The treatment of sex offenders and more specifically the treatment of high-risk sex offenders
is a subject of great importance for practitioners, professionals, policymakers and the public …

This chapter talks about the pharmacological treatment of sexual offenders and its legal and
ethical aspects. For more than 40 years, paraphilic patients and sexual offenders have been …

The treatment of sexual offenders using hormonal agents and antiandrogens is an
increasingly important approach to a difficult clinical problem. As the public becomes more …

The use of pharmacotherapy is gaining ground as a risk treatment and/or risk management
option with sex offenders, around the world. Whilst several articles have recently been …

Antiandrogen treatment of sexual offenders raises serious legal and ethical considerations
in both the medical profession and in the courts. Discussion is offered on the use of …

Editors' Introduction Page 1 5 Editors' Introduction This chapter is unique to this book in that it
describes a highly innovative, experimental and yet clearly defined procedure for the prevention …

This chapter assures readers that treatment for adult sex offenders has been demonstrated
to cause lowered recidivism among adult sex offenders, and that the demonstration has met …

The last two decades have brought intense focus on identifying, containing, and managing
the burgeoning number of individuals who sexually offend. Similar to other emotional and …

The way we form an opinion on problems depends on our selective view. In relation to the
treatment of sexual offenders, or men who are at risk of sexual offending, the setting …

OBJECTIVE: To review the definition, sociology, pathogenesis, diagnosis, medicolegal
aspects, and pharmacologic treatment of sexual offenders, with emphasis on the …