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Re: Motivation as a tool

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<DIV><FONT size=3>The MSI-II is normed on admitted sex offenders, and thus 
would</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3>have no bearing whatsoever on the question of veracity of 
offense</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3>commission in someone denying guilt.&nbsp; The Abel is a 
quasi-exper-</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3>imental "test" of sexual interest (measures stimuli 
comparative </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3>viewing time) and says nothing about acting out potential or 
past</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3>behavior.&nbsp;&nbsp; (All psychophysiological measures have 
notoriously</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3>high error rates.)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>Kirk Witherspoon, PhD</FONT></DIV>
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  <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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  style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> 
  <A title=DeanTong@aol.com href="mailto:DeanTong@aol.com";>DeanTong@aol.com</A> 
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  <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A 
  title=CHILD-MALTREATMENT-RESEARCH-L@cornell.edu 
  href="mailto:CHILD-MALTREATMENT-RESEARCH-L@cornell.edu";>Child Maltreatment 
  Researchers</A> </DIV>
  <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, January 08, 2004 9:55 
  AM</DIV>
  <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Motivation as a tool</DIV>
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  <DIV>When you allude to motivation as a tool for some sex offender typologies 
  who aren't prepared to accept their diagnosis&nbsp;I assume you mean that same 
  are in psychological denial. I'd be curious to know if these same sex 
  offenders were pre-tested via the MSI-II (Multiphasic Sex Inventory) and/or 
  AASI (Abel Screen) and depicted via Denier - Dissimulator scores they were in 
  fact in denial and were positive for cognitive distortions.</DIV>
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  <DIV>In a message dated 1/8/2004 10:38:03 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
  ken-little@worldnet.att.net writes:</DIV>
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  style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><SPAN 
    class=140571105-08012004><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>The alcohol 
    treatment literature refers to pre-motivational treatment groupings.&nbsp; 
    This is descriptive of individuals who are not currently prepared to accept 
    that they have an issue with alcohol.&nbsp; Some sex-offender groupings may 
    be done this way as well.</FONT></SPAN></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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  <DIV><FONT lang=0 face=Arial size=2 PTSIZE="10" FAMILY="SANSSERIF">Dean Tong, 
  Forensic Consultant<BR>10246 Hunters Haven Boulevard<BR>Riverview, FL 
  33569<BR>813.671.4190, Ph/Fax<BR>813.417.5362, Cell<BR>813.278.8356, National 
  Pager<BR>1.800.854.0735, Book/Interview Hotline<BR>DeanTong@aol.com, 
  E-Mail<BR>abuse-excuse.com, Website<BR></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>

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