Assessing sex offenders problems and pitfalls is a recent addition to the debate authored by forensic psychologist terrence w campbell phd the book provides an overview of the various risk instruments and methods used to evaluate sex offenders the authors objective is to assist attorneys who defend sex offenders facing svp commitments. Assessing sex offenders problems and pit falls is a recent addition to the debate authored by forensic psychologist terrence w campbell phd the book provides an overview of the various risk instruments and methods used to evaluate sex of fenders the authors objective is to assist attorneys who defend sex offenders facing svp commitments. Its not about assessing sex offenders at all its an attack on the civil commitment of sex offenders the author spends the entire book attacking the assessment methods used in the civil commitment process even this attack is false since campbell is an ideologue who opposes committing sex offenders and has a new line of attack every year. Campbell t w 2004 american series in behavioral science and law assessing sex offenders problems and pitfalls springfield il us charles c thomas publisher abstract substantial numbers of psychologists claim they can accurately identify the recidivism risk of sex offenders. Assessing sex offenders book read reviews from worlds largest community for readers this book reviews the scientific evidence relevant to assessing th