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A comprehensive guide to the identification, assessment, and treatment of child sexual abuse The field of child sexual abuse has experienced an explosion of research, literature, and enhanced treatment methods over the last thirty years. Representing the latest refinements of thought in this field, Handbook of Child Sexual Abuse: Identification, Assessment, and Treatment combines the most current research with a wealth of clinical experience. The contributing authors, many of whom are pioneers in their respective specialties, include researchers and clinicians, forensic interviewers and law enforcement professionals, caseworkers and victim advocates, all of whom do the work of helping children who have been sexually victimized. Offering a snapshot of the state of the field as it stands today, Handbook of Child Sexual Abuse explores a variety of issues related to child sexual abuse, from identification, assessment, and treatment methods to models for implementation and prevention, including: The impact of sexual abuse on the developing brain The potential implications of early sexual victimization Navigating the complexities of multidisciplinary teams Forensic interviewing and clinical assessment Treatment options for children who have traumagenic symptoms as a response to their sexual victimization Treating children with sexual behavior problems and adolescents who engage in illegal sexual behavior Secondary trauma and vicarious traumatization Cultural considerations and prevention efforts Edited by a leader in the field of child therapy, this important reference equips helping professionals on the front lines in the battle against child sexual abuse—not merely with state-of-the-art knowledge—but also with a renewed vision for the importance of their role in the shaping of our culture and the healing of victimized children. 
This unique handbook educates readers in how drugs are used as weapons in committing sexual assaults. It is designed for everyone involved in the investigation of these crimes including forensic scientists, law enforcement officers, lawyers, toxicologists, and medical professionals. Drug-Facilitated Sexual Assault looks at the history of these crimes over the years and includes an in-depth discussion of the drugs and drug classes in use today. It describes the effects of these drugs on the victims, the type of person who uses drugs to sexually assault an individual, and obstacles to investigating the suspect. The authors show how to properly collect and analyze evidence, overcome some of the unique difficulties encountered in these types of investigations, and work with other professionals to prosecute these cases successfully. * Ideal for everyone involved in the investigation of these crimes, including forensic scientists, police officers, lawyers, toxicologists and medical professionals Hardcover: 326 pages Company: Academic Press (2001-09-19) ISBN: 0124402615 List Price: $114.00 Amazon Price: $87.80 Used Price: $66.86 
Based on the author's extensive training and experience in working with abuse survivors, The Survivor's Guide to Sex offers an affirming, sex-positive approach to recovery from incest and rape. While most books on the topic broach sexuality only to reassure women that it is alright to say "no" to unwanted sex, this one encourages women to learn how to say "yes" to their own desires and on their own terms. Points of discussion include problems common to women survivors. Haines teaches survivors to embrace their own sexual choices and preferences, learn about their own sexual response cycles, and heal through masturbation, sexual fantasy, and play. The Survivor's Guide to Sex includes resources, bibliography, and an index. Author: Staci Haines Paperback: 300 pages Company: Cleis Press (1999-05-28) ISBN: 1573440795 List Price: $24.95 Amazon Price: $39.95 Used Price: $7.53 
It’s a hunger never satisfied for some of us: the allure of singles’ bars and strip clubs, party lines and X-rated Internet sites that can show us whatever we want to see. An uncontrollable need for sexual gratification, just like an addiction to alcohol or drugs, can cause serious problems for anyone. If you believe you’re struggling with a serious sexual disorder or just wish you could more easily manage sexual behaviors that interfere with your life, you’ve found, in this book, a real chance to radically transform your life. This is not a book that makes a lot of black and white, right and wrong judgments about sexual behavior. Despite what you might have heard—or even believe—it is possible to have problems with sexual self-control and still be a good person and a valuable member of your family and community. Without taking a strong moral position on all sexual behaviors, the scientifically based techniques in this book guide you to making better sexual choices that are in line with your own values. Using the book’s evaluation worksheets, assess the level of your sexual self-control problem. Utilize its exercises to modify the thoughts and behaviors associated with sexual patterns you want to change. Support your goals with relapse prevention techniques that stress self-acceptance. By following the program in this book, privately and whenever you choose, you will learn how to lead a sexually fulfilling life that still promises you security, stability, and peace of mind. Author: William T. O'Donohue, Tamara Penix Sbraga Paperback: 232 pages Company: New Harbinger Publications (2004-08-01) ISBN: 1572243767 List Price: $24.95 Amazon Price: $15.65 Used Price: $9.99 
Providing essential theoretical and practical guidelines for clinicians, educators, policymakers, and public health professionals, The Handbook of Addiction Treatment for Women is a comprehensive resource of the most current research and knowledge from recognized experts in the field of addiction and treatment. This much needed guide offers an historical context on the issue of women and addiction, examines the myriad challenges of the female addict, and includes recommendations for choosing a course of treatment that will meet the specific needs of an individual woman addict.Paperback: 640 pages Company: Jossey-Bass (2002-02-12) ISBN: 0787953555 List Price: $90.00 Amazon Price: $82.85 Used Price: $66.95 
This book contextualizes the complexity of sexual violence within its broader context – from war to the resolution of interpersonal disputes – and covers a wide span including sexual harassment, bullying, rape and murder as well as domestic violence. Written by leading academics from a variety of disciplines, contributions also include commentaries that relate the research to the work of practitioners. Despite advances made in the investigation of sexual offences, evidence still points to a continued belief in the culpability of victims in their own victimization and a gap between the estimated incidence of sexual violence and the conviction of perpetrators. Adopting an implicitly and explicitly critical stance to contemporary policy responses that continue to fail in addressing this problem, this book focuses on attitudes and behaviour towards sexual violence from the point of view of the individual experiencing the violence – perpetrator and victim – and situates them within a broader societal frame. It is through an understanding of social processes and psychological mechanisms that underpin sexual violence that violence can be combated and harm reduced, and at this individual level that evidence-based interventions can be designed to change policy and practice. The Handbook is split into four sections: 'Legacies: Setting the Scene' offers a critical overview of historical, legal and cultural processes which help to explain the origins of current thinking and offer steers for future developments 'Theories and Concepts' examines contemporary thinking on sexual violence and reviews explanatory frameworks from a number of perspectives 'Acts of Sexual Violence' reviews a number of specific types of sexual violence, elaborating the range of circumstances, victims and perpetrators with a view to addressing the general and pervasive nature of such violence thus contradicting narrow cultural stereotyping 'Responding to Sexual Violence' overviews and evaluates current policies and practices and offers new ideas to develop different types of interventions. The editors’ conclusion not only draws out the key themes and ideas from contributions to the Handbook, but also considers the nature of and the extent to which any progress has been made in understanding and responding to sexual violence. This will be a key text for students and academics studying sexual violence and an essential reference tool for professionals working in the field including police officers, probation staff, lawyers and judges. Paperback: 544 pages Company: Routledge (2011-12-07) ISBN: 0415670721 List Price: $59.95 Amazon Price: $50.88 Used Price: $50.97 
Author: Karen Riskin, Lulie MunsonPaperback: 79 pages Company: CWLA Press (Child Welfare League of America) (1995-01-01) ISBN: 0878685960 List Price: $10.95 Amazon Price: $6.99 Used Price: $6.92 
A scholarly handbook focusing on variables that assist in confronting and preventing the forms of sexual victimization, which include rape, child abductions, battering, sexual harassment, and incest. Resources include parent and teacher training, public education and awareness, and psychotherapeutic techniques for families and friends of victims as well as the victims themselves. All contributors to this handbook have been active in research, advocacy, and legislation in sexual victimization of children, adolescents, and adults. It will be of special interest to individuals who work in the area of sexual victimization: psychologists and psychiatrists, social workers, attorneys, policymakers, agency and shelter volunteers and professionals, clergy, and faculty and students in psychology, women's studies, law, medicine. Author: Michele A. Paludi Hardcover: 272 pages Company: Greenwood (1999-09-30) ISBN: 0313302480 List Price: $101.95 Amazon Price: $24.99 Used Price: $18.89 
