About the Contributors

Gene Abel is a board-certified psychiatrist and the inventor of Abel Assessment for Sexual Interest™. Dr. Abel has directed six National Institute of Mental Health research projects on the evaluation of sexual problems and has published over 130 scientific articles. Currently, he is the medical director of Behavioral Medicine Institute of Atlanta and is a clinical professor of psychiatry at Morehouse School of Medicine and Emory University School of Medicine.

Geraldine Akerman is a therapy manager at HMP Grendon, and C.Psychol, C.Sci, AFBPsS, and PhD candidate at the University of Birmingham. She has publications in the areas of sexual offending, developing empathy with service-users with learning difficulties, therapeutic communities, and offence paralleling behavior. Her PhD thesis involves the development and validation of a psychometric measure of current sexual interest.

Anthony R. Beech, D.Phil, C.Sci, FBPsS, C.Psychol, has authored over 160 articles, 42 book chapters, and six books in the area of forensic science. Professor Beech was the 2009 recipient of the Senior Award from the Division of Forensic Psychology, British Psychological Society for a significant lifetime contribution to Forensic Psychology.

Adam Carter is a chartered and registered forensic psychologist with over 20 years experience working in National Offender Management Services (NOMS) and Her Majesty's Prison Service, predominantly in the assessment and treatment of sexual offenders. He received his PhD from Leicester University in 2009 and is currently Head of Offence Specialism for Sexual Offending Treatment Programmes in Interventions Services, NOMS.

Franca Cortoni received her PhD in clinical and forensic psychology from Queen's University at Kingston, Ontario. Since 1989, she has worked with and conducted research on male and female sexual offenders. Dr. Cortoni is Associate Professor at the School of Criminology of the Université de Montréal and Research Fellow at the International Centre of Comparative Criminology. Dr. Cortoni has edited a book on female sexual offenders and a book on criminal violence (in French), and has published extensively and made numerous presentations at national and international conferences on sexual offender issues. She is a member of the Editorial Board of Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment and of the International Advisory Board of the Journal of Sexual Aggression.

Leam A. Craig, BA (Hons), MSc, PhD, MAE, CSci, CPsychol, FBPsS, and EuroPsy, is a consultant forensic clinical psychologist and partner at FPP Ltd. He is Professor (Hon) of Forensic Psychology, University of Birmingham. He is a fellow of the British Psychological Society, a chartered scientist, holds the European Certificate in Psychology, and has dual registrations in forensic and clinical psychology. He was awarded the 2013 Senior Academic Award by the Division of Forensic Psychology. He has over 70 publications including six books.

Marguerite L. Donathy has a Certificate of Higher Education in Psychological Studies from the University of Birmingham, a BSc (Hons) in Psychology from the Open University and an MSc in Criminological Psychology from the University of Birmingham. She currently works in private practice as a trainee forensic psychologist and is completing a doctorate in Forensic Psychology Practice with the University of Birmingham. Ms. Donathy is Branch Secretary and Treasurer for the Midlands branch of the National Organisation for the Treatment of Abusers (NOTA).

Helen Jane Elliott is a research assistant working for SOCAMRU, having completed her MSc in forensic psychology in 2012, Ms. Elliott now works for Nottingham Trent University and a large part of her research focuses on understanding sexual offending through research at HMP Whatton. Ms. Elliott is also involved in research with offenders who have mental-health difficulties and prison-based Circles of Support and Accountability (CoSA).

Caroline M. Foss has an MSc in Forensic Psychology from the University of Birmingham, England, and MA in Professional Counseling from Lindenwood University, Missouri, USA. She currently works in private practice as a licensed professional counselor. Ms. Foss is a board member of the Missouri Association of Treatment for Sexual Abusers and a member of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers (ATSA).

