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Sexual offender treatment | ISSN 1862-2941

The International Association for the Treatment of Sexual Offenders (IATSO) is a international non-profit organization committed to the promotion of research of and treatment for sexual offenders throughout the world.

IATSO believes that sexual offender treatment and research is enhanced through international communication and exchange of ideas, research and treatment methods
IATSO believes that sex offender treatment should be widely promoted, available and accessible
IATSO believes that sex offender treatment will result in the reduction of the incidence of sex offenses
IATSO believes that punishment alone for sexual crimes is an inadequate deterrent for sexual crimes
IATSO believes that sex offender recidivism is reduced best by the treatment of the sex offender

IATSO goals and objectives:

The sponsorship of biennial International Conferences on the Treatment of Sexual Offenders for the dissemination of new research, treatment methods and to provide continuing education and networking opportunities
The promotion of international, regional and local conferences on the Treatment of Sexual Offenders
Updating the IATSO Standards of Care consistent with advances in knowledge of the treatment of sexual offenders
Advocacy of humane, dignified, comprehensive, ethical and effective treatment of sexual offenders throughout the world

Editors

Reinhard Eher
Federal Evaluation Centre for Violent and Sexual Offenders (FECVSO)
Ministry of Justice
Gerichtsgasse 4
A–1210 Vienna
Austria
reinhard.eher@iatso.org

L. Maaike Helmus
Forensic Assessment Group
2-215 St. Patrick Street
Ottawa, ON, Canada K1N 5K2
lmaaikehelmus@gmail.com

Mark Olver
Department of Psychology
University of Saskatchewan
9 Campus Drive, Arts 154
Saskatoon, SK Canada S7N 5A5
mark.olver@usask.ca

Martin Rettenberger
Center for Criminology
Viktoriastr. 35
65189 Wiesbaden
Germany
m.rettenberger@krimz.de

Associate Editors

Wolfgang Berner, MD
Professor emeritus
Institut for Sex Research and Forensic Psychiatry
University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf
Martinistraße 52
D-20246 Hamburg
Germany
briken@uke.uni-hamburg.de

Douglas P. Boer, Ph.D., R.Psych.
Associate Professor and
Director of Clinical Psychology
Department of Psychology
University of Waikato
Private Bag 3105, Hamilton
New Zealand
drdoug@waikato.ac.nz

Peer Briken, MD
Professor
Institute for Sex Research and Forensic Psychiatry
University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf
Martinistraße 52
D-20246 Hamburg
Germany
briken@uke.uni-hamburg.de

Karen Harrison, Dr.
Law School
University of Hull
Hull, HU6 7RX
United Kingdom
karen.harrison@hull.ac.uk

Liam E. Marshall, Dr.
Rockwood Psychological Services
303 Bagot Street, Suite 403
Kingston, Ontario
K7K 5W7
Canada
liam@rockwoodpsyc.com

Andreas Mokros, Dr. phil.
Qualitäts- und Forschungsbeauftragter
Psychiatrische Universitätsklinik Zürich
Klinik für Affektive Erkrankungen und Allgemeinpsychiatrie Zürich Ost
Zentrum für Forensische Psychiatrie
Lenggstrasse 31, Postfach 1931
CH-8032 Zürich
Switzerland
Andreas.Mokros@puk.zh.ch

Friedemann Pfäfflin, MD
Professor of Psychotherapy
Forensic Psychotherapy
University of Ulm
Am Hochstraess 8
D-89081 Ulm
Germany
friedemann.pfaefflin@uni-ulm.de

Martin Rettenberger, M.A., Dipl.-Psych. Dr. Biol. Hum.
Institute for Sex Research and Forensic Psychiatry
University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf
Martinistraße 52
D-20246 Hamburg
Germany
m.rettenberger@uke.de

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