Remaking Relapse Prevention with Sex Offenders

D.Richard Laws, PhD, was the director of the Sexual Behavior Laboratory at Atascadero State Hospital in California from 1970-1985; project director at the Florida Mental Health Institute, Tampa, from 1985-1989; manager of forensic psychology at Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta from 1989-1994; and most recently a psychologist with Adult Forensic Psychiatric Services in Victoria, British Columbia from 1994 until his retirement in 1999. Dr. Laws is known in the field of sexual deviation as a developer of assessment procedures and in program development and evaluation. He is the author of numerous articles and book chapters in this area and serves on the editorial board of several journals. He is the editor of Relapse Prevention with Sex Offenders (1989), co-editor with W.L. Marshall and H.E. Barbaree of Handbook of Sexual Assault (1990), co-editor with W.T. O’Donohue of Sexual Deviance (1997), and co-editor with S.M. Hudson and T. Ward of Remaking Relapse Prevention with Sex Offenders (2000). He is past president of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers. He is adjunct faculty at the University of Victoria and Simon Fraser University in British Columbia and is Honorary Professor at the University of Birmingham (UK) and Cardiff University (UK). Stephen M Hudson, PhD, DipClinPsyc, was Director of Clinical Psychology at the Department of Psychology, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand. He was instrumental in the establishment of New Zealand’s first specialized treatment unit for child molesters at Rolleston Prison, Kia Marama, in 1989. His research work was grouped into three major areas: intimacy and attachment style, cognitive distortions, and offence pathways/relapse prevention models. The results of these research projects were published in more than 80 books, book chapters and scholarly articles. He co edited a number of important books in the sexual offending area, including Remaking relapse prevention, Sage, (with D.R Laws and T. Ward, 2000), the Sourcebook of treatment programs for sexual offenders, Plenum (with W. L. Marshall, Y. A. Fernandez, and S. M. Hudson, 1998), and The juvenile sex offender, Guilford (with H. E. Barbaree, and W. L. Marshall). Dr Hudson died after a short battle with cancer on 1 November 2001. Tony Ward, PhD, DipClinPsyc, is the Director of the Forensic Psychology Programme at the University of Melbourne. He was previously director of the Kia Marama Programme for sexual offenders at Rolleston Prison, Christchurch, New Zealand. His research interests include the offense process in offenders, cognitive distortions and models of rehabilitation. He has published over 110 research articles, chapters and books. These include Remaking relapse prevention, Sage, (with D.R Laws and S. M. Hudson, 2000) and the Sourcebook of treatment programs for sexual offenders, Plenum (with W. L. Marshall, Y. A. Fernandez, and S. M. Hudson, 1998). He is currently working on a book on theories of sexual offending and rehabilitation (Wiley).

• PART ONE: RELAPSE PREVENTION IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVEThe Original Model of Relapse Prevention with Sex Offenders - D R Laws, Stephen M Hudson and Tony Ward Promises UnfulfilledPART TWO: A REVISIONIST CRITIQUEWhat Is so Special about Relapse Prevention? - R Karl HansonDo Relapse Prevention Components Enhance Treatment Effectiveness? - W L Marshall and Dana AndersonRelapse Prevention and Harm Reduction - Susan A Stoner and William H GeorgeAreas of OverlapPART THREE: CONCEPTUAL AND CLINICAL REVISIONSA Self-Regulation Model of Relapse Prevention - Tony Ward and Stephen M HudsonRelapse Prevention - Stephen M Hudson and Tony WardAssessment and Treatment ImplicationsBehavioral Economics - William O′Donohue, Tamara Penix and Erin OksolUnderstanding Sexual Behavior, Preference and Self-ControlPART FOUR: CLINICAL INNOVATIONS: ASSESSMENT AND TREATMENTEmpathy Inhibition, Intimacy Deficits and Attachment Difficulties in Sex Offenders - Kurt M BumbyThe Role of Cognitive Distortions in Relapse Prevention Program - Calvin M Langton and W L MarshallManaging Resistance and Rebellion in Relapse Prevention Intervention - Ruth E MannComplementing Relapse Prevention with Medical Intervention - Don GrubinCompetency-Based Assessment - Michael H MinerContextual Issues in Relapse Prevention Treatment - Yolanda M Fernandez and W L MarshallExternal Supervision - Georgia F Cumming and Robert J McGrathHow Can It Increase the Effectiveness of Relapse PreventionPART FIVE: SEXUAL PREFERENCE ASSESSMENTRemaking Penile Plethysmography - Robert J Konopasky and Aaron W B KonopaskyPolygraphy - Michael A O′ConnellAssessment and Community MonitoringThe Abel Screen - Lane FischerA Non-Intrusive Alternative?PART SIX: PROGRAMS: MAJOR INTERVENTIONS USING RELAPSE PREVENTIONPreventing Relapse in Sex Offenders - Janice K Marques et alWhat We Learned from SOTEP′s Experimental Treatment ProgramAn Evidence-Based Relapse Prevention Program - Ruth E Mann and David ThorntonPART SEVEN: RELAPSE PREVENTION APPLIED TO SPECIAL POPULATIONSRelapse Prevention with Adolescent Sex Offenders - William D Murphy and I Jacqueline PageTreatment of the Developmentally Disabled Sex Offender - James L Haaven and Emily M ColemanRelapse Prevention with Sexual Murderers - Joanna Clarke and Adam J CarterReplacing the Function of Abusive Behaviors for the Offender - Hilary Eldridge and Jacqui SradjianRemaking Relapse Prevention in Working with Women Who Sexually Abuse ChildrenHolism, Wellness and Spirituality - Lawrence Ellerby, Jacqueline Bedard and Shirl ChartrandMoving from Relapse Prevention to HealingPART EIGHT: THE BOTTOM LINEMaintaining Relapse Prevention Skills and Strategies in Treated Child Abusers - Anthony Beech and Dawn FisherHow Does Recidivism Risk Assessment Predict Survival? - Jean Proulx et alTreatment Outcome and Evaluation Problems (and Solutions) - R Karl HansonPART NINE: THE WAY FORWARDWither Relapse Prevention - Stephen M Hudson, Tony Ward and D Richard Laws