Theresa A. Gannon is a professor of forensic psychology in the School of Psychology at the University of Kent. She obtained a First Class Honours Degree in Psychology from the University of Birmingham in 1998, a doctorate in psychology from the University of Sussex in 2003, and forensic psychologist practitioner status in 2007. Dr. Gannon has written over 100 peer reviewed journal articles and book chapters in the areas of sexual, violent offending, and firesetting. She has also edited numerous books in forensic psychology and assesses and treats offenders who have sexually offended or set fires on a weekly basis. Dr. Gannon is Editor of the Journal Psychology Crime and Law, and Associate Editor of the Journal of Sexual Aggression. She now leads the University of Kent's Centre of Research and Education in Forensic Psychology (CORE-FP) in the School of Psychology.

Rosie Gray, Registered Forensic Psychologist, works at Wilcox Psychological Associates Limited, where she undertakes risk assessments, offense-focused treatment, and safeguarding sessions. Dr. Gray is also a qualified probation officer and has worked with individuals who have committed offences in a range of settings, including the National Health Service and HM Prison Service. Her doctoral thesis explored diversity in sexual offender assessment and treatment and she is on the executive committee for the Midlands branch of the National Organisation for the Treatment of Abusers (NOTA).

Elizabeth Hayes is an expert advisor in criminal justice corrections, in the UK and internationally, with a particular emphasis on the assessment, treatment, and management of sexual offenders. She has a professional background in probation and criminal justice social work with established clinical experience followed by regarded expertise in practice, policy, and strategy development. Most recently Ms. Hayes was national Head of Probation Sex Offender Treatment in the Ministry of Justice for England and Wales; her advancements of practice whilst in post included the design and national implementation of the I-SOTP; an accredited treatment program exclusively for online sexual offenders. Ms. Hayes is now CEO of an NGO she has established, providing criminal justice services in the UK and abroad. In Europe, she is currently employed on a number of European Union-led projects, directed at advancing provisions for the effective management of sexual offenders across multiple jurisdictions. In the UK, Ms. Hayes is currently expert advisor to the Scottish Government Justice Department, where she has completed the design of a new national sex offender treatment program, providing for an integrated approach to the treatment of online sexual offenders and a unified provision for delivery across prisons and community correctional settings. Ms. Hayes is on international forums and registers of experts, present at professional conferences and symposia in the UK and abroad, and is published in her field.

Julie Hird is a consultant clinical psychologist in Greater Manchester Mental Health Trust and has worked in forensic NHS settings for 24 years. She has a special interest in sex offending and co-ordinates the Sex Offender Treatment Programme at the Edenfield Centre in Manchester.

Clive Hollin is Professor of Criminological Psychology in the School of Psychology at The University of Leicester, UK. He wrote the best-selling textbook Psychology and Crime: An Introduction to Criminological Psychology (2nd ed., 2013, Routledge). In all, he has published 22 books alongside over 300 other academic publications. As well as his various university appointments, he has worked as a psychologist in prisons, the Youth Treatment Service, special hospitals, and regional secure units.

Adarsh Kaul worked as a consultant forensic psychiatrist from 1994 onwards at secure psychiatric hospitals and in community forensic service managing medium and high risk mentally disordered offenders in the community. Having worked in prisons since 1988, Dr. Kaul moved fully into prison psychiatry with the formation of the Offender Health Directorate in Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust. He is Clinical Director of Offender Health, which provides healthcare to 11 prisons in the South Yorkshire and East Midlands regions of UK. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists and has an MA in criminology. He was one of the founder members of Leicestershire Multiagency Public Protection Arrangements and worked for 7 years for the National Parole Board in England and Wales. He is currently a medical member of the Her Majesty's Courts & Tribunals Service and is also a member of the National Health and Justice Clinical Reference Group. Since 2010 he has worked at HMP Whatton, a prison exclusively for sex offenders in Nottinghamshire, where he has also started a prison based program of treatment with anti-libidinal drugs for high and very high risk sex offenders who have not adequately responded to psychological treatments.

Rebecca Lievesley is a research fellow for the Sexual Offences, Crime and Misconduct Research Unit (SOCAMRU) at Nottingham Trent University and a forensic psychologist in training. All of her research is focused on...