The Sexual Abuse Victim and Sexual Offender Treatment Planner provides all the elements necessary to quickly and easily develop formal treatment plans that satisfy the demands of HMOs, managed care companies, third-party payors, and state and federal review agencies. Saves you hours of time-consuming paperwork, yet offers the freedom to develop customized treatment plans for clients who are sexual abuse victims and/or sexual offenders Organized around 27 main presenting problems, including such offender issues as anger difficulties, deviant sexual arousal, and legal issues; such victim issues as eating disorders, self-blame, and social withdrawal; and such offender and victim issues as family reunification and self-esteem and stress-management deficits Over 1,000 well-crafted, clear statements describe the behavioral manifestations of each relational problem, long-term goals, short-term objectives, and educational interventions Easy-to-use reference format helps locate treatment plan components by behavioral problem or DSM-IV-TR(TM) diagnosis Includes a sample treatment plan that conforms to the requirements of most third-party payors and accrediting agencies (including HCFA, JCAHO, and NCQA)Author: Rita Budrionis, Arthur E. Jongsma Jr. Paperback: 304 pages Company: Wiley (2003-01-27) ISBN: 0471219797 List Price: $55.00 Amazon Price: $41.37 Used Price: $41.28 
Groundbreaking information for treating sex offenders Sexual abuse, sexual addiction, and sexual offending have become a significant clinical problem. Successfully treating these disorders is the first step toward preventing future victims. Sex-Offender Therapy is a practical workbook for clinicians who deal with sexually aggressive adults, adolescents, and children. This invaluable professional resource focuses on how to treat patients—male and female—impaired by sexual addiction, sexual disorders, sex offending, and other sexual misconduct behaviors. Designed as an accessible step-by-step guide, Sex-Offender Therapy features case studies, work exercises, and clinical suggestions that help to walk the reader through a sexual disorders program. With a wealth of therapeutic interventions, as well as information on polygraph testing and the FDA-approved plethysmograph, this unique text breaks new ground. Additionally, this detailed volume not only presents clinical definitions of all the sexual disorders but goes beyond patient features and evaluation to look at useable, concrete methods for lasting treatment. Topics discussed in Sex-Offender Therapy include: problems, stress, and boundary setting transference and countertransference sexual recovery therapy and its techniques acknowledgement and responsibility the stand-up presentation and victim empathy cycles of offending using the four phases as a relapse prevention format working with the difficult offender trauma in adult, adolescent, and child offenders the cost of offending antisocial disordered patients triggers clinical interviewing and report writing adult and juvenile psychosexual evaluations polygraph testing treatment of sexually aggressive youths defense behaviors group therapy and many more!Informative, practical, and user-friendly, Sex-Offender Therapy is a vital resource for patients and their families, beginning or advanced therapists, attorneys, criminal justice personnel, human service caseworkers, judges, law enforcement, legislators, probation officers, prosecutors, educators, students, researchers, and mental health professionals. Author: Rudy Flora, Joseph T. Duehl, Wanda Fisher, Sandra Halsey, Michael Keohane, Barbara L. Maberry, Jeffrey A. McCorkindale, Leroy C. Parson Paperback: 218 pages Company: Haworth Press (2007-10-30) ISBN: 078903123X List Price: $57.95 Amazon Price: $50.23 Used Price: $51.70
Child Molestation Stories: Voices of Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse (Molestation, Rape, and Incest)
Learn more about child sexual abuse as male and female survivors of child molestation, rape, and incest share their stories to let other victims know that they are not alone. Hear stories from girls and boys abused in . . . ~ Brief Incidents . . . when I was in the hospital . . . walking home from school . . .in a rest room . . . at the beach . . . ~ Continuing Relationships with . . . our neighbor . . . a family friend . . . my mother's boyfriend . . . ~ Incest perpetrated by . . . my brother . . . my stepmother . . . my daddy . . . These selections (10,000 words--about 40 pages if it were a paperback) from Dr. Lynn Daugherty's award-winning bestseller, Why Me? Help for Victims of Child Sexual Abuse (Even if they are adults now) also include answers to basic questions about child sexual abuse, guidance in selecting a professional counselor, and additional resources to help former victims and their families begin their journey to recovery. About the Author Clinical Psychologist Dr. Lynn Daugherty, an internationally respected expert on child sexual abuse, has been bringing hope and healing to victims and their families for more than twenty-five years.She is the award-winning author of the classic bestseller Why Me? Help for Victims of Child Sexual Abuse, now in its 4th edition, and the new ebook available on Kindle, Child Molesters, Child Rapists, and Child Sexual Abuse. Author: Lynn Daugherty Kindle Edition: 42 pages Kindle eBook Company: Cleanan Press, Inc. (2011-01-28) (2011-01-28) List Price: $2.99 Amazon Price: 
How to know when children have been sexually abused poses special challenges. Some children make direct and clear statements, while others are more indirect in what they say. It is easy to attribute other meanings to their words. Still other children show the effects of their abuse through behaviors, which can be sexualized, but not necessarily. Children may also be withdrawn, moody, aggressive, restless, and anxious. Finally some children show no obvious signs at all. Author: Jane F. Gilgun Ph.D.LICSW Kindle Edition: 16 pages Kindle eBook Company: Jane Gilgun Books (2009-03-06) (2009-03-06) List Price: $1.29 Amazon Price: 
Women and girls sexually abuse children far more often than many people realize. This article describes what child sexual abuse means to women and girl perpetrators. Thrills, love, and comfort are common, but most common are women forced into sexual abuse by male partners who already were sexually abusing the children.Sexual abuse by women and girls can be confusing for girls and boys. They often feel stigmatized because of wide spread-assumptions that only men sexually abuse children. Author: Ph.D., LICSW Jane F. Gilgun Kindle Edition: 8 pages Kindle eBook Company: (2010-03-07) (2010-03-07) List Price: $2.19 Amazon Price: 
Preschool children learn safe boundaries, how to distinguish between "good" and "bad" touches, and how to respond appropriately to unwanted touches. This book is a powerful book for enhancing self-esteem. Parenting Press's bestseller!Author: Lory Britain Paperback: 32 pages Company: Parenting Pr (1984-05-01) ISBN: 0943990033 List Price: $7.95 Amazon Price: $3.56 Used Price: $2.45 
Children have a lot to say about their own sexual abuse. Their stories show they know far more than adults realize. Children often think that sexual abuse is their fault. They think they were supposed to have been able to stop the abuse. Unfortunately, many people blame children, too. What is hopeful in these stories is that children know the abusers did something wrong, and they call out abusers for who they really are. Author: Jane F. Gilgun Ph.D. LICSW Kindle Edition: 16 pages Kindle eBook Company: Jane Gilgun Books (2009-04-14) (2009-04-14) List Price: $1.19 Amazon Price: 
This article provides guidelines for protecting children from sexual abuse and what to do if children have been sexually abused.Author: Ph.D., LICSW Jane F. Gilgun Kindle Edition: 8 pages Kindle eBook Company: (2010-02-17) (2010-02-17) List Price: $1.29 Amazon Price: 
Why would anyone sexually abuse a child? How does it happen!Dr. Lynn Daugherty, clinical psychologist and award-winning author of the classic bestseller Why Me? Help for Victims of Child Sexual Abuse (Even if they are adults now) addresses these difficult questions in her new book, Child Molesters, Child Rapists, and Child Sexual Abuse. Clear explanations in easy-to-understand language, illustrated with stories from both victims and abusers, help you: ~ Recognize circumstances that allow child sexual abuse to take place. ~ Identify motivations of different types of sex offenders: regressed vs fixated child molesters, anger vs power vs sadistic child rapists, female abusers, adolescent abusers, sociopaths. ~ Understand why and how someone could sexually abuse a child. Dr. Daugherty guides parents, former victims, mental health professionals new to the field, and the general public to understanding those who sexually abuse children with this concise new book (15,000 words, about 60 pages if it were a paperback). About the Author An internationally respected expert on child sexual abuse, Dr. Lynn Daugherty has been bringing hope and healing to victims and their families for more than twenty-five years. Now, in response to the question, "Why would anyone sexually abuse a child?" Dr. Daugherty presents basic information about sex offenders in this current book, Child Molesters, Child Rapists, and Child Sexual Abuse. Voices of Survivors, a collection of stories told by former victims of child sexual abuse to let others victims know that they are not alone, is now available on Kindle. It is excerpted from Dr. Daugherty's book Why Me? Help for Victims of Child Sexual Abuse (Even if they are adults now), also available on Kindle. Author: Lynn Daugherty Kindle Edition: 65 pages Kindle eBook Company: Cleanan Press, Inc. (2011-06-07) (2011-06-07) List Price: $4.99 Amazon Price: 
