Encyclopedia of Psychology and Law

Factors to Consider in Defining Sex Offender Recidivism Factors such as the definition of recidivism, unreported sex crimes, and ...

traits, and a history of rule violation) were the best pre- dictors of sexual recidivism. Few studies have focused on dynamic fa ...

In W. L. Marshall, D. R. Laws, & H. E. Barbaree (Eds.), Handbook of sexual assault: Issues, theories, and treatment of the o ...

using actual behaviors involved in offending, that sexu- ally motivated offenses are frequently labeled as violent (nonsexual) o ...

desire might be enhanced if paired with rewards or other positive consequences. Masturbatory satiation, for example, involves ha ...

those factors that have a direct relevance to reducing re- offending. Noncriminogenic factors include treatment needs that do no ...

See alsoRapid Risk Assessment for Sexual Offense Recidivism (RRASOR); Sex Offender Needs Assessment Rating (SONAR); Sex Offender ...

The most common form of incest is sexual contact between a father and daughter or a stepfather and stepdaughter. Perpetration of ...

strangers. Exhibitionism is considered a paraphilia in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, text revision ...

discrimination law, all the scientific literature eventually comes into contact with the law either as a starting point that sha ...

lawyers, legislators, and judges as they grapple with sexual harassment in a multicultural workforce popu- lated with large numb ...

reenactments, women found more evidence of legally defined harassment. With regard to intragender harassment, early work found t ...

This model and prior research argue that people informed of the law and motivated to do so will test the unwelcomeness, severity ...

Fuller v. City of Oakland,47 F.3d 1522 (9th Cir. 1995). Harris v. Forklift Systems, Inc.,114 S. Ct. 367 (1993). Meritor Savings ...

more likely than men to self-reference and, therefore, were more likely to find for the plaintiff. Research expanding on this re ...

In addition to using expert testimony to help jurors make good decisions in sexual harassment trials, some researchers have sugg ...

SEXUALVIOLENCE RISK–20 (SVR–20) The Sexual Violence Risk–20 (SVR–20) is a set of structured professional judgment guidelines for ...

helping professionals to assess aspects of risk other than likelihood (i.e., nature, severity, imminence, frequency) as well as ...

forensic assessments requiring a consideration of vio- lence risk. Where possible, START should be com- pleted by multidisciplin ...

St. Joseph’s Healthcare/Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada: Forensic Psychiatric Services Commission. Webster, C. D., Nich ...