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Robert Emerick

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Since earning his Master’s degree from the University of Arizona in 1982, Mr. Emerick has developed and managed treatment programs for child sexual abuse survivors and perpetrators in the United States and Canada. His clinical/research practice yielded abuse history factors among adolescent and adult sexual abuse survivors that identify people at higher risk to sexualize their traumatic injuries. These factors, known as the Emerick Scales, are embedded in the Abel Assessment for sexual interests. In addition to his clinical/research practice, he teaches child sexual abuse professionals about sex offender investigation, treatment, and supervision. For the past thirty years, he has investigated personal and professional challenges (Silentinjuries™) to Child Sexual Abuse interventionists and developed a curriculum to help reduce vulnerability to potential career-related injuries.
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Conference Presentations by Robert Emerick

After the Silence is Broken 2015

21st Arizona Child Abuse Prevention Conference , 2015

Slide #2 Five Seminar Objectives There are five core objectives to this seminar. The object... more Slide #2 Five Seminar Objectives

There are five core objectives to this seminar. The objectives are to:
1. Define exposure to social-sexual deviance as a psychological
toxin.1, 2, 3, 4, 5
2. Understand the sequential injuries children incur from their
exposure to social-sexual deviance.6, 7, 4, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14
3. Understand the abuse process features that yield two distinctly
different terror responses from children.2, 3, 4, 6, 9
4. Understand the Emerick Scales within the Abel Assessment for
sexual interests-3.3, 4, 9,15, 16
5. Use Traumatic Injury Profile to plan a strategic Trauma Focused
Cognitive-Behavioral Intervention.17, 18, 19, 20

Sexual Trauma Inventory and Emerick Scales.pptx

9th Annual SOMB Conference, 2015

There are five core objectives to this seminar. The objectives are to: • Define exposure to socia... more There are five core objectives to this seminar. The objectives are to:
• Define exposure to social-sexual deviance as a psychological toxin.
• Understand the sequential injuries children incur from their exposure to social-sexual
deviance.
• Understand the abuse process features that yield two distinctly different terror
experiences within children.
• Understand the Emerick Scales within the Abel Assessment for sexual interests-3.

Use Traumatic Injury Profile to plan a strategic Trauma-Focused Cognitive-Behavioral
Intervention.

Using the Sexual Trauma Inventory and Emerick Scales to Assess Sequential Traumatic Injuries and Plan a Strategic Intervention

9th Annual SOMB Conference, 2015

There are five core objectives to this seminar. The objectives are to: • Define exposure to socia... more There are five core objectives to this seminar. The objectives are to:
• Define exposure to social-sexual deviance as a psychological toxin.
• Understand the sequential injuries children incur from their exposure to
social-sexual deviance.
• Understand the abuse process features that yield two distinctly different
terror responses within children.
• Understand the Emerick Scales within the Abel Assessment for sexual
interests-3.
Use Traumatic Injury Profile to plan a strategic Trauma-Focused Cognitive-Behavioral Intervention.

Bridging the Gap

State of Colorado, Division of Criminal Justice, 2017

Responding to CSA cases requires professionals to confront social and sexual deviance as it manif... more Responding to CSA cases requires professionals to confront social and sexual deviance as it manifests within the child molester. The exposure can be direct, such as interviewing or physically examining a child, offender, or both. Also, the exposure can be in-direct such as, reading a case file, listening to a case staffing, or viewing images (e.g., child pornography). Data anonymously collected from 1,500 CSA professionals clearly indicates that social and sexual deviance as it manifests within the child molester is an extreme traumatic stressor. Exposure to the stressor creates a confluence of normative attitudes and unexpected psychological, social, and sexual boundary violations. Each boundary violation requires the professional to make adaptive adjustments. Professionals, whose adjustments fail to restore pre-exposure health, demonstrate disruption to their cognitive and social adjustment. For some, the exposure yields specific sexual injuries that can negatively affect the professional’s sexual adjustment and intimate relationship. Exposure to the stressor is not uniform. However, the exposure effects to deviance are comparable among all CSA professions and there are personal and professional history factors, administrative practices, and self-care habits that can mitigate or aggravate the development of symptoms that characterize exposure.

