PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - RB Krueger
AU  - JM Bradford
AU  - GD Glancy
TI  - Report from the Committee on Sex Offenders: the Abel Assessment for Sexual Interest--a brief description
DP  - 1998 Jun 01
TA  - Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online
PG  - 277--280
VI  - 26
IP  - 2
4099  - http://jaapl.org/content/26/2/277.short
4100  - http://jaapl.org/content/26/2/277.full
SO  - J Am Acad Psychiatry Law1998 Jun 01; 26
AB  - 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.