This paper reviews recent evidence on the value of phallometric (ie, erectile) measures of
sex offenders plus earlier crucial papers. Distinctions are made between types of measuring …

In many settings phallometric evaluations of sexual arousal are routinely conducted with
sexual offenders and these evaluation procedures also serve as research instruments …

Phallometric testing is measurement of male erectile responses during the presentation of
sexual and non-sexual stimuli. Two hundred eighty incest offenders, 138 extrafamilial child …

In many settings, particularly in North America, phallometric evaluations of sexual arousal
are routinely conducted with sexual offenders and these evaluation procedures also serve …

It is argued that methodological problems in comparison by GC Hall et al (see record 1988-
20414-001) of phallometric data on child molesters and rapists include confounding of …

Deviant sexual interests such as pedophilia (interest in prepubescent children), biastophilia
(interest in forced sex), and peo-deiktophilia (interest in exposing one's penis to strangers) …

In the early applications of a behavioural (and subsequently a cognitive behavioural)
approach to the treatment of sexual offenders, the key issue was thought to be a sexual …

Phallometric testing is a procedure that has enjoyed considerable popularity as an objective
component in the assessment of sexual offenders. The value of this procedure may be most …

Research on phallometric assessment has accumulated in recent years. This research can
inform and enhance the use of phallometric measures of sexual preferences among sexual …

Some uncertainty exists in the literature regarding the status of phallometric testing with
rapists. Although Quinsey and colleagues (1981) argue that rapists can be distinguished …