The phallometric assessment of sex offenders: an update

Launay, Gilles

doi:10.1002/cbm.317

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“…These may either be derived from peak values or from average responses to stimulus categories. Although Harris et al (1992) and Murphy and Barbaree (1994) found peak responses to produce more reliable and sensitive indices, Launay (1999) found that both methods provided acceptable outcomes. In the study by Harris et al (1992), better discrimination between offender types was obtained with indices than with scores based on individual categories.…”

Section: Statistical Issuesmentioning

confidence: 88%

“…A final way to report results is with deviance indices, the ratio of deviant to appropriate responses (Launay, 1999). These may either be derived from peak values or from average responses to stimulus categories.…”

Section: Statistical Issuesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The professional literature generally agrees on a need for standardization of these assessments to control for the influence of the many confounding factors (Launay, 1999). According to Kalmus and Beech (2005), standardized guidelines for phallometric procedures were provided by the ATSA but they have yet to be universally accepted.…”

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Phallometric Assessment of Sexual Arousal

Merdian¹,

Jones²

2011

International Perspectives on the Assessment and Treatment of Sexual Offenders

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Section: Ethnicity the Ethnic Origins And Social Environment Of A Pementioning

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Phallometric Assessment of Sexual Arousal

Merdian¹,

Jones²

2011

International Perspectives on the Assessment and Treatment of Sexual Offenders

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“…Hanson and Bussiere (1998), Firestone (Firestone et al, 1999) and Hanson and Thornton (2000b) for instance all provided evidence that a disorganized lifestyle (e.g. substance abuse; impulsive, antisocial behaviour) deviant sexual interests (as measured by penile plethysmography -see Launay, 1999) or excessive sexual preoccupation are precursors to sexual offending. It is of interest that whereas Hanson and Bussiere (1998) identified that 'arousal to child stimuli' was a precursor to sexual offending but 'arousal to rape stimuli' was not, Hanson and Thornton (2000b) reported a relationship between reoffending and both 'arousal to child stimuli' and 'arousal to rape stimuli'.…”

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Relapse prevention with sex offenders: practice, theory and research

Launay¹

2001

Criminal Behav Ment Health

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INTRODUCTION: Relapse prevention (RP) is now applied to sex offending. It has been questioned as to whether RP is worthwhile. This paper aims to evaluate this technique. THE ROCHESTER RP PROGRAMME: The purpose of the Rochester RP programme is to refine and strengthen skills gained in the prison department's sex offender treatment programme. The objective of the programme is to teach prisoners to recognize the chain of events leading up to their current offences and to practise strategies to interrupt this chain. THEORETICAL BASIS FOR RP: Stopping an undesired behaviour and maintaining abstinence are two different problems. RP aims to address the maintenance problems. At the centre of RP theory is a study of the conditions that can turn lapse into relapse. Yet RP has been criticized as a lot of jargon saying very little. Ward and Hudson criticize RP constructs and their interaction. Such debates have few implications for clinical work and most of the criticism flies in the face of clinical experience. RESEARCH BASIS FOR RP: Risk factors for sex offenders are being identified. Local evaluation of the Rochester programme suggests that prisoners do learn to identify risk factors and to develop coping strategies. As yet, however, there is no evidence as to whether RP works or not. DISCUSSION: A way to improve the efficacy of an RP programme may be to augment it with additional modules, e.g. behaviour therapy, drug treatment, continued work with the same prison staff and relaxation training. CONCLUSION: RP theory is sound in essence but suffers from an overlay of cumbersome vocabulary. Reliable research is emerging.

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“…Increases in penile blood volume correspond to the patients' relative attraction to the different categories of persons. Several reviews addressing the use of phallometric testing in clinical diagnosis exist (Harris & Rice, 1996;Lalumière & Harris, 1998;Launay, 1999). About 10% of males undergoing phallometric testing show no clinically meaningful response to any of the gender or age categories (Blanchard, Klassen, Dickey, Kuban, & Blak, 2001).…”

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Effect of Sildenafil on Penile Plethysmography Responding: A Pilot Investigation

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Despite the utility of penile plethysmography in helping diagnose sexual offenders, some men respond minimally to the test stimuli. This pilot investigation examined the effect of sildenafil on phallometric responding in a non-forensic sample (n = 12) of middle-aged males. Participants underwent phallometric testing on two separate occasions and were administered 50 mg of sildenafil prior to one of these sessions. Study data indicated that pre-treatment with sildenafil produced a significant mean percentage increase (28%) in peak response compared with the untreated condition. The implication of this result is discussed in view of the selected sample.

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The phallometric assessment of sex offenders: an update

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Cited by 33 publications

References 80 publications

Phallometric Assessment of Sexual Arousal

Phallometric Assessment of Sexual Arousal

Relapse prevention with sex offenders: practice, theory and research

Effect of Sildenafil on Penile Plethysmography Responding: A Pilot Investigation

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