The presenter will combine findings from research with insights gleaned from his years as a clinical psychologist and polygraph examiner for the federal prison system and from the more than 13 years he served as head of the US Marshals Service’s Behavioral Analysis Unit. Participants will be introduced to factors that have direct relevance to the investigation, treatment, and management of sex offenders. This course will provide important information and trends in the child exploitation field in a manner that is interesting, informative, and pragmatically useful. The topics cover critical factors to consider when assessing risk, as well as psychological profiling concepts that can be used during interviews with sex offenders. Participants should come away with a more sophisticated understand what motivates sexual violence, the etiology of deviant predilections, diagnostic issues (e.g., paraphilias), the primary motivational pathways underlying sex crimes, and risk-related considerations. With this knowledge, participants will be able to develop best practices and gain additional insight into their professional roles, whether investigating and managing sex offenders or safeguarding potential victims of sexual abuse and exploitation.
Learning Objectives:
Describe commonly-held myths about sex offenders.
Identify and provide examples of sexual disorders that fall into at least three diagnostic categories.
Identify and describe the primary motivational pathways that underlie sexual criminality.