Tricia and Debbie are cousins. Both girls are six-years-old and best friends. One Saturday afternoon, Debbie called out to Tricia. After looking all over the house, Tricia found Debbie sitting in a closet holding a flashlight. Debbie told Tricia to come in and close the door. Once inside, Tricia noticed that Debbie was naked. Debbie asked Tricia if she wanted to play “house,” adding that if Tricia agreed to play, she would show her “how daddies make mommies feel real good.” “Watch this,” Debbie said, and reached inside Tricia’s underwear.Blaine was eight-years-old and his sister, Karla, was three. Blaine and Karla were playing while their mother folded clothing in the laundry room. During a game of “Operation,” Blaine decided to show Karla how to play the game “for real.” He pulled down Karla’s pants, grabbed a game piece from the playing board and tried to put it in Karla’s vagina. Greg was seventeen. He had been dating fifteen-year-old Sheila for three months. One evening, Sheila called and asked Greg if he would come over “right away.” Upon arriving at Sheila’s house, Greg learned that her parents were away and that Sheila was scared and lonely. After an hour of talking and watching TV, the petting began. Shortly thereafter, Greg thrust himself inside Sheila. That was when Sheila realized that things had gone too far. She cried out, “No! Stop!” but it was too late. Were sex offenses committed in these case histories? Does one case history depict a sex offense, while others do not? What is the difference between a sexual offense and youthful curiosity? What kinds of juvenile commit sex offenses? What is the most appropriate way to deal with juvenile sex offenders? What role should the family play in dealing with juvenile sex offenders? These are but a few of the many questions that need addressing about juvenile sex offenders. Until recently, however, sex offenses committed by minors were considered “developmentally normal curiosity,” “adjustment reactions,” or “experimentation.” The court overlooked even clearly exploitative sex offenses committed by juveniles. Seldom was there an attempt made to address the sexual behavior. As a result, little attention was given to studying the causes or cures. By 1983, however, researchers established that most adult sex offenders had committed sex offenses as kids, and by 1988, clinical reports determined that some juvenile offenders had begun their offensive behaviors by age five. That is why a report from the National Task Force on Juvenile Offending concluded that early detection and treatment of sex offenders is critical. Intervention is especially important because kids are in the early stages of physical and emotional development and tend not to have an established pattern of behavior. More importantly, the potential for repeat offending by adolescents and the development of a pattern that continues into adulthood indicates that early detection and treatment can significantly reduce the number of sexual abuse victims of all ages. Author: Waln K. Brown, Cynthia L. Godbey Kindle Edition: 19 pages Kindle eBook Company: William Gladden Foundation Press (2011-03-22) (2011-03-22) List Price: $4.99 Amazon Price: 
Perpetrators rarely think of child sexual abuse as abuse. Rather they believe abuse is love, play, a thrill, bliss, the best feeling in the world, and sometimes revenge. This article show what child sexual abusers think of they abuse they perpetratred. Based on years of interviews with perpetrators, both in and out of prison for child sexual abuse.Author: Jane F. Gilgun Ph.D. LICSW Kindle Edition: 17 pages Kindle eBook Company: Jane Gilgun Books (2009-03-16) (2009-03-16) List Price: $0.99 Amazon Price: 
Take your Dramamine and prepare for a rough crossing; journeys to the dark side and back are seldom smooth. Though at times disquieting, No Comfort is a powerful testament to the human spirit's resilience even in the face of life's most harrowing and devastating experiences. Unflinching in his portrayal of child abuse, ever mindful that the past never goes away, yet adamant that hope is eternal, Dan Pietsch takes readers through the bleakness of childhood in a dysfunctional family, the exuberance of first love, the heartbreak of overwhelming loss, and finally to a safe harbor of reconciliation and forgiveness.Author: Dan Pietsch Paperback: 280 pages Company: Cabin Fever Publishing (2012-03-20) ISBN: 0984263608 List Price: $12.99 Amazon Price: $12.03 Used Price: $10.59 
Public policy responses to child sexual abuse are dominated by interventions designed to take effect only after offenders have already begun offending, and after children have already been sexually abused. Comparatively little attention has been given to alternative prevention strategies – particularly to those aimed at preventing sexual abuse before it might otherwise occur. Considerable knowledge has been accumulated on the characteristics, modus operandi and persistence of offenders, the characteristics, circumstances and outcomes for victims, and the physical and social settings in which sexual abuse occurs, but little work has been done to systematically apply this knowledge to prevention. Author: Stephen Smallbone, William L. Marshall, Richard Wortley Paperback: 272 pages Company: Willan (2008-04-03) ISBN: 1843922223 List Price: $49.95 Amazon Price: $49.95 Used Price: $29.90 
"With compassion and clarity, Richard Gartner shares insights from years of working with male survivors. Among this book's greatest strengths is the extensive use of examples from Dr. Gartner's clinical practice to illustrate problems and solutions on the path to healing. Beyond Betrayal offers support, encouragement, and useful skills to men in recovery."--Mike Lew, M.Ed., author of Victims No Longer and Leaping upon the Mountains "If you have been sexually abused, this book will give you information, hope, direction, and most importantly, the assurance that you are not alone. Dr. Gartner has written an accessible, compassionate book that clearly lays out the healing process for men who were hurt or abused as children. Whether you were abused by a mother, a camp counselor, a neighborhood boy, or a priest, Beyond Betrayal will give you the tools you need to reclaim your life and move on. If you're going to take one book with you on the healing journey, this should be the one." --Laura Davis, coauthor of The Courage to Heal and author of The Courage to Heal Workbook "Compassionate, insightful, and hopeful, Beyond Betrayal shines a bright light. It is a must-read for anyone concerned." --Kenneth M. Adams, Ph.D., author of Silently Seduced "Beyond Betrayal cuts through the shame, confusion, misunderstanding, and fear that so often accompany the abuse of males and replaces them with clear information. I will begin to use it immediately with my patients and think that other clinicians will do so as well." --Christine A. Courtois, Ph.D., author of Healing the Incest Wound and Recollections of Sexual Abuse "Beyond Betrayal offers men straightforward words of hope and a meaningful way to overcome the invisibility, stigma, and shame they have endured. Many men and their families will find this book a healing aid." --Jack Drescher, M.D., author of Psychoanalytic Therapy and the Gay Man "Dr. Gartner writes in a manner any reader will find accessible. Not only does he understand the topic of males, sexual abuse, and recovery, but he can explain it to those who need to know." --Dr. Mic Hunter, author of Abused Boys and editor of Adult Survivors of Sexual Abuse: Treatment Innovations Author: Richard B. Gartner Hardcover: 256 pages Company: Wiley (2005-04-13) ISBN: 0471619108 List Price: $24.95 Amazon Price: $13.68 Used Price: $13.69 
Author: Richard A. GardnerHardcover: 150 pages Company: Creative Therapeutics (1990-10) ISBN: 0933812221 List Price: $18.00 Amazon Price: $3.99 Used Price: $0.01
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Citation Details Title: Clues can elicit when lesions are sex abuse. (Good Detective Work Needed). Author: Norra MacReady Publication: Skin & Allergy News (Magazine/Journal) Date: June 1, 2003 Publisher: International Medical News Group Volume: 34 Issue: 6 Page: 46(1) Distributed by Thomson Gale Author: Norra MacReady Digital: 2 pages HTML Company: International Medical News Group (2003-06-01) (2005-07-31) List Price: $5.95 Amazon Price: $5.95 
Sexual Abuse in the Catholic Church: A Decade of Crisis, 2002-2012 is a thoughtful, multidisciplinary commentary. Beginning when the scandal first broke in Boston in 2002, this first-of-its-kind work offers a wide range of opinion, both positive and negative, on what has been done in the ensuing ten years to stop and prevent such abuse. Through the contributions here, readers can delve into the world of the church hierarchy and into the minds of abusive priests and their victims. The book presents the views of leading academics and psychologists, but also allows the church to speak. First-person insights from victims are shared, as in a chapter written by a woman abused by a clergy member as an adolescent. She explains what happened, the resulting trauma, how she healed, and what she thinks needs to be done to prevent future abuse—a subject that still makes headlines and stirs debate. Hardcover: 270 pages Company: Praeger (2011-10-20) ISBN: 0313393877 List Price: $48.00 Amazon Price: $42.95 Used Price: $50.58 
Men are molested too! Sex abuse is a subject that affects almost every family in the United States if not the entire world. Statistics show that six of every ten women are sexually assaulted before they reach the age of eighteen. This statistic is widely known. Much less well-known is that one of every six BOYS is assaulted before reaching the age of sixteen. Male sexual assault was the world's best kept secret, that is, until a few brave men took the wraps off of several predatory priests in the Roman Catholic Church. The resulting scandal wasn't really about male sexual abuse, it was about the covert deviousness of the Catholic Church in protecting their sexual predators. Lost in the shuffle is the fact that virtually every case of sexual molestation by these degenerate clergymen was perpetrated on one or more young boys. And not just once; but over and over again until the boys were somehow able to break free. Now that the information is public other male survivors are coming forth to tell of their vile experiences, not just with members of the clergy, but friends, strangers and even family members. This book is for the purpose of allowing a few of these surviving victims to relate their experiences. This may serve as therapy to them, and it should - and must - serve as a wake-up call to the rest of us.Author: J Jackson Owensby Paperback: 168 pages Company: Argus Enterprises International, Incorporated (2011-08-25) ISBN: 0615517331 List Price: $15.99 Amazon Price: $15.99
