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Informationen zum Autor Hilarski, M. Carolyn; Wodarski, John S Zusammenfassung Provides practitioners and policy-makers with practice methods for working with various types of sex offenders. This book explores gender issues, demographics, offence characteristics, family characteristics, and assessment issues in dealing with sex offenders who use psychological and physical means to victimize children, adolescents and adults. Inhaltsverzeichnis About the Editors Contributors Acknowledgments Chapter 1. Child Sex Offenders (Peggy P. Keller, Matthew T. Theriot, and Catherine N. Dulmus) Introduction Prevalence of Child Sexual Offending Characteristics of Child Sex Offenders Family Characteristics Offense Characteristics Etiology Assessment Empirical Interventions Case Example Conclusion Chapter 2. Adolescent Sex Offending (Matthew T. Theriot) Introduction Overview of Adolescent Sex Offending Demographics Deviant Sexual Behavior Characteristics Traumatic Victimization History Cognitive and Psychiatric Characteristics Social and Environmental Dynamics Assessment Treatment Case Example Chapter 3. Adult Male Sex Offenders (Carolyn Hilarski and Carl W. Christensen) Introduction Prevalence Personal Characteristics Etiology The Consequences of Sexual Offending Risk Factors Assessment Interventions Therapy Groups Treatment Case Example Chapter 4. Women Who Sexually Abuse Children (Myriam S. Denov and Franca Cortoni) Introduction Etiology Prevalence Long-Term Consequences of Child Sexual Abuse by Females Assessment Treatment Case Example Conclusion Chapter 5. Perpetrators Within Professions (Joe Sullivan and Anthony Beech) Introduction Overview of the Perpetrator Within Professions Abuse Settings Etiology of Abuse Behavioral Consequences Current Empirical Assessment Empirical Interventions for Perpetrators Within Professions Relapse Prevention Case Example Chapter 6. Intellectually and Developmentally Challenged Sex Offenders (William R. Lindsay, Lesley Steptoe, and Kathleen Quinn) Introduction Prevalence and Characteristics Typologies of Offenders Assessment Issues Issues for Families Interventions Case Example Conclusions Chapter 7. Violent Sex Offenders (Devon L.L. Polaschek, Tony Ward, and Theresa A. Gannon) Introduction The Nature of Violence Offender Characteristics Rapist Typologies and Violence Etiology of Violent Sex Offending Current Empirical Assessment Issues with Violent Sex Offenders Current Empirically Supported Interventions Relapse Prevention Case Example Conclusion Chapter 8. Comorbid Psychopathology in Child, Adolescent, and Adult Sexual Offenders (David P. Fago) Introduction Comorbidity in a Developmental Context Child and Adolescent Sexual Offenders Adult Sexual Offenders Etiological...
