TY - JOUR T1 - Report from the Committee on Sex Offenders: the Abel Assessment for Sexual Interest--a brief description JF - Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online JO - J Am Acad Psychiatry Law SP - 277 LP - 280 VL - 26 IS - 2 AU - RB Krueger AU - JM Bradford AU - GD Glancy Y1 - 1998/06/01 UR - http://jaapl.org/content/26/2/277.abstract N2 - This article briefly reviews objective methods of assessing sexual interest and/or arousal and mentions some of the disadvantages of penile plethysmography. Literature that supports the use of viewing time as a measurement of sexual interest is reviewed. A detailed description of a new system of assessing sexual interest, called the Abel Assessment, which has both subjective and objective components, is presented. A critique of this assessment system is then offered. ER -