It’s a hunger never satisfied for some of us: the allure of singles’ bars and strip clubs, party lines and X-rated Internet sites that can show us whatever we want to see. An uncontrollable need for sexual gratification, just like an addiction to alcohol or drugs, can cause serious problems for anyone. If you believe you’re struggling with a serious sexual disorder or just wish you could more easily manage sexual behaviors that interfere with your life, you’ve found, in this book, a real chance to radically transform your life. This is not a book that makes a lot of black and white, right and wrong judgments about sexual behavior. Despite what you might have heard—or even believe—it is possible to have problems with sexual self-control and still be a good person and a valuable member of your family and community. Without taking a strong moral position on all sexual behaviors, the scientifically based techniques in this book guide you to making better sexual choices that are in line with your own values. Using the book’s evaluation worksheets, assess the level of your sexual self-control problem. Utilize its exercises to modify the thoughts and behaviors associated with sexual patterns you want to change. Support your goals with relapse prevention techniques that stress self-acceptance. By following the program in this book, privately and whenever you choose, you will learn how to lead a sexually fulfilling life that still promises you security, stability, and peace of mind. Author: William T. O'Donohue, Tamara Penix Sbraga Paperback: 232 pages Company: New Harbinger Publications (2004-08-01) ISBN: 1572243767 List Price: $24.95 Amazon Price: $15.65 Used Price: $9.99 
To find more information about Rowman and Littlefield titles, please visit www.rowmanlittlefield.com.Author: Elizabeth Grauerholz Hardcover: 240 pages Company: Lexington Books (1990-12-01) ISBN: 0669217867 List Price: $32.95 Amazon Price: $22.99 Used Price: $2.02 
The media today is filled with powerful men in trouble for their sexual behaviors, and invariably, they are diagnosed as sexual addicts. Once, these behaviors were considered a moral failing, but now they are viewed as evidence of a fictitious disease, that of "sexual addiction." The concept of sexual addiction is a controversial one because it is based on poor research and subjective moral judgments. Despite claims to the contrary, sex addiction is not a medically or scientifically accepted diagnosis. Sex addiction is a belief system, supported by faith, conviction and religious principles, that represents an attack on sexuality. Labeling these behaviors as sex addiction asserts a false, dangerous myth that undermines personal responsibility. Not only does this supposed epidemic of sex addiction mislabel male sexuality as dangerous and unhealthy, but it destroys our ability to hold people accountable for their behaviors. By labeling males as weak and powerless before the onslaught of desire and the churning tide of lust, we take away those things that men should live up to: personal responsibility; integrity; self-control; independence; accountability; self-motivation; honor; respect for self and others.In The Myth of Sex Addiction, Dr. David Ley presents the cultural history, moral judgments and junk science underlying this alleged disorder. He exposes the subjective values embedded in the concept, as well as the significant economic factors that drive the label of sex addiction in clinical practice and the popular media. Ley outlines how this label represents a social attack on many forms of sexuality--male sexuality in particular--as well as presenting the difficulty this label creates in holding people responsible for their sexual behaviors. Going against current assumptions and trends, Ley debunks the idea that sex addiction is real. Instead, he suggests that the high-sex behaviors of some men is something that has been tacitly condoned for countless years and is only now labeled as a disorder as men are being held accountable to the same rules that have been applied to women. He suggests we should expect men to take responsibility for sexual choices, rather than supporting an approach that labels male sexual desire as a "demonic force" that must be resisted, feared, treated, and exorcised. Author: David J. Ley Hardcover: 256 pages Company: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (2012-03-09) ISBN: 1442213043 List Price: $32.00 Amazon Price: $27.57 Used Price: $21.00
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Citation Details Title: Critics dig deeper for causes of scandal: bishop says abuse reveals culture within church that was 'unchristian'.(ANALYSIS)(clergy sex abuse scandal, Bishop Jim Moriarty) Author: Tom Roberts Publication: National Catholic Reporter (Magazine/Journal) Date: April 30, 2010 Publisher: National Catholic Reporter Volume: 46 Issue: 14 Page: 13(1) Distributed by Gale, a part of Cengage Learning Author: Tom Roberts Digital: 6 pages HTML Company: National Catholic Reporter (2010-04-30) (2010-07-01) List Price: $9.95 Amazon Price: $9.95
Author: George A. Boyd
Paperback: 64 pages Company: Rosen Publishing Group (1994-12) ISBN: 0823915387 List Price: $17.95 Amazon Price: Used Price: $1.00 
The Right Touch reaches beyond the usual scope of a children's picture book. It is a parenting book that introduces a very difficult topic--the sexual abuse of young children. This gentle, thoughtful story can be read aloud to a child by any trusted caregiver.In the story, young Jimmy's mom explains the difference between touches that are positive and touches that are secret, deceptive or forced. She tells him how to resist inappropriate touching, affirming that abuse is not the child s fault. The introduction provides valuable information about sexual abuse and guidance on what to do if your child experiences an abusive situation. Jody Bergsma's gentle illustrations soften the impact of this story; yet this portrayal of a dangerous situation is very realistic. If your child is old enough to sit still and listen to a story, he or she is old enough for The Right Touch. Used by parents and teachers nationwide to help children avoid sexual abuse, this book won the 1999 Benjamin Franklin Parenting Award. It was a finalist for the Small Press Award and was also "Selected as Outstanding" by the Parent Council, Ltd. Author: Sandy Kleven Hardcover: 32 pages Company: Illumination Arts Publishing Company (1998-04-01) ISBN: 0935699104 List Price: $15.95 Amazon Price: $10.76 Used Price: $9.95 
Explores the path from runaway to teen prostitute and examines the links between these activities and drug use among teenagers.Author: Clare Tattersall Library Binding: 64 pages Company: Rosen Pub Group (1999-03) ISBN: 0823928276 List Price: $30.60 Amazon Price: $13.99 Used Price: $2.98
This article provides guidelines for protecting children from sexual abuse and what to do if children have been sexually abused.Author: Ph.D., LICSW Jane F. Gilgun Kindle Edition: 8 pages Kindle eBook Company: (2010-02-17) (2010-02-17) List Price: $1.29 Amazon Price:
Tricia and Debbie are cousins. Both girls are six-years-old and best friends. One Saturday afternoon, Debbie called out to Tricia. After looking all over the house, Tricia found Debbie sitting in a closet holding a flashlight. Debbie told Tricia to come in and close the door. Once inside, Tricia noticed that Debbie was naked. Debbie asked Tricia if she wanted to play “house,” adding that if Tricia agreed to play, she would show her “how daddies make mommies feel real good.” “Watch this,” Debbie said, and reached inside Tricia’s underwear.Blaine was eight-years-old and his sister, Karla, was three. Blaine and Karla were playing while their mother folded clothing in the laundry room. During a game of “Operation,” Blaine decided to show Karla how to play the game “for real.” He pulled down Karla’s pants, grabbed a game piece from the playing board and tried to put it in Karla’s vagina. Greg was seventeen. He had been dating fifteen-year-old Sheila for three months. One evening, Sheila called and asked Greg if he would come over “right away.” Upon arriving at Sheila’s house, Greg learned that her parents were away and that Sheila was scared and lonely. After an hour of talking and watching TV, the petting began. Shortly thereafter, Greg thrust himself inside Sheila. That was when Sheila realized that things had gone too far. She cried out, “No! Stop!” but it was too late. Were sex offenses committed in these case histories? Does one case history depict a sex offense, while others do not? What is the difference between a sexual offense and youthful curiosity? What kinds of juvenile commit sex offenses? What is the most appropriate way to deal with juvenile sex offenders? What role should the family play in dealing with juvenile sex offenders? These are but a few of the many questions that need addressing about juvenile sex offenders. Until recently, however, sex offenses committed by minors were considered “developmentally normal curiosity,” “adjustment reactions,” or “experimentation.” The court overlooked even clearly exploitative sex offenses committed by juveniles. Seldom was there an attempt made to address the sexual behavior. As a result, little attention was given to studying the causes or cures. By 1983, however, researchers established that most adult sex offenders had committed sex offenses as kids, and by 1988, clinical reports determined that some juvenile offenders had begun their offensive behaviors by age five. That is why a report from the National Task Force on Juvenile Offending concluded that early detection and treatment of sex offenders is critical. Intervention is especially important because kids are in the early stages of physical and emotional development and tend not to have an established pattern of behavior. More importantly, the potential for repeat offending by adolescents and the development of a pattern that continues into adulthood indicates that early detection and treatment can significantly reduce the number of sexual abuse victims of all ages. Author: Waln K. Brown, Cynthia L. Godbey Kindle Edition: 19 pages Kindle eBook Company: William Gladden Foundation Press (2011-03-22) (2011-03-22) List Price: $4.99 Amazon Price:
