Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- About the editors -- About the contributors -- Foreword -- Preface -- Part I: Introduction -- 1 An introduction to working with individuals who commit sex offences -- Part II: Discussion of assessment methods and issues -- 2 Cognitive sexual interest and aversion: are these 'missing links' in sex offender assessment, formulation and intervention? -- 3 Is some sexual offending underpinned by obsessionality? -- 4 A contemporary approach to the assessment of risk in sexually abusive youth -- 5 Understanding normal sexual functioning to assess sexual deviancy -- Part III: therapeutic preparation, skills and models -- 6 Developing more effective interviewing skills with men who commit sexual offences -- 7 Understanding attachment strategies in adult men who have committed sexual offences: applications of the Dynamic-Maturational Model (DMM) -- 8 Empathy: what is it? Should we treat it? If so, how? -- 9 Motivating sex offenders to enter and effectively engage in treatment -- Part IV: Working with different types of offenders -- 10 The Internet Flow Model and sexual offending -- 11 Educators who sexually offend -- 12 Working with sexual offenders with intellectual developmental disabilities -- 13 Working with sexual offenders with mental health issues -- Part V: Systems and organisational safety issues -- 14 The role of person and place in preventing child sexual abuse -- 15 Boundary violation in therapeutic work: effects, risk indicators and organisational issues -- 16 Defining the scope and prevention strategy for addressing child sexual abuse -- Part VI: Concluding thoughts -- 17 Future training needs in the sex offending treatment field: five domains of training -- Index