Juvenile Sex Offenders

A Guide to Evaluation and Treatment for Mental Health Professionals

By: Eileen P. Ryan, John A. Hunter, Daniel C. Murrie

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Hardcover | 1 March 2012

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256 Pages

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23.39 x 15.6 x 1.91

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A significant percentage of sexual abuse in the United States is committed by juveniles, and mental health professionals increasingly receive requests to evaluate these juveniles. With an emphasis on practicality and utility, Juvenile Sex Offenders fills a gap in the current literature by providing a thoughtful, thorough approach to evaluating and treating youth who have committed sexual offenses or have engaged in sexually abusive behavior.

Serving as a functional guide, this text expertly prepares clinicians for the challenging task of evaluating juveniles, picking up where traditional clinical training often falls short and providing state-of-the-art assessment techniques as well as an overview of treatment modalities. Chapters highlight the many ways in which juveniles charged with sexual offenses differ from adults, the common dilemmas facing evaluators, and the changing perceptions and legal trends with respect to youth crime. Chapters also cover sexual development and behaviors among children and adolescents, risk factors and risk assessment, case examples for working with attorneys, and interventions and pharmacological approaches. Clinical practitioners with limited forensic training will benefit from the guidance on formal forensic evaluation and the review of literature on assessment approaches specific to youth, while forensic experts will gain developmental perspective in evaluating and treating young sexual
offenders. Set in a hopeful and optimistic framework, Juvenile Sex Offenders is a practical, empirically based guide on the best practices in evaluating and treating this poorly understood and underserved population.

Industry Reviews

"Though unfamiliar with other books related to this population, I have reviewed many books that refer to adults charged with similar offenses. However, the approach of this book is unique in that it is not geared toward the forensic practitioner. Instead, it addresses the frontline mental health provider who, by choice or assignment, works with this challenging population. These pages are rich with practical knowledge that will be of benefit to virtually anyone interested in working with juvenile sex offenders, even experienced forensic practitioners." -- DOODY'S

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