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This valuable book reviews and discusses the latest research on family sexual abuse. With contributions by both practitioners and researchers, it covers such issues as sibling incest; the background of sexual offenders; effects of sexual abuse on children, of offender removal from the home and of reunification and the prognosis for incest offenders after treatment. Within this context the immediate problems of local practitioners dealing with real life instances are highlighted and discussed.
List of contents
PART ONE: CONTEXT: DEVELOPMENT OF FAMILY SEXUAL ABUSE RESEARCH AND PRACTICE
Child Sexual Abuse - Jon R Conte
Looking Backward and Forward
The Minnesota Family Sexual Abuse Project - Margaret J Bringewatt
PART TWO: UNDERSTANDING FAMILY SEXUAL ABUSE AND ITS EFFECTS
Families After Sexual Abuse - Carolyn J Levitt, Greg Owen and Jeanette Truchsess
What Helps? What is Needed?
Effects of Probable Sexual Abuse on Preschool Children - S K Hewitt and W N Friedrich
Taking Sibling Incest Seriously - Michael J O¿Brien
Intergenerational Transmission of Child Sexual Abuse and Maltreatment - Jane F Gilgun
Intrafamilial Sexual Abuse in American Indian Families - Irl Carter and Lawrence J Parker
PART THREE: EVALUATING TREATMENTS AND INTERVENTIONS
Evaluation of a Multiple-Family Incest Treatment Program - Deborah L Woodworth
Family Effects of Offender Removal from the Home - Sara Wright
Effects of Reunification on Sexually Abusive Families - Jane Kinder Matthews, Jodie Raymaker and Kathleen Speltz
An Evaluation Protocol for Incest Family Functioning - James W Maddock, Pamela R Gusk and Catherine F Lally
Incest Offenders After Treatment - Greg Owen and Nancy M Steele
Female Sexual Offenders - Jane Kinder Matthews, Ruth Mathews and Kathleen Speltz
A Typology
PART FOUR: SYNTHESIS
Patterns, Themes, and Lessons - Michael Quinn Patton
About the author
Michael Quinn Patton is author of more than a dozen books on evaluation including Qualitative Research & Evaluation Methods, 4th ed (2015), Blue Marble Evaluation (2020), Principles-Focused Evaluation (2018), Facilitating Evaluation (2018) and Developmental Evaluation (2011). Based in Minnesota, he was on the faculty of the University of Minnesota for 18 years and is a former president of the American Evaluation Association (AEA). Michael is a recipient of the Alva and Gunnar Myrdal Evaluation Practice Award, the Paul F. Lazarsfeld Evaluation Theory Award, and the Research on Evaluation Award, all from AEA He has also received the Lester F. Ward Distinguished Contribution to Applied and Clinical Sociology Award from the Association for Applied and Clinical Sociology. In 2021 he received the first Transformative Evaluator Award from EvalYouth. He is an active speaker, trainer, and workshop presenter who has conducted applied research and evaluation on a broad range of issues and has worked with organizations and programs at the international, national, state, provincial, and local levels. Michael has three children—a musician, an engineer, and an evaluator—and four grandchildren. When not evaluating, he enjoys exploring the woods and rivers of Minnesota, where he lives.
Summary
This volume contains a series of essays which describe the results of recent research projects on sexual abuse within families. Emphasis is placed on the true impact of intervention as practiced by social agencies, local clinicians and the community.
