A History of the Assessment of Sex Offenders: 1830-2020

by D. Richard Laws

Most forensic psychologists, psychiatrists and social workers involved in the assessment of sex offenders today have a good grasp of where the field stands. Many of their colleagues do not have an appreciation of why we are where we are. This book is an attempt to bridge that gap, to provide some historical background of sex offender assessment from 1830 to the present.
Topics covered in this book include early efforts to identify and describe...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1787693600
• ISBN13: 9781787693609
• Release Date: February 2020
• Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.1"