Chapter
Clinical assessment and treatment of sex offenders
Abstract
Sex oenders are individuals who commit sexual oenses and largely suer from a sexual deviation or paraphilia. ere are a number of sex oenders who do not have a paraphilia/paraphilic disorder but fail to control their sexual impulses for other reasons. eir sexual oending behavior may be opportunistic or impulsive, and most commonly is the result of serious personality disorders. Sexually deviant behavior can also occur secondary to various Axis 1 …
Authors
Bradford J; Ahmed AG; Gulati S
Book title
Principles and Practice of Forensic Psychiatry
Pagination
pp. 833-844
Publication Date
January 1, 2017
DOI
10.4324/9781315381480-101