About the Contributors

Ross M. Bartels, PhD, is Senior Lecturer in Forensic Psychology and the current group leader of the "Forensic and Clinical Research Group" (FCRG) in the School of Psychology at the University of Lincoln (UK). His research is primarily focused on understanding the psychological underpinnings, facilitators, and effects of sexual thoughts and sexual fantasizing. He also actively researches atypical sexual interests and offense-supportive cognition, within both forensic and community populations. Dr. Bartels has published numerous peer-reviewed papers and book chapters on these particular topics, and regularly presents his work at national and international conferences.

Anthony R. Beech, DPhil, CSci, FBPsS, CPsychol, has authored over 200 peer-reviewed articles, 50+ book chapters and 10 books in the area of forensic science/criminal justice. His particular areas of research interests are: risk assessment; the neurobiological bases of offending; reducing online exploitation of children; and increasing psychotherapeutic effectiveness of the treatment given to offenders. In 2009 he received the Significant Achievement Award from the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers in Dallas, Texas, and the Senior Award from the Division of Forensic Psychology, British Psychological Society, for recognition of his work in this area.

Klaus M. Beier, MD, PhD, is Director at the Institute of Sexology and Sexual Medicine at the Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin and in charge of the undergraduate and postgraduate training in his field as well as the outpatient clinic dealing with the full range of sexual disorders and gender dysphoria. His main focus in research is the prevention of child sexual abuse (CSA). The goal is to encourage self-identified undetected pedophiles to seek professional help in order to avoid committing CSA or consuming child sexual abuse material (CSAM). In 2005 he initiated the "Prevention Project Dunkelfeld," which has now extended to 10 additional locations all over Germany (www.dont-offend.org), as well as a prevention approach to recruit juveniles with sexual interests towards children (www.just-dreaming-of-them.org), financed by the German insurance system for the next three years. In 2017 he started the internet-based self-management tool "Troubled Desire" for assessment and treatment of pedophilia to prevent CSA and the use of CSAM, currently available in English, French, German, Hindi, Marathi, Portuguese and Spanish (www.troubled-desire.com).

Peer Briken, MD, FECSM, is a full Professor for Sex Research, Sexual Medicine, and Forensic Psychiatry and Director of the institute of the same name at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf. From 2010 to September 2016 he was the president of the German Society for Sexual Research (DGfS) and from 2012 to September 2016 vice-president of the International Association for the Treatment of Sexual Offenders (IATSO). He is editor of the Zeitschrift für Sexualforschung and authored or co-authored more than 300 scientific papers. Since January 2016, Briken has been a member of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse in Germany.

Leam A. Craig, PhD, FBPsS, FAcSS, is a Consultant Forensic and Clinical Psychologist and Partner at Forensic Psychology Practice Ltd. He is a Professor, Visiting Chair of the School of Psychology at the University of Lincoln, UK, a Visiting Professor of Forensic Clinical Psychology at Birmingham City University, UK, and a Hon. Professor of Forensic Psychology at the Centre for Applied Psychology at the University of Birmingham, UK. He is a Fellow of the British Psychological Society and of the Academy of Social Sciences and a Full Member of the Academy of Experts. He has experience working in various forensic settings including prisons, probation and secure forensic psychiatric services throughout England and Wales and Northern Ireland. He is currently a Clinical Lead to the National Probation Service working on the Offenders with Personality Disorder Pathway. He has over 120 publications including 12 books. He is a series editor for the What Works in Offender Rehabilitation book series for Wiley-Blackwell. His research interests include sexual and violent offenders, personality disorder, forensic risk assessment and the use of psychologists as expert witnesses (see "About the Editors" section for more detail).

