Michael H. Miner, PhD

Associate Professor
miner001@umn.edu
612-625-1500

Research Themes: Sexual abuse, sexual offenders, evaluation of HIV prevention programs, psychological factors in medical care and illness

Education Activities:  Small group leader, University of Minnesota Medical School human sexuality course; lecturer, FPCH 5-950, Clinical Issues.

Current Grants

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, "Risk for Sexual Abuse: A Study of Adolescent Offenders," 2004-2007

Selected Publications

Miner, M. H., Borduin, C., Prescott, D., Bovensmann, H., Schepker, R., Du Bois, R., et al. (2007). Standards of care for juvenile sexual offenders of the International Association for the Treatment of Sexual Offenders. Sexual Offender Treatment, 1(3), 1-7.

Miner, M. H. (2007). The fallacy of juvenile sex offender risk.  Reaction essay, Criminology & Public Policy, 6, 1101-1108.

Miner, M. H., Coleman, E., Center, B., Ross, M. W., & Rosser, B. R. S.  (2007) The Compulsive Sexual Behavior Inventory: Psychometric properties. Archives of Sexual Behavior. 4, 579-587.

Raymond, N. C., Lloyd, M., Miner, M. H., & Kim, S. W. (2007).  A preliminary report on the development and validation of the Sexual Symptom Assessment Scale. Journal of Sexual Addiction & Compulsivity. 14 (2): 119-129.

Miner, M. H. & Swinburne Romine, R. (2006). Unique needs of juvenile sex offenders. Final report (2001-JR-BX-0003). Washington, DC: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, U.S. Department of Justice.

Miner, M. H., Klotz Flitter, J. M., & Robinson, B. (2006). Association of sexual revictimization with sexuality and psychological function. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 21, 503-524.

Education

PhD, St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO, 1984, psychology

Selected Professional Activities

Keynote speaker, The Adolescent Who Sexually Offends: Current Knowledge and Standards of Care, 9th Conference of the International Association for the Treatment of Sexual Offenders, Hamburg, Germany, 2006

Vice president, International Association for Treatment of Sex Offenders, 2000-2008

Chair, Insecure Attachment and Sexual Offending in Adolescence: Thorny Issues and Preliminary Results, symposium at the 25th Annual Research and Treatment Conference of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, Chicago, IL, 2006

Editor, Sex Offender Treatment, 2005-present

Editorial board, Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment, 2003-present

Chair, Social Science Panel, University of Minnesota Institutional Review Board: Committee for the Protection of Human Subjects, 2004-present

Representative-at-large, board of directors, Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, 2006-present

Member, Treatment and Assessment Workgroup, Minnesota Department of Corrections, 2005-present