.
Ross M. Bartels, PhD, gained his MSc in Forensic Psychology in 2008 from the University of Kent, and was awarded his PhD in 2014 from the University of Birmingham. Ross is currently a Psychology Lecturer and member of the Forensic and Clinical Research Group at the University of Lincoln (UK). He is also an associate editor of ‘nextgenforensic’; an online blog for the ‘next generation’ working in the field of sexual offending research and treatment. Ross’s primary research interests focus on adapting indirect measures and socio‐cognitive paradigms to gain new insights into the processes underlying (and associated with) sexual thoughts and fantasies, offence‐supportive cognition, and attitudes towards people who have sexually offended.
Nicholas Blagden is a Senior Lecturer in Forensic Psychology and the Course Leader for the MSc Forensic Psychology at Nottingham Trent University (NTU). He is a Chartered Psychologist and has worked and researched within the criminal justice system and HM Prison Service for many years. He has taught undergraduate and postgraduate courses in psychology, forensic psychology and criminology. He has also trained police officers. His work has been funded by the National Offender Management Service (NOMS) and he is currently engaged in numerous collaborative forensic projects with NTU and NOMS. Current projects include understanding paedophilic deviant sexual interest, rehabilitative prison climates, religiosity, and denial in relation to sexual offending. He is a trustee of the Safer Living Foundation, a charity that takes a multi‐agency approach to reducing sexual (re)offending through rehabilitative initiatives.
Sarah J. Brown is Professor of Forensic Psychology, registered Forensic Psychologist, Chartered Psychologist and Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society. She is the Deputy Executive Director of the Centre for Research in Psychology, Behaviour and Achievement at Coventry University, Vice Chair of the National Organization for the Treatment of Abusers (NOTA) and a member of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers (ATSA). She has been conducting research in relation to sexual violence since 1994 and was the Editor of the Journal of Sexual Aggression (JSA) from 2008 until 2014. She is currently an Associate Editor of Child Abuse and Neglect and Editorial Board member of JSA and Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment. Brown has published on various topics including sexual aggression, intimate partner violence, engaging individuals who have offended, empathy, risk assessment, evaluation and forensic testing.
Rebecca Lievesley is a Lecturer in Forensic Psychology and part of the Sexual Offences, Crime and Misconduct Research Unit at Nottingham Trent University. She has worked with individuals who have offended since 2008 and is currently engaged in various research projects including an investigation of reoffending and desistance for individuals on short sentences, evaluation of anti‐libidinal medication for individuals who have sexually offended, the role of religion in sexual offending and help seeking prior to committing a sexual offence. She is also a trustee and co‐founder of the Safer Living Foundation, a charity established to promote sexual offence rehabilitation and the prevention of further victims of sexual crime.
Caoilte Ó Ciardha obtained his PhD from Trinity College Dublin in 2010 for research examining social cognition and the assessment of sexual offending. Since 2011 he has worked at the Centre of Research and Education in Forensic Psychology, part of the School of Psychology at the University of Kent, first as a postdoctoral Research Associate and later as a lecturer. His publications have included both theoretical and empirical research relating to the assessment and treatment of individuals who have committed sexual or firesetting offences. He also conducts research on social cognitive factors in individuals who may be at higher risk of those behaviours but who have not offended.
Geris A. Serran, C. Psych. graduated with a doctoral degree in clinical psychology from the University of Ottawa in 2003. A registered psychologist, Dr Serran is currently employed by Correctional Service Canada providing intervention to men who have offended. Prior to that, she worked with Rockwood Psychological Services, providing intervention to clients who committed sexual offences. Her research interests include therapeutic processes, coping strategies and effective intervention with men who have sexually offended. She has authored several book chapters and journal articles, co‐edited and co‐authored books, and presented at international conferences.
Jill D. Stinson received a dual doctorate in Clinical Psychology and Psychology, Policy, and Law from the University of Arizona in 2006. She is currently an Assistant Professor and Director of Clinical Training with the Department of Psychology at East Tennessee State University. She has co‐authored two books on the aetiology and treatment of problematic sexual behaviour, a third book on motivational interviewing with individuals who have offended, and numerous chapters and articles describing sexual offending in relation to mental illness, self‐regulatory problems, and histories of childhood trauma and maltreatment. She is also an Associate Editor for Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment.
Jayson Ware graduated with a MA (psychology) in 1997 and then completed a postgraduate diploma in Clinical Psychology in 2000. He is currently the Director of Offender Services & Programs, Corrective Services, New South Wales, Australia. He has worked with individuals who have sexually offended for the past twenty years and has authored over thirty journal articles or book chapters primarily relating to sexual offence treatment. He is currently working toward a doctorate in Psychology at the University of New South Wales, Australia.
Our initial idea for this book stemmed from a conversation that we had many years ago about the lack of integrative resources available on the topic of sexual offence related cognition, emotion, and motivation (CEM). What became clear to us, as we reflected, was that although the sexual offence field had developed immensely in relation to CEM over the past three decades, more momentum was needed. From this realization, we began to approach a range of internationally esteemed professionals about whether they would be interested in writing a chapter for a book devoted to sexual offence CEM. The response that we received was extremely reassuring; and as editors we feel fortunate to edit a text of special interest to us, with a renowned group of experts. We sincerely hope that this book will promote momentum for theorists, researchers and treatment providers who are working with CEM applied to sexual offending. If readers take only one message from this book we hope it will be that future work on sexual offence related CEM must be expert, integrated and holistic.
We would like to acknowledge all of the individuals who have made this collection of chapters possible. First of all, thank you to all of the authors who put so much time and effort into writing their chapters. We would also like to thank all those at Wiley‐Blackwell who gave expert advice and support on this book. In particular, thank you Clive Hollin for dealing positively with the initial enquiry about this book and for directions about possible avenues for publication. Also, a big thank you to everyone at Wiley‐Blackwell for being so patient with us! In particular, thanks must go to Karen Shield for her utter professionalism, Roshna Mohan for her quality checking, and Amy Minshull and Victoria Halliday for dealing with contractual issues. Finally, we would like to thank Jaimee Mallion for helping us with the proofreading of this book and also Alec McAulay for dealing with the copyediting associated with this book.