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| occupation = [[Psychiatrist]]<ref>{{cite news | last =Churchman | first =Deborah | coauthors = | title =Is Child Abuse a Disease? Making a Case for Treating Sex Offenders | newspaper =The Washington Post | location = | pages = | language = | publisher = High Beam | date =4 October 1988 | url =http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-1282633.html | accessdate =25 November 2013 }}</ref>
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| known_for = [[Abel Assessment for Sexual Interest]]<ref name="APAInQuestion">{{cite journal | last =Ewing | first =Charles Patrick | authorlink = | coauthors = | title =Testing tool in question | journal =American Psychological Association | volume =37 | issue =1 | pages =67 | publisher = | location = | date =January 2006 | language = | url =http://www.apa.org/monitor/jan06/jn.aspx | jstor = | issn = | doi = | id = | mr = | zbl = | jfm = | accessdate =25 November 2013 }}</ref><br>Diana Screening<ref>{{cite news | last =Micolucci | first =Vic | coauthors = | title =Test could be missing link in background checks | newspaper =[[WJXT|NBC 4 Jax]] | location = | pages = | language = | publisher = | date =27 June 2013 | url = http://www.news4jax.com/news/does-new-test-prevent-child-sex-abuse/-/475880/20745492/-/i7cgnuz/-/index.html | accessdate =24 November 2013 }}</ref>
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'''Gene G. Abel''' is an [[United States|American]] [[psychiatrist]] and controversial [[clinician]].<ref name="HandbookClinicalIntervention">{{cite book | last =O’Reilly | first =Gary | authorlink = | title =The Handbook of Clinical Intervention with Young People who Sexually Abuse | publisher =Psychology Press | series = | volume = | edition = | year =2004 | location = | pages = | language = | url = | doi = | id = | isbn =9780203490341 | mr = | zbl = | jfm = }}</ref> He is a couple's counselor and also works with men and boys suspected of sexual deviancy.<ref name="HandbookClinicalIntervention"/> He is the creator of the [[Abel Assessment for Sexual Interest]], a [[sex offender]] assessment tool<ref name="APAInQuestion"/> that has been considered unreliable by independent studies<ref name="InadequateStatsSexAbuse">{{cite journal | last =Fischer | first =L | authorlink = | coauthors = | title =Statistical adequacy of the Abel Assessment for Interest in Paraphilias | journal =Sex Abuse | volume = 11| issue = 3| pages =195–205 | publisher =Pub Med | location = | date =July 1999 | language = | jstor = | issn = | doi = | id = | mr = | zbl = | jfm = | pmid=10497779}}</ref> and inadmissible in court in various jurisdictions.<ref name="GuyRandy">{{cite court |litigants =United States of America v. Guy Randy White Horse |vol = |reporter = |opinion = |pinpoint = |court =U.S. District Court, South Dakota Western Division |date =2001 |url=http://www.sdbar.org/Federal/2001/2001dsd038.htm }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | last =Smith | first =Gillan MacLean | authorlink = | coauthors = | title =Testing the Reliability and Validity of the Abel Assessment | journal =Department of Counseling and Special Education | volume = | issue = | pages = | publisher =Brigham Young University | location = | year =1998 | language = | url = | jstor = | issn = | doi = | id = | mr = | zbl = | jfm = | accessdate = }}</ref>

==Career==

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==Scientific Findings==

Abel has been criticized for his scientific findings on which the majority of his assessment process is based. Abel is said to have exaggerated various statistics in order to prove his point. In the early 90’s he announced that he had figures suggesting [[sex offenders]] commonly have multiple [[paraphilia]]’s. However Marshall and Eccles in 1991 found that he had not mentioned that he had concentrated on any offender reporting multiple deviant acts as more than one person. This obviously greatly increased his findings.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Marshall, W. L., & Eccles, A|title=Issues in clinical practice with sex offenders|journal=Journal of Interpersonal Violence|year=1991|volume=6|pages=69–70|doi=10.1177/088626091006001006}}</ref>

