NEW DIRECTIONS IN THE TREATMENT OF SEXUAL DEVIANCE (FROM SEXUAL BEHAVIORS - SOCIAL, CLINICAL, AND LEGAL ASPECTS, 1972 BY H L P RESNIK AND MARVIN E WOLFGANG - SEE NCJ-32113)

• NCJ Number: 32123
• Author(s): H L P RESNIK; M E WOLFGANG
• Date Published: 1972
• Length: 16 pages
• Corporate Author: Little, Brown and Co
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

SEVEN TREATMENT METHODS FOR MALE SEX OFFENDERS ARE SUGGESTED WHICH EMPHASIZE INVOLVING SEX OFFENDERS WITH THOSE INTIMATES AROUND THEM, THEIR WOMEN, AND THEIR FAMILIES.

Abstract

THE TREATMENT METHODS DISCUSSED ARE AS FOLLOWS: SEX REEDUCATION IN THE FORM OF SEX ANATOMY LECTURES, SEXUAL PHOTOGRAPHS, OR FILMS OF NORMAL LOVEMAKING; REGULAR AND FREQUENT CONJUGAL VISITS BY WIVES OR GIRLFRIENDS ACCOMPANIED BY GROUP MARRIAGE COUNSELING AND GROUP DISCUSSIONS; DIRECT CONFRONTATIONS WHICH ALLOW THE OFFENDER TO ACT OUT WITH PAID FEMALE MENTAL HEALTH WORKERS; THE CLINICAL USE OF NAKEDNESS; TECHNIQUES TO PERSONALIZE VICTIMS; TREATING OFFENDER SEXUAL INADEQUACY BY INVOLVING WIVES AND GIRLFRIENDS IN SEXUAL COUNSELING OR THROUGH THE THERAPEUTIC USE OF PARTNER SURROGATES; AND GROUP THERAPY WITH DEVIANTS AND NONDEVIANTS MIXED TOGETHER. REFERENCES ARE INCLUDED.