M38 Treatment and Management of Sexual Offenders
Aims and Learning Outcomes
This module aims to provide students with knowledge and skills in the area of the treatment and management of sexual offending, and to introduce students to the range of sexual offending patterns and their impact from predominantly psychological theoretical perspectives.
By the end of this modules students are expected
- to be aware of the research literature in sexual offending risk factors and their interaction with various forms of mental disorder.
- to have an understanding of the issues involved in needs-led assessment and treatment of sexual offenders.
- to have an understanding of the development and operation of evaluation of sex offender treatment programmes for reducing sex offending behaviour.
Please note that the course aims to familiarise students with processes that may include assessment techniques. It is not a formal training in these tools and techniques and is not intended to provide professional competence in these areas.
Course Convenor
Professor Derek Perkins and Dr Alex Lord
Other Contributors
Dr Adrian Coxell, Christopher Dean, Dr Jane Palmer, Ms Hilary Eldridge, Donald Findlater, Catherine Farr, Nikki Collins, John Cordwell
Contact Hours
20
Required Prerequisite Study
Forensic Master’s students
Completion Requirement
The course carries 15 course credits and requires a total of 20 contact hours in the form of lectures and seminars. Students are expected to invest a minimum of 100 hours in study time. The course is introductory so there is no requirement other than a first degree in psychology.
Assessments
Essay (3000 words) (60% of the final mark)
Students will be given a list of 1-5 essay titles to choose from at the beginning of the semester. These essays are marked by one of: Dr Alex Lord, Prof Derek Perkins, Dr Jane Palmer, Nikki Collins. Second marking (subject to normal regulations) is by Dr Claire Wilson.
Casework Report (40% of the final mark)
There will be a practical assessment linked to the workshop. Students will be given instructions on the day. This assignment is marked by Derek Perkins and Alex Lord.
Suggested Reading
Statistics Directorate, Room 201, 50 Queen Anne’s Gate, London SW1H 9AT.
Beech, A.R., Fisher, D.D., & Thornton, D., (2003) Risk assessment of sex offenders. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 34, 339-352.
Beech, A., Craig, A. & Browne, K. (eds) (2009). Assessment and Treatment of Sex Offenders. Wiley-Blackwell
Calder, M.C. (1999). Assessing risk in adult males who sexually abuse children. Lyme Regis: Russell House publishing.
Craissati, J. (1998). Child sexual abusers: a community treatment approach. Hove: Psychology Press Ltd.
Laws, D.R., Hudson, S., & Ward, T. (eds) (2000). Remaking relapse prevention with sex offenders. London: Sage.
Marshall, W.L., Anderson, D. & Fernandez, Y. (eds) (1999) Cognitive Behavioural Treatment of Sexual Offenders. Chichester: Wiley.
Marshall, W.L., Fernandez, Y.M., Marshall, L.E. & Serran, G.A. (Eds.) (2006) Sexual Offender Treatment: Controversial Issues. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons
Salter, A.C. (1988) Treating child sexual offenders and victims. A practical guide. Beverley Hills, CA: Sage.
Saradjian, J. & Hanks, H. (1996) Women who sexually abuse children. Chichester: Wiley.
Thornton, D., Mann, R., Webster, S., Blud, L., Travers, R., Friendship, C., & Erikson, M. (2004) Distinguishing and Combining Risks for Sexual and Violent Recividism. In R. Prentky, E. Janus & A. W. Burgess (Eds.), Understanding and managing sexually coercive behaviour. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 989, 225-235.
Ward, T., Polaschek, D.L.L. & Beech, A.R. (2006) Theories of Sexual Offending. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons
Further reading will be recommended during the course of the module.