"Thoroton and Laws' edited volume Cognitive Approaches to the Assessment of Sexual interest in Sexual Offendersis a massively useful brief primer on the variety of methods from experimental cognitive psychology that have been examined in relation to this question." (Psychology & Sexuality, January 2010)This book provides a comprehensive account of the range ofapproaches and techniques with which male (and in some casesfemale) sexual arousal patterns can be assessed. A fundamental readfor anyone involved in researching, assessing, or treating sexoffenders.
--Don Grubin, Professor of Forensic Psychiatry, Newcastle University
Thornton and Laws' book provides up-to-date and comprehensiveinformation on each technology. Written by authoritative sources, this book is likely to move this field of enquiry forwardconsiderably.
-- Dr Ruth Mann, Interventions & Substance MisuseGroup, National Offender Management Service, England andWales
This book gives an outstanding overview of current trends in sexoffender assessment. Experts in the field deliver insights intonovel latency-based testing procedures. The book features chapterson viewing time and choice-reaction time tasks, on modifiedversions of the Stroop test, on the attentional blink and thestartle probe as well as on the implicit association test. Most ofthese tests originated in cognitive psychological research and arenow being fruitfully applied to identify disorders of sexualpreference. The exposition is clear and succinct. The book servesas an introduction to and an overview of an exciting new area ofresearch. Within the field of sex offender treatment andassessment, this book will be a highly useful resource forresearchers and practitioners alike.
-- Dr Andreas Mokros, Department of ForensicPsychiatry, University of Regensburg