The Importance of Meeting Research Standards: a Reply To Fischer and Smith's Articles On the Abel Assessment for Sexual Interest™

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Gray, S.R. (1999, September). Outcomes of The Abel Assessment and the penile plethysmograph in a sample of sex offenders in outpatient treatment . Paper presented at the 18th Annual Research and Treatment Conference of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers , Lake Buena Vista, Florida.

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Listiak, A. , & Johnson, S. (1999, September). Comparing outcomes of plethysmographic assessment with The Abel Assessment in a prison based sex offender sample . Paper presented at the 18th Annual Research and Treatment Conference of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers , Lake Buena Vista, Florida.

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Seghorn, T.K. , & Weigel, M. (1999, September). Comparative use of Abel Assessments and penile plethysmograph laboratory assessments in an outpatient forensic practice. Paper presented at the 18th Annual Research and Treatment Conference of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers , Lake Buena Vista, Florida.

Smith, G.S. , & Fischer, L. (1999). Assessment of juvenile sexual offenders: Reliability and validity of The Abel Assessment for interest in paraphilias Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment, 11, 207-216.

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