We provide psychosexual assessments of risk and treatment needs for men and women who have committed sexual offences. Our assessments use actuarial measures of risk and needs to provide an estimate of risk for future sexual reoffence, identify treatment targets, and make recommendations for intervention. Sexual behaviour assessments may be useful within decision making contexts that focus on risk management, identification of intervention needs, supervision, and probation or parole decisions for individuals charged with or convicted of sexual offences.
One component of the psychosexual assessment is phallometric testing (penile plethysmography). Phallometric testing is the direct measurement of sexual interests in male subjects. Erectile responding is monitored while individuals listen to various auditory sexual stimuli. The results of phallometric testing are integrated into the full psychosexual assessment.