Preschool children learn safe boundaries, how to distinguish between "good" and "bad" touches, and how to respond appropriately to unwanted touches. This book is a powerful book for enhancing self-esteem. Parenting Press's bestseller!Author: Lory Britain Paperback: 32 pages Company: Parenting Pr (1984-05-01) ISBN: 0943990033 List Price: $7.95 Amazon Price: $3.56 Used Price: $2.45 
Its primary message is: "America, please teach our young children about their sexuality before the child molester does." In just 12 pages of rhyme, the book * gives parents a great starting point for having important, candid discussions with their children about recognizing and preventing sexual abuse * names the most common perpetrators of sexual abuse in clear, kid friendly language * informs children about the tactics perpetrators use to trick children * equips children with an action plan for telling trusted adults about abuse * empowers children to say "no" and to get righteously angry if abuse happensAuthor: Diane Hansen Paperback: 28 pages Company: Empowerment Productions (2004-12-16) ISBN: 0976198800 List Price: $13.99 Amazon Price: $13.99 Used Price: $11.59 
This article begins with what parents can do to help their children become sex offenders. There are only a few simple steps. Just follow them. A lot of people do it. You can, too. Please note that this is satire. Next I discuss what parents and a concerned public can do to prevent children from becoming sex offenders. This section is not satire. Prevention is hard. People must really want to do it. Apparently, not enough of us do. So, we will keep on raising hundreds of thousands of children a year to be sex offenders. Is that what we want? The author is a professor who has done research on child sexual abuse and its prevention for more than 30 years.Author: Ph.D., LICSW Jane F. Gilgun Kindle Edition: 26 pages Kindle eBook Company: (2009-09-04) (2009-09-04) List Price: $1.99 Amazon Price: 
This book is for people who want to understand child sexual abuse in new ways. Based on interviews, the book shows what child sexual abuse means to child and adult survivors, perpetrators, and mothers of child sexual abuse survivors. The realities are harsh, but dealing with harsh realities leads to hope and recovery.The book has information for parents, educators, and treatment professionals and guidelines for prevention, education, and social policy. Child sexual abuse is a harsh reality, but dealing with it directly leads to hope and a rich and fulfilling life. Above all, this book is for survivors and their families so that they can understand the harsh realities in their own lives, find goodness and hope within themselves and in trustworthy other people, and go on to rich and fulfilling lives. Author: Jane F. Gilgun Ph.D. LICSW Kindle Edition: 261 pages Kindle eBook Company: Jane Gilgun Books (2009-04-16) (2009-04-16) List Price: $6.99 Amazon Price: 
In simple terms, juvenile prostitution is the performance of a sex act for money or other needs such as food, shelter, protection or drugs. Accounts of women and men selling sex appear throughout recorded history. That is why prostitution is often referred to as the oldest “profession.”Just as there is a long history of prostitution, children have long been involved through force, seduction or voluntarily – in various aspects of the sex trade. For example, at one time in the United States some orphans were raised by the unscrupulous to become prostitutes. Likewise, children of the poor sometimes were prostituted to supplement the family income. Although prostitution is not really a “profession,” the sale of sex is a big business; and because it is an illegal act conducted mainly in secrecy, a thorough study of its culture and performers is nearly impossible. Nonetheless, social scientists have learned much about “the life” by observing and interviewing prostitutes. One of the shocking facts is that there is a near epidemic of American kids – both girls and boys – selling their bodies. Because of the nature of the business, precise numbers do not exist. A recent government report indicates that arrests of boys and girls under age 18 for prostitution and commercial vice numbered just over 1,100, but this figure is a drop in the bucket. Responsible estimates put the number of those involved closer to 500,000. The reason for this difference is that very few juvenile or adult prostitutes are arrested. Prostitution ranks very low among law enforcement priorities, a reflection of the general public attitude toward this offense. Why juvenile prostitution has ballooned over recent decades (paralleling the rise of gangs, violence, drug abuse and other crimes committed by young people) is a complex matter. Some contributing factors include 1) the number of broken and dysfunctional families, 2) the so-called “sexual revolution,” 3) the increase of drug abuse, 4) the breakdown of cultural values and 5) the prevalence of sexual images in music, magazines, television and on the Internet. A main cause of juvenile prostitution is the number of young people who take to the streets as runaways or “throwaways.” Up to one million American children run away from home each year, and parents throw out another 150,000 from their homes. Finding themselves unprepared to get and keep jobs, some of these kids turn to prostitution as a way to survive. Author: Carle F. Oneil, Waln K. Brown Kindle Edition: 20 pages Kindle eBook Company: William Gladden Foundation Press (2011-03-22) (2011-03-22) List Price: $4.99 Amazon Price: 
This abbreviated version of the 2-volume set is the perfect companion for all professionals who need a resource in the field of child sexual exploitation. Child Sexual Exploitation Quick-Reference investigates this type of child maltreatment from medical, forensic, and legal perspectives. Using a multidisciplinary approach, this pocket-sized book examines medical implications for victims, and case studies provide insight into the lives of these "children of the night". Information on typical methods of perpetrators is included, along with prevention and prosecution strategies. Physicians, social service and law enforcement personnel, teachers, and all other professionals who work with children and families will find this reference invaluable. This reference provides the following: Techniques regarding review and interpretation of child pornography. Multinational data on sexual maturation norms for both males and females. Current information on support resources available to prostituted youth and children. Case studies of present and former prostituted children. Valuable information on how parents can protect their children from cyber-pedophiles, including Web sites on protecting children from Internet crimes. Guidelines for preserving and preparing computer evidence. Investigative perspectives of child pornography and cyber-enticement cases.Author: Sharon W. Cooper, Richard J. Estes, Angelo P. Giardino, Nancy D. Kellogg MD, Victor I. Vieth Spiral-bound: 384 pages Unabridged Company: STM Learning, Inc. (2007-01-15) (2006-10-15) ISBN: 187806021X List Price: $52.00 Amazon Price: $49.99 Used Price: $42.80 
Communities throughout the United States were convulsed in the 1980s and early 1990s by accusations, often without a shred of serious evidence, that respectable men and women in their midstmany of them trusted preschool teacherssecretly gathered in far reaching conspiracies to rape and terrorize children. In this powerful book, Debbie Nathan and Mike Snedeker examine the forces fueling this blind panic.Author: Debbie Nathan Paperback: 336 pages Company: iUniverse (2001-06-26) ISBN: 0595189555 List Price: $17.95 Amazon Price: $14.00 Used Price: $5.86 
Ten years have passed since Bonnie Rhodes was taken from a bus stop in San Diego one peaceful, sunny afternoon--a random kidnapping that was never solved. Now the Rhodes family have found her again, but danger still lingers. Once the high-priced child prostitute of a sadistic slave trader, Bonnie's past refuses to stay buried as the power that her captor once held changes hands. Those now in control of his empire want her back on their roster. To save her again, the Rhodes must do everything possible to free their sister from the terrifying grip of the monsters who want her back.Author: M.L. Zambrana Kindle Edition: 152 pages Kindle eBook Company: (2010-04-25) (2010-04-25) List Price: $4.99 Amazon Price: 
The sexual abuse and exploitation of children rob the victims of their childhood, irrevocably interfering with their emotional and psychological development. Ensuring that all children come of age without being disturbed by sexual trauma or exploitation is more than a criminal justice issue, it is a societal issue. Despite efforts to date, the threat of child sexual exploitation remains very real, whether it takes place in the home, on the street, over the Internet or in a foreign land. Because the sexual abuse and exploitation of children strikes at the very foundation of our society, it will take our entire society to combat this affront to the public welfare. This authors of this book examine the nature of the child exploitation problem and the significant efforts being undertaken by federal, state and local agencies to address this epidemic.Hardcover: 182 pages Abridged Company: Nova Science Pub Inc (2011-04) ISBN: 1611228530 List Price: $235.00 Amazon Price: $212.20 Used Price: $250.88 
