Hostname: page-component-7b7567c8c-kwt9d Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2026-11-12T18:00:13.267Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Guidelines for penile plethysmography (PPG) usage

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Julian Fuller
Julian Fuller*
Affiliation:
Forensic Psychiatric Service, Butler Clinic. Langdon Hospital, Dawlish, Devon EX.7 ONR and Chairperson, Multi-Agency Working Group of Forensic Psychologists
Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Extract

Core share and HTML view are not available for this content. However, as you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the 'Save PDF' action button.

I should like to draw to the attention of psychiatric colleagues the guidelines for the use of PPG assessments. These were produced by a working group of forensic psychologists drawn from the special hospitals, NHS regional and district forensic services, the Prison Department and youth treatment centres.

Information

Type
Briefings
Information
Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 19 , Issue 8 , August 1995, pp. 511 - 512
Creative Commons
Creative Common License - CCCreative Common License - BY
This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1995

References

References and further reading

Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers (ATSA) (1992) Guidelines for the use of the penile plethysmograph. Unpublished.Google Scholar
Coleman, E. & Dwyer, M. (1990) Proposed standards of care for the treatment of adult sex offenders. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 16, 93–106.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Fedora, O., Reddon, J. R., Murrison, J. W., Fedora, S. K., Pascoe, H. & Yeudall, L. T. (1992) Sadism and other pariphilias in normal and aggressive sex offenders. Archives of Sexual Behaviour, 21, 1–15.Google Scholar
Launay, G. (1994) The phallometric assessment of sex offenders: some professional and research issues. Criminal Behaviour & Mental Health, 4, 48–70.Google Scholar
Murphy, W. D., Haynes, M. R. & Morley, P. J. (1991) Assessment of adult sexual interest. In Clinical Approaches to Sex Offenders and their Victims. (eds C. R. Hollin & K. Howells). London: John Wiley.Google Scholar
Pithers, W. D. & Laws, D. R. (1988) The penile plethysmograph. In A Practitioner's Guide to Treating the Incarcerated Male Sex Offender (eds B. K. Schartz & H. R. Cellini). Washington DC: US Department of Justice, National Institute of Corrections.Google Scholar
Rosen, R. C. & Hall, K. S. K. (1992) Behavioural treatment approaches for offenders and victims. In The Sexual Abuse of Children: Clinical Issues, Volume 2. (eds W. O'Donohue & J. H. Greer). Hove: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.Google Scholar
Schnuten, P. G. W. & Simon, W. T. (1992) Validity of phallometric measures with sex offenders: comments on the Quinsey, Laws and Hall debate. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 60, 812–814.Google Scholar
Simon, W. T. & Schnuten, P. G. W. (1991). Plethysmograph in the assessment and treatment of sexual deviance: an overview. Archives of Sexual Behaviour, 20, 75–91.Google Scholar
Submit a response

eLetters

No eLetters have been published for this article.