This course covers the clinical assessment of the paraphilic disorders; a comprehensive understanding of the paraphilic disorders including exhibitionism, sexual sadism, paedophilia, zoophilia, necrophilia, voyeurism, frotteurism; those paraphilic disorders or criminal sexual behaviours involving activities which would bring these individuals to the attention of authorities such as transvestism or cybersex; incest; rape, biological and psycholosocial sex offender treatments; risk assessment and risk management of these offending behaviour or paraphilic disorders.
On completion of this course, students will be able to:
* Explain the varying definitions, terms and diagnostic criteria of various paraphilic disorders, their sub-categories and types of criminal behaviours.
* Deploy a sound knowledge of the possible aetiology and clinical presentation of disordered and criminal sexual behaviour when workiing in forensic, social, legal, welfare, psychological, mental health and other professional contexts.
* Discuss the forensic, legal, social, psychological implications for sex offenders.
* Use specialist knowledge about assessment, treatment and management in cases involving exhibitionism, sexual sadism, child molestation, fetishism, rape, voyeurism, frotteurism and sexual masochism, amongst other sub-categories.
* Assess the risk of sexual, violent and criminal re-offending of general sex offenders and different types of sex offenders.
* Discuss and evaluate a range of sex offender treatments, modalities and management interventions.