Papers by Robert Emerick

The Effect of Polygraphy On the Self Report of Adolescent Sex Offenders: Implications for Risk Assessment

Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment, 1993

The present study examined three sources of assault history information for seventy-six "hig... more The present study examined three sources of assault history information for seventy-six "high risk" adolescent sexual offenders: collateral (victim statements, police reports, psychological examinations, etc.), clinical interviews, and confirmation polygraph testing. Chi Square analysis revealed significant differences between data retrieved by use of clinical polygraph examination and both of the other data sources. Selected assault history variables assumed to be relevant for pre-treatment decision making and for which significant differences were observed, include: number of victims, process of victim selection, degree of force used in the commission of offenses, use of pornography, and degree of intrusion. The number of female child victims assaulted by the offenders was demonstrated to be significantly related to the severity of pornography used as a stimulus while masturbating. These findings are discussed in terms of pre-treatment decision making and implications for future study of adolescent sexual offenders.

Silentinjuries among Child Sexual Abuse Professionals

The Crime Victims Report, 2009

This research article defines and identifies factors causing PTSD, Vicarious Traumatization, and ... more

Polygraph and risk assessment 1993 Emerick 83 103

Annals of Sex Research, 1993

The present study examined three sources of assault history information for seventy-six "high ris... more The present study examined three sources of assault history information for seventy-six "high risk" adolescent sexual offenders: collateral (victim statements, police reports, psychological examinations, etc.), clinical interviews, and confirmation polygraph testing. Chi Square analysis revealed significant differences between data retrieved by use of clinical polygraph examination and both of the other data sources. Selected assault history variables assumed to be relevant for pre-treatment decision making and for which significant differences were observed, include: number of victims, process of victim selection, degree of force used in the commission of offenses, use of pornography, and degree of intrusion. The number of female child victims assaulted by the offenders was demonstrated to be significantly related to the severity of pornography used as a stimulus while masturbating. These findings are discussed in terms of pre-treatment decision making and implications for future study of adolescent sexual offenders.

Use of visual reaction time to assess male adolescents who molest children

by Robert Emerick and Sharen Barboza

Sexual Abuse: A …, 2004

P1: KEG Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment [saj] pp1216-sebu-487653 May 9, 2004 13... more

Use of visual reaction time to assess male adolescents who molest children

by Robert Emerick and Sharen Barboza

Sexual Abuse: A …, 2004

P1: KEG Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment [saj] pp1216-sebu-487653 May 9, 2004 13... more

After the Silence is Broken 2015

21st Arizona Child Abuse Prevention Conference , 2015

Slide #2 Five Seminar Objectives There are five core objectives to this seminar. The object... more Slide #2 Five Seminar Objectives

There are five core objectives to this seminar. The objectives are to:
1. Define exposure to social-sexual deviance as a psychological
toxin.1, 2, 3, 4, 5
2. Understand the sequential injuries children incur from their
exposure to social-sexual deviance.6, 7, 4, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14
3. Understand the abuse process features that yield two distinctly
different terror responses from children.2, 3, 4, 6, 9
4. Understand the Emerick Scales within the Abel Assessment for
sexual interests-3.3, 4, 9,15, 16
5. Use Traumatic Injury Profile to plan a strategic Trauma Focused
Cognitive-Behavioral Intervention.17, 18, 19, 20

Sexual Trauma Inventory and Emerick Scales.pptx

9th Annual SOMB Conference, 2015

There are five core objectives to this seminar. The objectives are to: • Define exposure to socia... more There are five core objectives to this seminar. The objectives are to:
• Define exposure to social-sexual deviance as a psychological toxin.
• Understand the sequential injuries children incur from their exposure to social-sexual
deviance.
• Understand the abuse process features that yield two distinctly different terror
experiences within children.
• Understand the Emerick Scales within the Abel Assessment for sexual interests-3.

Use Traumatic Injury Profile to plan a strategic Trauma-Focused Cognitive-Behavioral
Intervention.

