Sexual Abuse and Sexual Violence – From Understanding to Protection and Prevention
Sexueller Missbrauch und Sexuelle Gewalt: Verstehen – Schützen - Vorbeugen
7^th International Conference of the International Association for the Treatment of Sexual Offenders (IATSO)

Vienna, September 11-14, 2002
Preconference Workshops: September 10, 2002
www.medacad.org/iatso
office.ictsovienna@medacad.org

Conference Venue
Vienna Medical University School, General Hospital
Waehringer Guertel 18-20
A-1090  Vienna, Austria

Organizer
Reinhard Eher, MD
Bettina Eher, MA

Preliminary Program of Invited Speakers:
!! A simultaneous translation German/English will be given for the plenary sessions!!

Opening Address:
Vernon Quinsey, Canada
"Sexual Violence: From Understanding to Protection and Prevention"

  Opening Address:
Friedemann Pfäfflin, Germany (President of the International Association for the Treatment of Sexual Offenders):
“What to do with Sexual Offenders?”
S. Margrette Dwyer, USA
“Recent Developments in Sex Offender Treatment Programs”
Martin P. Kafka, USA
"Sexual Impulsivity and Paraphilia Related Disorders"
Werner Krebber, Germany
"Myths and Facts  of Sexual Violence and its Presentation in the Mass Media"
Karl Hanson, Canada
"Empirical Evidence of Sex Offender Treatment Efficacy"
D. Richard Laws, Canada
“Prevalence and Relevance of Paraphilias in Sex Offenders”
Robert A. Prentky, USA
“New Developments in Sex Offender Typology”
Rudolf Egg, Germany
“Relapse and Criminal Careers of Sexual Offenders”
Adrian Raine, USA
"Risk Factors in Childhood for Adult Sexual Offending Behaviour"
Thomas Müller, Austria
“Sexual Murder: What Can we Learn from Crime Classification for Risk Assessment?”
John Bradford, Canada
"New Developments of Antihormonal Treatment in Sex Offenders"
James Breiling, USA
Awareness Campaigns ("Treatment Before Offending")
Wolfgang Berner, Germany
"Sexual Sadism and its Relation to Sexual Offending" (asked)
Max Friedrich, Austria
“The Prevalence of Intrafamilial Child Sexual Abuse” (asked)  

Pre-conference workshops (September, 10, 2002):
Ron Langevin, Canada: Pedophilia – Organic Findin
Adrian Raine, USA: The Juvenile Sex Offender
Karl Hanson, Canada: Sex Offender Risk Assessment (State of the Art)
Michael Miner, USA: Phallometry
Margretta Dwyer, USA: Essential Components of Sex Offender Treatment Programs
Richard D. Laws, Canada: Classifying Paraphilias
Uri Amit, USA: Treaters, Treatment and Treatability
Werner Krebber, Germany: Mass Media and Sexual Violence
Vernon Quinsey, Canada: The Appropriate Use of the SORAG (Sex Offender Risk Appraisal Guide)
Martin Kafka, USA: Sexual Impulsivity
John Bradford, Canada: Pharmacological Treatment of Sex Offenders (state of the art)
Thomas Müller and Reinhard Haller, Austria: Cooperation of the Criminal Psychologist and Psychiatrist in the Assessment of the Sexual Murderer (asked)
Wolfgang Berner, Germany: Sexual Sadism (asked)
Max Friedrich, Austria: The Sexually Abused Child: Assessment and Treatment (asked)

Call for papers
Authors are invited to present their papers as posters or free communications. Also, they can organize a symposium (for this purpose please contact the congress secretariat office.ictsovienna@medacad.org).
Abstracts will be reviewed by members of the IATSO Advisory Board or Governing Board. Authors will be notified regarding abstract acceptance and the form of presentation until June, 30 2002.
Accepted abstracts will be published in the official Book of Abstracts.

Abstracts have to be submitted until May 31, 2002.
Abstracts may be submitted in English or German.

  Abstracts may be sent to
Interpersonal Violence Research Center (IVRC)
P.O. Box 60
A-1165 Vienna
Austria

or submitted through the following
e-mail address: office.ictsovienna@medacad.org

Contents for free Communications, posters and symposia:

Prevention Programs (“Treatment before Offending”)
Diagnosis, Typology and Comorbidity of Sexual Offenders
The Relevance of Alcoholabuse and Alcoholintoxication in Sexual Violence
Treatment of the Offender: Outpatient Programs vs. Institutional Treatment
Essential Components of Sex Offender Therapy: Comparing Psychodynamic, Behavioral and Sociotherapeutic Approaches
Victim and/or Offender: Juveniles as Sex Offenders
Mentally Retarded Sex Offenders
Antihormonal Treatment  of the Sex Offender: Solving all Problems? Ethical and Medical Considerations
Sexual Abuse/Violence and its Presentation in the Mass Media
Epidemiology of Intrafamilial and Extrafamilial Child Sexual Abuse
Epidemiology of Rape
Risk Assessment
Paraphilias and its Relevance in Sexual Offending
Sexual Sadism: New Conceptualisations
New Aspects on Pedophilia
Psychiatric Comorbidity of Paraphilias
Paraphilia Related Disorders and Sexual Compulsive Behavior
Sexology: Forgotten Science in Sex Offender Treatment
Alternatives to Incarceration
Male Homosexuality and Sex Offences: International Comparison of the Age of Consent
Serotonergic and Anti-Craving Substances in the Treatment of Sexual Disorders
The Victims of Sexual Offenders: Psychiatric Disorders as a Sequel of Abuse

Conference Registration

What is covered by the fee:
All meeting sessions
Exhibitions
Conference materials (Abstract book, program)
Refreshments during break