For everyone responsible for the well being of children, this book explains one of the hardest to detect threats to their safety. Female sex offenders have victimized an estimated two to three million people in the United States. As a society we find it nearly impossible to believe that females, usually seen as nurturing, are capable of sexual abuse. The result is that, each year, hundreds of thousands of youth are not protected, not believed, and not treated for the trauma associated with the abuse. Through her detailed analysis of the currently available literature and her own research, Dr. Hislop describes what is known about female sex offenders: identification of abusers, estimates of the number of abusers and victims, the methods of abuse, the types of trauma seen among their victims, and what is known about the developmental histories of female sex offenders. She also provides therapists with directions for treatment and prioritized treatment goals, including exploring the victimization and patterns of offending, the relationship between the offender’s own victimization and her offending, precursors to offending, and methods to stop offending. 
On September 4, 2003, PresidentGeorge W. Bush signed into law the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (P.L. 108-79). The legislation requires the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) to develop new national data collections on the incidence and prevalence of sexual violence within correctional facilities. This report fulfills the requirement under Sec. 4 (c)(1) of the act for submission of an annual report on the activities of the Bureau with respect to prison rape. As an initial step in a multiphase implementation strategy, BJS completed the first-ever national survey of administrative records on sexual violence in adult and juvenile correctional facilities. Although data are limited to incidents reported to correctional authorities during 2004, the survey provides an understanding of how administrators respond to sexual violence. The survey also collects basic counts of substantiated incidents, characteristics of victims and perpetrators, and sanctions imposed. Author: Allen J. Beck Kindle Edition: 119 pages Kindle eBook Company: (2012-01-21) (2012-01-21) List Price: Amazon Price: 
In recent years, the economy of the Caribbean has become almost completely dependent on international tourism. And today one of the chief ways that foreign visitors there seek pleasure is through prostitution. While much has been written on the female sex workers who service these tourists, Caribbean Pleasure Industry shifts the focus onto the men. Drawing on his groundbreaking ethnographic research in the Dominican Republic, Mark Padilla discovers a complex world where the global political and economic impact of tourism has led to shifting sexual identities, growing economic pressures, and new challenges for HIV prevention. In fluid prose, Padilla analyzes men who have sex with male tourists, yet identify themselves as “normal” heterosexual men and struggle to maintain this status within their relationships with wives and girlfriends. Padilla’s exceptional ability to describe the experiences of these men will interest anthropologists, but his examination of bisexuality and tourism as much-neglected factors in the HIV/AIDS epidemic makes this book essential to anyone concerned with health and sexuality in the Caribbean or beyond. Author: Mark Padilla Paperback: 304 pages Company: University Of Chicago Press (2007-09-15) ISBN: 0226644367 List Price: $25.00 Amazon Price: $17.98 Used Price: $9.43 
Sexual assault can happen to anyone at any age. Sexual Assault Quick-Reference offers an invaluable resource for physicians, emergency room staff, EMTs, social service personnel, attorneys, law enforcement personnel, and anyone else who may be confronted with a sexual assault victim of any age. In these situations, there is no room for error. The right knowledge, accurate diagnosis, and treatment of sexual assault cases can better protect victims and hold their perpetrators accountable.In a convenient pocket-sized format, Sexual Assault Quick-Reference provides easy-to-access information on topics such as what is and what is not sexual assault, the roles of the various interdisciplinary team members and their effectiveness in dealing with victims, and common characteristics of assault perpetrators. Possible interventions for victims are also given. You are walked through the process of detecting sexual assault and caring for the victims, and told what is needed to successfully prosecute perpetrators. Author: Angelo P. Giardino MD PhD FAAP, Elizabeth Datner MD, Janice Asher MD, Barbara W. Girardin RN PhD, Diana K. Faugno RN BSN CPN FAAFS SANE-A, Mary J. Spencer MD Spiral-bound: 560 pages Company: STM Learning, Inc. (2003-10-15) (2003-10-15) ISBN: 1878060384 List Price: $55.00 Amazon Price: $39.82 Used Price: $39.92 
On September 4, 2003, PresidentGeorge W. Bush signed into law the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (P.L. 108-79). The legislation requires the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) to develop new national data collections on the incidence and prevalence of sexual violence within correctional facilities. This report fulfills the requirement under Sec. 4 (c)(1) of the act for submission of an annual report on the activities of BJS with respect to prison rape. Author: Allen J. Beck Kindle Edition: 69 pages Kindle eBook Company: (2012-01-21) (2012-01-21) List Price: Amazon Price: 
The Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (P.L. 108-79)requires the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) to carry out a comprehensive statistical review and analysis of the incidence and effects of prison rape for each calendar year. This report fulfills the requirement under Sec. 4(c)(2)(B)(ii) of the Act to provide a list of local jails according to the prevalence of sexual victimization. In December 2007, BJS published Sexual Victimization in State and Federal Prison Reported by Inmates, 2007 (NCJ 219414), which details the findings from 23,398 inmates held in 146 sampled prisons in the National Inmate Survey (NIS). This report presents the findings for the 282 local jails in the NIS sample. The survey on sexual victimization, conducted by RTI International (Research Triangle Park, NC), was administered to 40,419 jail inmates between April and December 2007. (See Methodology for sample description.) Author: Paige M. Harrison, Allen J. Beck Kindle Edition: 123 pages Kindle eBook Company: (2012-01-20) (2012-01-20) List Price: Amazon Price: 
Ancient humans were peaceful - modern violence is avoidable. That's the basic message contained in "Saharasia", a controversial "marriage of heresies" over 10 years in the making. It will change forever your way of looking at the world, your home culture, and current events. Saharasia constitutes a revolutionary new discovery on a geographic pattern to global human behavior as deeply embedded within the scientific literature of anthropology, history and archaeology. It covers issues and events which typically are ignored in the "politically correct" academic environment, even though it was produced within that same environment. Saharasia presents the first cross-cultural, anthropological, archaeological and historical survey of human family and social institutions, tracing human violence back in time to specific times and places of first-origin. Saharasia also presents an additional controversy, given the factual identity of the violence-prone Saharasian region to be the homeland of the Islamo-fascist terror brigades. Saharasia has at several times in human history been the region from which massive armies marched out to conquer those moister regions lying at its periphery: into Europe, China, India and sub-Saharan Africa. These would be the early Indo-Aryan, Kurgan and Battle-Axe warriors, the Scythians and Huns, the Mongols, Turks, and Arab-Muslims, all of whom formed gigantic empires encompassing desert Saharasia and parts of its moister borderlands. While the analysis contained in this book starts around 12,000 BC and ends at around 1900 AD, the suggestion is clear, that the modern problem of global terrorism also springs forth from basic Saharasian-warrior roots. If you really want to know why so much of the world is in such a miserable condition, and to fully understand the current "march to war" within Islamic nations, this book will provide answers. One of the largest and most ambitious scientific and systematic, cross-cultural evaluations of human behavior ever undertaken. Originally a doctoral dissertation undertaken by the author at the University of Kansas, now supplemented with new chapters, and with hundreds of maps and illustrations. "Saharasia" is scarsely known to the wider public, given the controversial conclusions which precipitated from its development. But its findings, made as early as 1980, have been validated repeatedly by subsequent scientific discovery, and by world events. The new edition contains all-new Appendix documentation: "Update on Saharasia"reviewing archaeological evidence suggestive of an ancient period of generally peaceful human social conditions, world-wide.Author: James DeMeo Paperback: 482 pages Company: Natural Energy Works (2011-05-20) ISBN: 0980231647 List Price: $39.00 Amazon Price: $34.92 Used Price: $34.25
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Citation Details Title: When does this end?(clergy sex abuse)(EDITOR'S NOTE)(Editorial) Author: Unavailable Publication: National Catholic Reporter (Magazine/Journal) Date: April 16, 2010 Publisher: National Catholic Reporter Volume: 46 Issue: 13 Page: 2(1) Article Type: Editorial Distributed by Gale, a part of Cengage Learning Author: Unavailable Digital: 3 pages HTML Company: National Catholic Reporter (2010-04-16) (2010-06-17) List Price: $9.95 Amazon Price: $9.95 
In this engaging book—the first to historicize our understanding of sexual harassment in the workplace—Julie Berebitsky explores how Americans’ attitudes toward sexuality and gender in the office have changed since the 1860s, when women first took jobs as clerks in the U.S. Treasury office.
