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Argues the case for the usefulness of an empirically based understanding of the internal world of juvenile sex offenders as a way of humanely relating to their difficulties. This title details the extent and nature of juvenile sex offending and its impact on victims and provides a description of this offender group.
List of contents
Series Editor’s Foreword , Foreword , Introduction , The Forensic Focus , The nature of juvenile sex offending , The characteristics and differences of juvenile sex offenders , The Lens , Attachment and juvenile sex offending , Psychopathy and juvenile sex offending , Malignant narcissism, psychopathy, and perversion , Epigenetics and aspects of the neurobiology of attachment and sexual behaviour , Magnifying the Lens: Research Findings , The study and its findings , A closer view into the internal world of the juvenile sex offender , Practice and Application , Implications for the assessment of the juvenile sex offender , The tale of two psyches: case histories of juvenile sex offenders , Mentalization based therapy (MBT) and other psychoanalytic treatment , Epilogue
About the author
Timothy Keogh currently works full time as a psychoanalyst and forensic and clinical psychologist in private practice in Sydney, Australia. He is a research fellow of the International Psychoanalytical Society and associate faculty member of the Centre for Behavioral Sciences in Medicine at the University of Sydney. Dr. Keogh was formerly statewide Director of Inmate Services and Programs with the New South Wales Department of Corrective Services (Australia). Prior to this he held the post of Director of the Collaborative Research Unit within the New South Wales Department of Juvenile Justice, where he was also Director of Psychological Services. He has published and co-authored numerous journal articles, monographs and chapters on juvenile offending, sex offending, adolescent mental health and psychotherapy. He is currently President of the Couples and Family Psychotherapy Association of Australasia and National Convener of the Australasian Psychological Society's Psychoanalytically-Oriented Psychologist Interest Group.
Summary
Argues the case for the usefulness of an empirically based understanding of the internal world of juvenile sex offenders as a way of humanely relating to their difficulties. This title details the extent and nature of juvenile sex offending and its impact on victims and provides a description of this offender group.