Elizabeth Deehan, MS, is currently a PhD student at the University of Lincoln (UK), having previously completed a BSc (Hons) in Psychology with Forensic Psychology, and an MSc in Forensic Psychology at the same institute. Her primary research interest is on paraphilias and sexual deviance, particularly somnophillia (a sexual interest in sleeping partners), which formed the focus of her MSc research and her current PhD research. Through conducting research on somnophilia, a complementary paraphilia was identified (a sexual interest in being asleep during sexual activity), which was designated "dormaphilia." Elizabeth's research on sleep-related paraphilias has been published in a leading journal and presented at major conferences, such as the Division of Forensic Psychology (DFP) and the International Association for the Treatment of Sexual Offenders (IATSO). Elizabeth also works as an Offending Behaviour Programme Facilitator for Her Majesty's Prison Service. Currently, she delivers RESOLVE and the Thinking Skills Programme in a Category B male prison.

Deirdre D'Orazio, PhD, is the CEO of Central Coast Clinical and Forensic Psychological Services. She provides psychotherapy services, forensic expert services, professional training, outcome evaluation, and program development. She also works as a psychologist consultant to the California Department of State Hospitals, to programs for forensically committed individuals with sexual offenses. She is a member of the California Sex Offender Management Board, the leadership board for the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, and the Sexual Offender Civil Commitment Network. Dr D'Orazio is a recipient of the Fay Honey Knopp award by the California Coalition on Sexual Offending for positive and sustained contributions to the field of sexual offending. Dr. D'Orazio has publications, professional training, and research projects in forensic risk assessment, paraphilic disorders, best practices in sexual offense specific treatment, program development and evaluation, and professional ethics and supervision. Dr. D'Orazio has provided evaluations, expert witness testimony, and direct treatment services for more than 1,000 individuals identified as perpetrators or victims of violent or sexual crimes over the past 25 years. She holds psychologist licenses in California, Minnesota, and North Dakota. She is a certified trainer for the Static99R, the Structured Risk Assessment-Forensic Version, the Violence Risk Scale Sexual Offense Version, and the Stable and Acute 2007.

Yolanda Fernandez, PhD, is a registered clinical psychologist and currently holds the position of Special Advisor to the Sexual Misconduct Response Centre at the Department of National Defence in Canada. Her previous position was Regional Manager Institutional Mental Health for the Ontario region of Correctional Services of Canada. She has extensive experience supervising multi-disciplinary teams of mental health professionals providing services to minimum, medium, and maximum-security federally incarcerated offenders in Canada. Earlier in her career Dr. Fernandez worked as the Clinical Director at Rockwood Psychological Services, providing a sex offender treatment program at a medium security federal penitentiary and supervising all intake assessments of sex offenders entering the Ontario region of CSC. Dr. Fernandez is a certified Master Trainer and member of the development team for the Dynamic Supervision Project providing training in Static-99/R, STABLE-2007 and ACUTE-2007. She was the lead author on the extensive revisions to the STABLE-2007 manual and the ACUTE-2007 manual and is the second author for the revised 2016 Static-99R manual. Dr. Fernandez has multiple presentations at international conferences and publications in peer-reviewed journals as well as a number of co-authored and co-edited books.

Charles A. Flinton, PhD, has been engaged in research, assessment, and treatment of child abuse since 1986. Since 1992, his work has focused on assessing and treating sexual offenders. His work includes consulting on the management of sexual offenders with various local and national organizations, including the Center on Sex Offender Management (CSOM), Generation 5, the National Organization of Women (NOW), and the California Sexual Offender Management Board (CASOMB). In 2004, he was appointed Co-Chair of the San Francisco Sex Offender Management Alliance (SFSOMA) by the San Francisco's Mayor's Office. In 2006, Dr. Flinton co-authored Engaging Resistance, a book that explores the manner in which sexual offenders resist change and how this resistance both mirrors and is facilitated by treatment providers, the criminal justice/child welfare systems, and society. In 2008, he founded the San Francisco Forensic Institute, a state of the art forensic psychological assessment center. In 2010, as chair of the Adult Standards Committee of the California Coalition on Sexual Offending, he was the primary author for the Guidelines and Best Practices: Adult Male Sex Offender Treatment. Most recently, he co-founded the Blue Rock Institute, an organization aimed to prevent sexual abuse through early intervention and...