Berebitsky recounts the actual experiences of female and male office workers; draws on archival sources ranging from the records of investigators looking for waste in government offices during World War II to the personal papers of Cosmopolitan editor Helen Gurley Brown and Ms. magazine founder Gloria Steinem; and explores how popular sources—including cartoons, advertisements, advice guides, and a wide array of fictional accounts—have represented wanted and unwelcome romantic and sexual advances. This range of evidence and the study’s long scope expose both notable transformations and startling continuities in the interplay of gender, power and desire at work.
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Citation Details Title: Anogenital lesions alone don't tell the sex abuse story. (Some Particular Signs, History Important). Author: Norra MacReady Publication: Pediatric News (Magazine/Journal) Date: June 1, 2003 Publisher: International Medical News Group Volume: 37 Issue: 6 Page: 33(1) Distributed by Thomson Gale Author: Norra MacReady Digital: 2 pages HTML Company: International Medical News Group (2003-06-01) (2005-07-31) List Price: $5.95 Amazon Price: $5.95 
This book seeks to track the origins of sex offender registers, their purpose and the law and policy that underpins them in various parts of the world. Sex offender registers are not really registers at all but a set of ‘legal requirements’ that fall automatically on a person convicted or cautioned for a designated sexual offence; the term ‘register’ is a form of shorthand for these requirements, designed to be a contribution to greater public protection and community safety. This book provides the first serious and detailed narrative of the conception and implementation of the sex offender registers. It seeks to do so in a clear and easy-to-follow text that will be both informed and critical and will also serve as a resource book for those wanting to make further study of the process of registration and monitoring. It looks in detail at the practice of implementing registers and considers questions about their effectiveness in monitoring sex offenders and the implications of someone being on a sex offender register. The book examines the legal challenges to registers and monitoring and the position of registrants in the context of human rights and seeks to place registers and monitoring in the wider context of what is being called the surveillance society. The Registration and Monitoring of Sex Offenders will be key reading for students of criminology and criminal justice, surveillance and human rights and practitioners in criminal justice fields of policing, probation, social work, children’s services, the judiciary, prison work and others. Author: Terry Thomas Paperback: 200 pages Company: Routledge (2011-07-28) ISBN: 041566781X List Price: $47.95 Amazon Price: $34.33 Used Price: $44.29
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Citation Details Title: Spotlighting sexual abuse: as allegations of past sex abuses continue to confront the Catholic Church, workers with histories of sex abuse may notice long-buried emotions beginning to resurface. Author: Kevin J. Becker Publication: The Journal of Employee Assistance (Magazine/Journal) Date: April 1, 2003 Publisher: Employee Assistance Professionals Volume: 33 Issue: 1 Page: 8(2) Distributed by Thomson Gale Author: Kevin J. Becker Digital: 6 pages HTML Company: Employee Assistance Professionals (2003-04-01) (2005-07-31) List Price: $5.95 Amazon Price: $5.95 
Joanna Bourke takes the issue of rape out from the academic ghettos and distills the truth so often exploited to sell newspapers. Neither prurient nor overly sympathetic, she investigates rape from a historical standpoint examining the history of sexual aggression, the idea of rape as a social construct, and the often-ignored idea of embodiment, and analyzes the physical response of rapists as well as the often-cited rape is about power” theories. Indebted to a growing body of sophisticated feminist analyses about rape victims, Bourke here shifts the emphasis from the victims to the perpetrators in order to place rapists in their historical context. An invaluable study, this book delivers the hard truth that if we are to imagine a world free of unwanted sexual violence, then we must consider the issue of rape from every angle. Author: Joanna Bourke Hardcover: 528 pages Company: Counterpoint (2007-10-28) ISBN: 1593761147 List Price: $30.00 Amazon Price: $17.00 Used Price: $11.99 
This book addresses two areas of feminist scholarship—the recognition of violence against women and the endeavor to make visible the lives of women in prison. Beginning with personal accounts of trouble with the law and using a combination of socialist and standpoint feminism, the collection presents the stories of 24 incarcerated women. Author: Elizabeth Comack Paperback: 150 pages Company: Fernwood Publishing Co., Ltd. (1996-04-28) ISBN: 189568661X List Price: $18.95 Amazon Price: $18.33 Used Price: $4.74
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Citation Details Title: Sex abuse scandal tapering in US, but remains financial burden.(IN THE BEGINNING)(Statistical data) Author: Unavailable Publication: National Catholic Reporter (Magazine/Journal) Date: April 2, 2010 Publisher: National Catholic Reporter Volume: 46 Issue: 12 Page: 3(1) Article Type: Statistical data Distributed by Gale, a part of Cengage Learning Author: Unavailable Digital: 2 pages HTML Company: National Catholic Reporter (2010-04-02) (2010-06-18) List Price: $9.95 Amazon Price: $9.95 
This Is Sex is an objective, illustrated look at the most recent phenomenon in addiction: sex. It provides a historical perspective, exploring sexual attitudes through the ages — from the scanty cavortings of Adam and Eve to the Kama Sutra of the East. Nothing is sacred, no taboo is left unchallenged, and facts about sex are given in an authoritative, straightforward way. The effects of sexual addiction on health and the commercial explosion of sex on the Internet are also examined.Author: Karen Farrington Paperback: 232 pages ISBN13: 9781860744907, Condition: Used - Very Good, Notes: 100% Satisfaction Guarantee. Tracking provided on most orders. Buy with Confidence! Millions of books sold! Company: Sanctuary Publishing, Ltd. (2003-11) ISBN: 1860744907 List Price: $9.95 Amazon Price: $0.01 Used Price: $0.01 
For millions of men on the path to recovery, Victims No Longer is the next step. The first book written specifically for men, Victims No Longer examines the changing cultural attitudes toward male survivors of incest and other sexual trauma. Now, in this Second Edition, this invaluable resource continues to offer compassionate and practical advice, supported by personal anecdotes and statements of male survivors. Victims No Longer helps survivors to: Identify and validate their childhood experiences Explore strategies of survival and healing Work through issues such as trust, intimacy, and sexual confusion Establish a support network for continued personal recovery Make choices that aren't determined by abusePsychotherapist Mike Lew has worked with thousands of men and women in their healing from the effects of childhood sexual abuse, rape, physical violence, emotional abuse, and neglect. The development of strategies for recovery from incest and other abuse, particularly for men, has been a major focus of his work as a counselor and group leader. Thoroughly updated and revised, and including an expanded Resources section, Victims No Longer educates survivors and professionals about the recovery process -- speaking to the pain, needs, fears, and hopes of the adult male survivor. Author: Mike Lew Paperback: 464 pages Company: Harper Perennial (2004-05-11) (2004-05-11) ISBN: 006053026X List Price: $19.99 Amazon Price: $11.35 Used Price: $8.88 
Statistically, the gay male population has a higher rate of substance abuse issues when compared to the general public. This definitive book offers in-depth intervention and treatment information specific to the lifestyle and culture of gay men. Exploring the social and psychological factors that play into homosexual men's addictions, nationally certified treatment counselor Michael Shelton presents a timely, comprehensive look at best practices in meeting their unique needs in recovery, offering keen insight on a range of issues, including -such common therapeutic approaches as motivational enhancement therapy and 12 Step strategies Gay Men and Substance Abuse fills a tremendous void serving as a valuable resource for professionals, men in recovery, concerned partners, friends, and family members in need of solid information and guidance. Author: Michael Shelton M.S. Paperback: 216 pages Company: Hazelden (2011-03-29) (2011-04-01) ISBN: 1592858899 List Price: $14.95 Amazon Price: $7.44 Used Price: $7.43 