Using the Sexual Trauma Inventory and Emerick Scales to Assess Sequential Traumatic Injuries and Plan a Strategic Intervention

9th Annual SOMB Conference, 2015

There are five core objectives to this seminar. The objectives are to: • Define exposure to socia... more There are five core objectives to this seminar. The objectives are to:
• Define exposure to social-sexual deviance as a psychological toxin.
• Understand the sequential injuries children incur from their exposure to
social-sexual deviance.
• Understand the abuse process features that yield two distinctly different
terror responses within children.
• Understand the Emerick Scales within the Abel Assessment for sexual
interests-3.
Use Traumatic Injury Profile to plan a strategic Trauma-Focused Cognitive-Behavioral Intervention.

Bridging the Gap

State of Colorado, Division of Criminal Justice, 2017

Responding to CSA cases requires professionals to confront social and sexual deviance as it manif... more Responding to CSA cases requires professionals to confront social and sexual deviance as it manifests within the child molester. The exposure can be direct, such as interviewing or physically examining a child, offender, or both. Also, the exposure can be in-direct such as, reading a case file, listening to a case staffing, or viewing images (e.g., child pornography). Data anonymously collected from 1,500 CSA professionals clearly indicates that social and sexual deviance as it manifests within the child molester is an extreme traumatic stressor. Exposure to the stressor creates a confluence of normative attitudes and unexpected psychological, social, and sexual boundary violations. Each boundary violation requires the professional to make adaptive adjustments. Professionals, whose adjustments fail to restore pre-exposure health, demonstrate disruption to their cognitive and social adjustment. For some, the exposure yields specific sexual injuries that can negatively affect the professional’s sexual adjustment and intimate relationship. Exposure to the stressor is not uniform. However, the exposure effects to deviance are comparable among all CSA professions and there are personal and professional history factors, administrative practices, and self-care habits that can mitigate or aggravate the development of symptoms that characterize exposure.

The Effect of Polygraphy On the Self Report of Adolescent Sex Offenders: Implications for Risk Assessment

Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment, 1993

The present study examined three sources of assault history information for seventy-six "hig... more The present study examined three sources of assault history information for seventy-six "high risk" adolescent sexual offenders: collateral (victim statements, police reports, psychological examinations, etc.), clinical interviews, and confirmation polygraph testing. Chi Square analysis revealed significant differences between data retrieved by use of clinical polygraph examination and both of the other data sources. Selected assault history variables assumed to be relevant for pre-treatment decision making and for which significant differences were observed, include: number of victims, process of victim selection, degree of force used in the commission of offenses, use of pornography, and degree of intrusion. The number of female child victims assaulted by the offenders was demonstrated to be significantly related to the severity of pornography used as a stimulus while masturbating. These findings are discussed in terms of pre-treatment decision making and implications for future study of adolescent sexual offenders.

Silentinjuries among Child Sexual Abuse Professionals

The Crime Victims Report, 2009

This research article defines and identifies factors causing PTSD, Vicarious Traumatization, and ... more

Polygraph and risk assessment 1993 Emerick 83 103

Annals of Sex Research, 1993

The present study examined three sources of assault history information for seventy-six "high ris... more The present study examined three sources of assault history information for seventy-six "high risk" adolescent sexual offenders: collateral (victim statements, police reports, psychological examinations, etc.), clinical interviews, and confirmation polygraph testing. Chi Square analysis revealed significant differences between data retrieved by use of clinical polygraph examination and both of the other data sources. Selected assault history variables assumed to be relevant for pre-treatment decision making and for which significant differences were observed, include: number of victims, process of victim selection, degree of force used in the commission of offenses, use of pornography, and degree of intrusion. The number of female child victims assaulted by the offenders was demonstrated to be significantly related to the severity of pornography used as a stimulus while masturbating. These findings are discussed in terms of pre-treatment decision making and implications for future study of adolescent sexual offenders.

Use of visual reaction time to assess male adolescents who molest children

by Robert Emerick and Sharen Barboza

Sexual Abuse: A …, 2004

P1: KEG Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment [saj] pp1216-sebu-487653 May 9, 2004 13... more

Use of visual reaction time to assess male adolescents who molest children

by Robert Emerick and Sharen Barboza

Sexual Abuse: A …, 2004

P1: KEG Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment [saj] pp1216-sebu-487653 May 9, 2004 13... more