Standardization of penile plethysmography testing in assessment of problematic sexual interests

L Murphy, R Ranger, J Paul Fedoroff… - The Journal of …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Penile plethysmography (PPG) is an objective measure of sexual arousal for men, commonly
used to assess sexual arousal to both abnormal (ie, paraphilic) and normal stimuli. While …

Changes in sexual arousal as measured by penile plethysmography in men with pedophilic sexual interest

K Müller, S Curry, R Ranger, P Briken… - The journal of sexual …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Introduction Although pedophilia is defined by a recurrent sexual interest in prepubescent
children, little attention has been paid to the stability or fluidity of this sexual interest over time. …

Assessment of problematic sexual interests with the penile plethysmograph: An overview of assessment laboratories

L Murphy, R Ranger, H Stewart, G Dwyer… - Current psychiatry …, 2015 - Springer
Phallometric testing, or penile plethysmography (PPG), is an objective measure of sexual
arousal for males. While extensive research on the reliability and validity of PPG has promoted …

Assessment of female sexual arousal in forensic populations

NM Knack, L Murphy, R Ranger, C Meston… - Current Psychiatry …, 2015 - Springer
Sexual offenses cause significant harm to victims, their families, and society as a whole and
thus are an important social concern. While it is commonly assumed that sexual offenses are …

How much damage do serial homicide offenders wrought while the innocent rot in prison? A tabulation of preventable deaths as outcomes of sentinel events

…, P Geyer, A Wills, C Comerford, R Ranger - Psychology, Crime & …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
The criminal justice system has allowed serial homicide offenders (SHOs) to commit
additional homicides by failing to identify them after their initial homicide. Recidivism has been …

Evidence that arousal to pedophilic stimuli can change: Response to Bailey, Cantor, and Lalumière

JP Fedoroff, S Curry, K Müller, R Ranger… - Archives of Sexual …, 2015 - Springer
We thank Drs. Bailey, Cantor, and Lalumiere for their careful reviews of Müller et al.(2014),
hereafter referred to as ‘‘our study’’or ‘‘our article.’’Our study reported on the results of a …

Commentary: Zoophilia and the law.

R Ranger, P Fedoroff - The journal of the American Academy of …, 2014 - europepmc.org
We support the observation of Holoyda and Newman that common definitions of zoophilia
are confusing and that legal definitions of bestiality and sentencing implications are …

The predictive validity of common risk assessment tools in men with intellectual disabilities and problematic sexual behaviors

JP Fedoroff, D Richards, R Ranger, S Curry - Research in developmental …, 2016 - Elsevier
This CIHR-funded study examined whether certain current risk assessment tools were effective
in appraising risk of recidivism in a sample of sex offenders with intellectual disabilities (…

Regression to the Mean or the Semmelweis Reflex?

JP Fedoroff, S Curry, R Ranger, J Bradford - Archives of sexual behavior, 2016 - Springer
We are delighted to have the opportunity to respond to a fourth critiqueofouroriginalstudy (Mülleretal.,
2014). Inthecurrent critique by Mokros and Harbermeyer (2015), they offer an …

[PDF][PDF] Perversions and sexology

R Ranger, P Fedoroff - The International Encyclopedia of Human …, 2015 - researchgate.net
The term perversion as applied to sexuality is a subjective and pejorative description of
behaviors that are deemed by the accuser as socially unacceptable, or statistically deviant. …