NCJ Number
141025
Editor(s)
C R Hollin,
K Howells
Date Published
1991
Length
343 pages
Annotation
These 14 papers present theories and empirical research regarding sex offenses and the practical application of these findings for assessment and intervention related to sex offenders and their victims.
Abstract
Individual papers focus on the nature of child sexual abuse, theories regarding sex offense causes, and psychological victimization effects. Additional papers discuss the assessment of sexual interest in sex offenders and interviewing techniques for use with known or possible child victims. Further papers describe the treatment of sex offenders in secure settings, of families in which sexual abuse has occurred, of sexually abused children, of adults molested as children, and of adult female victims of sexual assault. Promising prevention strategies and programs and issues relating to prevention are also examined. A concluding overview notes that abusive behavior can be seen as a function of three broad categories of antecedents: perpetrator, situational, and victimological variables and emphasizes the need for practitioners to balance their emotional reactions to abuse with the need for objectivity and detachment. Figures, tables, chapter reference lists, and author and subject indexes