The required readings for this unit are:

Australia	Required Reading(s)

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International	Required Reading(s)

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United States	Required Reading(s)

Jones, K. D. (1999). The media and Megan's law: Is community notification the answer? Journal of Humanistic Counseling, Education & Development, 38(2), 80-88. Retrieved December 12, 2002, from Academic Search Premier database: http://search.epnet.com/direct.asp?an=2628545&db=aph The media's focus on sexual abuse and Megan's Law, formally known as "Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement, Crimes Against Children" (1996) has influenced public opinion, policy, and legislation and has implications for counselors' basic philosophical stance of humanism as it relates to sex offenders. The purpose of this article is to address the implications of the media and Megan's Law on humanistic counselors. US Nelson, M., Herlihy, B., & Oescher, J. (2002). A survey of counselor attitudes towards sex offenders. Journal of Mental Health Counseling, 24(1), 51-67. Retrieved December 12, 2002, from Academic Search Premier database: http://search.epnet.com/direct.asp?an=6005111&db=aph This study investigated counselors' attitudes toward sex offenders and the relationship of these attitudes to counselors' experience, training, and personal characteristics. Participants were 437 counselors who were members of the Association for Mental Health Counselors or the International Association of Addictions and Offenders Counselors. Each participant completed the Attitudes Toward Sex Offenders Scale (Hogue, 1993) and supplied personal background information. Results indicated that counselors tend to have positive attitudes toward sex offenders and that experience, preparation from training, and victim status are related to these positive attitudes. Results may be used to improve the quality of selection and training of counselors to provide services to sex offenders, improve the effectiveness of those services, and protect the public Scheela, R.A. (1999). A nurse's experience working with sex offenders. Journal of Psychosocial Nursing, 37 (9), 25-31. Note this article gives a personal account of the authors experience worming with sex offenders.

 

Databases
For the full text article online, sleuth the 'University of Calgary/ Library/ Article Indexes':

Directions:

• Select - Indexes and abstracts with links to full text articles
• Select - Academic Search Premier or Expanded Academic ASAP
• Select - Connect
• Fill in User ID and Pin
• Fill in search words: sex offender

 

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The 'recommended only' readings for this unit are the following:

 

Australia	Recommended Reading(s)

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Canada	Recommended Reading(s)

Wilson, R. J., Stewart, L., Stirpe, T., Barrett, M., & Cripps, J.E. (2000). Community-based sex offender management: Combining parole supervision and treatment to reduce recidivism.Canadian Journal of Criminology, 42(2), 177-188. Retrieved July 22, 2002, from ProQuest database. This article describes a community-based sexual offender management protocol combining parole supervision and relapse prevention treatment. Outcome data are presented regarding the community-based maintenance of 107 sexual offenders released to the Central Ontario District (Toronto) over an eight year period.

 

International	Recommended Reading(s)

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United Kingdom	Recommended Reading(s)

Dimond, B. (1998). Sex offenders, society and the law. Part 1. Psychiatric Care, 4 (6), 287-289.

• Note the difficulties with the sex offender registry in the United Kingdom.

United States	Recommended Reading(s)

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Additional references for this unit can be found in 'forensic references' of the forensic sourcebooks.

• Sleuth 'forensic reference' database for:

  sex - offender

Kent-Wilkinson, A. (2002). Forensic Sourcebooks: Forensic References.

Retrieved May 28, 2002, from the Forensic Education Website: http://www.forensiceducation.com/sourcebooks/experts/Experts_database.html/refs

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Video's recommended for this unit are:

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The required websites to sleuth for this unit are the following:

Australia	Resources (Web)

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Canada	Resources (Web)

Correctional Service Canada. (2002). Sex Offenders. Retrieved June 18, 2002 from the CSC Website: http://www.csc-scc.gc.ca/text/pblct/sexoffender/toc_e.shtml Note the specific reference to Sex Offenders on the CSC Website. Correctional Service Canada. (1996, March). Standards And Guidelines For The Provision Of Services To Sex Offenders. Retrieved June 18, 2002 from the CSC Website: http://www.csc-scc.gc.ca/text/pblct/sexoffender/standards/stande.shtml Note CSC's 'Standards and Guidelines for the Provisions of Services to sex Offenders developed in 1996. Correctional Service of Canada. (2002). Circles of support for high risk sex offenders. Retrieved December 5, 2002 from http://www.csc-scc.gc.ca/text/pblct/interactive/ia1296e.shtml Canadian Nurses Association. (2002). Code of ethics for registered nurses. Ottawa: Author. Retrieved October 25, 2002 from http://www.cna-nurses.ca/pages/ethics/ethicsframe.htm Correctional Service of Canada. (2002). Dangerous offenders' in Issues & Challenges Facing CSC, Correctional Services Canada Speakers Binder. Retrieved November 14, 2002, from CSC Website: http://www.csc-scc.gc.ca/text/pblct/guideorateur/pdf/sec6_e.pdf Motiuk, L. & Belcourt, R. (1996). Profiling the Canadian sex offender population. FORUM on corrections research (CSC), 8 (2), 3-7. http://www.csc-scc.gc.ca/ http://www.csc-scc.gc.ca/text/pblct/forum/e082/e082a.shtml Note - the CSC profiles of the entire federal sex offender population can be used to increase awareness about the specific issues raised by institutional and community supervision populations (Motiuk & Belcourt, 1996, p. 7).

 

International	Resources (Web)

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United Kingdom	Resources (Web)

Woods, P. (1996). How nurses make assessments of patient dangerousness. Mental Health Nursing, 16, 20-22. Research report from Phil Woods on Patient Dangerousness: The views of nurses on low dependency wards. Retrieved January 7, 2000, from the Forensic Nursing Resource homepage: http://www.fnrh.freeserve.co.uk

 

United States	Resources (Web)

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For additional websites on this unit, sleuth 'forensic websites' in the forensic sourcebooks.

• sex - offender

Kent-Wilkinson, A. (2002). Forensic Sourcebooks: Forensic Websites.

Retrieved May 28, 2002, from the Forensic Education Website: http://www.forensiceducation.com/sourcebooks/experts/Experts_database.html/websites

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