Rockwood

Rockwood’s latest book “Rehabilitating Sexual Offenders: A Strenth-based Approach” (2011) has won the Society for Sex Therapy and Research (SSTAR) award for exceptional merit. The announcement is below… The SSTAR Health Professional Book Awards Committee is delighted to announce the winner and recognize a book of exceptional merit selected for the 2012 awards, to be presented at the annual SSTAR meeting in Chicago, March 29- 31, 2012. Eight books were submitted and the following were chosen from an outstanding field of nominees: The winner is Rehabilitating Sexual Offenders: A Strength-Based Approach by William L. Marshall, Ph.D., Liam E. Marshall, Ph.D., Geris A. Serran, Ph.D. and Matt D. O’Brien, M.A., M.Sc. . This book exemplifies superb integration of therapy and research. The authors report excellent, methodologically sound, outcome data and demonstrate how to work effectively with a population that many clinicians prefer to avoid. It represents an important departure from the traditional approach in the treatment of sex offenders, moving the field from a “correctional” mindset to a psychotherapy framework. This book offers real hope to the therapist the client and society, that substantive and enduring change in sexual behaviour can be attained. Indeed, it can make this world a better and safer place.