Abel made this assertion was made from the results of the report "The Abel and Harlow Child Molestation Prevention Study". The report was never subject to peer review or published in any professional journal. There is also no in-depth detail about his methodology available. The Abel Assessment is said to be based on these findings.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Abel and Harlow Child Molestation Prevention Study|url=http://www.childmolestationprevention.org/pdfs/study.pdf|publisher=Child Molestation Prevention|accessdate=23 January 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Warning Sign road dsm v beware its unintended consequences|url=http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/articles/warning-sign-road-dsm-v-beware-its-unintended-consequences|publisher=Phychiatric Times|accessdate=23 January 2014}}</ref>

==Assessment controversies==

Mental health professionals have used the AASI to civilly commit sex offenders, even though the Assessment is not admissible in many courts in the United States.<ref name="MyersAspenPublis">{{cite book | last =Myers | first =John E.B. | authorlink = | title =Myers on Evidence in Child, Domestic, and Elder Abuse | publisher =Aspen | series = | volume = | edition = | year =2005 | location = | pages = | language = | url = | doi = | id = | isbn =9780735556683 | mr = | zbl = | jfm = }}</ref> In 2002, the Assessment was found to be inadmissible in court cases in the [[Massachusetts|Commonwealth of Massachusetts]], a ruling that was upheld by the [[Massachusetts Appeals Court|Massachusetts Court of Appeals]] in 2005.<ref name="APAInQuestion"/> In a court decision on the admissibility of the test, it was referred to as "magic of young Harry Potter's mixing potions at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry."<ref name="APAInQuestion"/> Abel states in his book that a therapist can use the Assessment as a tool to determine if a child is attracted to other children. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals also ruled in 2004 that the Assessment is a tool that is used only as treatment, and that it cannot detect whether a person has sexually abused children.<ref name="MyersAspenPublis"/> Independent studies of the Assessment have concluded it to be unreliable in adults and that there is not yet enough information to support its use with adolescents.<ref name="InadequateStatsSexAbuse"/>

The Diana Screen has also been a source of controversy for Abel due to it being a pass/fail assessment. The assessment is said to be able to determine if someone has molested a child. It was also reported that Abel has pushed the use of the Diana Screen as a business opportunity for individuals and agencies.<ref name="Phsycholtoday">{{cite news | last =Franklin | first =Karen | coauthors = | title =Will "revolutionary" Diana Screen end pedophile menace? | newspaper =Forensic Psychologist | location = | pages = | language = | publisher = | date =30 December 2008 | url =http://forensicpsychologist.blogspot.com/2008/12/will-revolutionary-diana-screen-end.html | accessdate =25 November 2013 }}</ref>

===Reaction Time===

With the [[Abel Assessment]], the person will be shown a series of slides in two separate processes. The first time is said to measure how long each slide is viewed. Abel’s assessment then has a mean reaction time, that it is said the person should view the image. If the reaction time is slower than that said time, it is said that the person has a sexual interest in the image shown. For example if you look at children in [[bathing suit]]s for longer, the Abel Assessment will judge you have an interest in [[children]], according to reports.<ref name="innocentdads">{{cite web|title=Abel Assessment|url=http://www.innocentdads.org/abel.htm|publisher=Innocent Dads|accessdate=23 January 2014}}</ref>

Should the person make a mistake, or have slow [[reaction time]]s then they can obviously be perceived as something they are not, with some in the media calling this a massive flaw and problem for those with slow reaction times.<ref name="innocentdads" />

===Sliding Scale===

The second process of watching the slides, the individual must rate the images from 1-7, 1 being revolting and 7 as sexually exciting. The flaw in this system is that a sane human cannot measure some images correctly using the scale. A mother for example, wouldn’t find a child in a bathing suit either a 1 or a 7. But her indication of a 3 or a 4 could be interpreted completely differently as there is no room for explanation with the 1-7 scale.<ref name="innocentdads" />

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://dianascreen.com/ Diana Screen Homepage]
* [http://abelscreening.com/ Abel Assessment Homepage]

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