In the wake of the recent Penn State sex abuse scandal, Dr. Ray felt the need to take a firm stance against sex offenders by equipping parent's with an affordable, concise no-nonsense guide to spotting and reporting sex offenders. This brief volume covers: appropriate boundaries between adults and kids, training your kids to spot, avoid, and report predators, an overview of psychopathology in sexual predators, how to tell if your child has been sexually abused, what to do if you suspect a relative, friend, or spouse of sexual abuse and is organized in list format for ease of reading. This brief volume is meant to give parents a foundation to build upon. There is also a section on how to talk about sex offenders and sex abuse with kids. Dr. Jacob Ray is a former Neuropsychology fellow turned writer who was trained by some of the Bay Area's best and brightest. Get your copy today, read it, and educate our youth. Together we will unite to expose and incarcerate sex offenders.Author: Dr. Jacob K. Ray Kindle Edition: 26 pages Kindle eBook Company: (2011-11-10) (2011-11-10) List Price: $0.99 Amazon Price: 
This Kindle is from a 140 - page book which was originally printed in 1983. The stories and lesson plans written then are still pertinent to today's trauma with battered children.Since the enactment in 1974 of federal laws covering child abuse, the reported increase in the number of these cases has led many to speak of child abuse as epidemic in America. One in seven children is reported to be the victim of child abuse. Who are the abusers? What do I do as a professional when I suspect child abuse? This book is both a personal story of a young woman who was the victim of child abuse, several other survivors, and a source book for teachers and professionals who deal daily with the problem. This book contains reporting resources, curriculum ideas for teachers, and public awareness materials. Author: Rebecca Harrison, Jean Edwards Kindle Edition: 182 pages Kindle eBook Company: Createspace (2011-07-19) (2011-07-19) List Price: $5.49 Amazon Price: 
Like other psychiatric disorders, sexual addiction is a condition that affects peoples' relationships with others as much as it affects their own mental state. Individuals suffering from sexual addiction typically pursue sex through any means possible and often engage in risky forms of sexual activity such as exhibitionism, promiscuous sex with multiple partners, online sex, etc. It's easy to see how a couple's relationship may be challenged by the manifestations and reality of a disorder like this one. "A Couple's Guide to Sexual Addiction" discusses common relationship issues within the context of sexual addiction and provides the reader with exercises, information, and advice on the following topics: Trust; Communication; Healthy sexuality & sexual behaviors; and, Family. By understanding the reality of sexual addiction and what it means for a relationship, couples will be able to better relate to each other and plan for a successful future.Author: Paldrom Collins, George N. Collins Paperback: 256 pages Company: Adams Media (2011-12-18) ISBN: 1440512213 List Price: $14.95 Amazon Price: $8.84 Used Price: $8.84 
Whether sexual abuse happens in early childhood or just before leaving home, most trauma survivors find that the teenage and early adult years are crucial for their recovery. With the right kind of support, it's then that they have the motivation and capacity for insight that will let them begin the process of healing. This workbook is written for teens and those who treat them. Simple, effective exercises help teens learn about the different aspects of trauma, share the thoughts and emotions of other survivors, clarify their own ideas and beliefs, and explore new ways of feeling and relating. Author William Lee Carter is a psychologist who works with sexually abused teens on a daily basis, and his approach is positive and sensitive to the needs and feelings of this age group. The exercises he provides focus on giving teens the strength and confidence they need to reshape their self-image, connect with others in healthy ways, and develop the skills they need to realize their full potential. Author: William Lee Carter Paperback: 182 pages Company: New Harbinger Publications (2002-05-15) ISBN: 1572242795 List Price: $22.95 Amazon Price: $14.99 Used Price: $13.89 
This widely esteemed, comprehensive guide helps survivors of sexual abuse heal from the past, improve relationships, and discover the joys of sexual intimacy. Wendy Maltz sensitively takes readers step-by-step through the recovery process, integrating expert advice with groundbreaking exercises, proven techniques, and first-person accounts of women and men at every stage of sexual healing. This compassionate resource can help you to: Identify the sexual effects of sexual abuse Eliminate negative sexual behavior and resolve specific problems Gain control over upsetting automatic reactions to touch and sex Develop a healthy sexual self-conceptAuthor: Wendy Maltz Paperback: 384 pages Company: William Morrow Paperbacks (2012-06-12) (2012-06-12) ISBN: 0062130730 List Price: $14.99 Amazon Price: $10.08 
A Clinician’s Guide to Systemic Sex Therapy provides readers with an integrative and comprehensive theory in guiding their clinical practice. Pragmatically oriented, this text walks clinicians through diagnosis and treatment with resources such as tables, graphs, flow charts, and implementation strategies. The text does not rely on only visual elements, however. Acknowledging that information needs to be guided by a theory that can be translated into practice, the authors use the Intersystems approach to provide a comprehensive perspective in understanding and improving intimate and sexual relationships for clients. A Clinician’s Guide addresses and fills the lack of theoretical integration in the practice of couple and sex therapy and provides a relevant follow-up to the authors' extensive text, Systemic Sex Therapy (Routledge, 2008). This book is an essential roadmap for translating theory into practice and trains clinicians to give their clients the most thorough and valuable assistance possible. Hardcover: 193 pages Company: Routledge (2009-02-12) ISBN: 0789038226 List Price: $120.95 Amazon Price: $76.20 Used Price: $96.43
Based on the author's extensive training and experience in working with abuse survivors, The Survivor's Guide to Sex offers an affirming, sex-positive approach to recovery from incest and rape. While most books on the topic broach sexuality only to reassure women that it is alright to say "no" to unwanted sex, this one encourages women to learn how to say "yes" to their own desires and on their own terms. Points of discussion include problems common to women survivors. Haines teaches survivors to embrace their own sexual choices and preferences, learn about their own sexual response cycles, and heal through masturbation, sexual fantasy, and play. The Survivor's Guide to Sex includes resources, bibliography, and an index. Author: Staci Haines Paperback: 300 pages Company: Cleis Press (1999-05-28) ISBN: 1573440795 List Price: $24.95 Amazon Price: $39.95 Used Price: $7.53 
Linda and Richard Eyre stress that it's never too soon-or too late-to start discussing sex and values with your children, and they've got proven strategies to make it easier. How to Talk to Your Child About Sex provides thoughtful, clear, specific guidance on when and, most important, how to help children begin to understand sex, love, and commitment from the most positive viewpoint possible. Preliminary "as needed" talks with three-to eight-year-olds The age eight Big Talk Follow-up talks with eight-to thirteen-year-olds Behavior discussions with eleven-to sixteen-year-olds Discussions of perspective and personal standards with fifteen-to nineteen-year-olds Author: Linda Eyre, Richard Eyre Paperback: 240 pages Company: Golden Guides from St. Martin's Press (1999-11-29) ISBN: 1582380570 List Price: $15.99 Amazon Price: $5.99 Used Price: $2.23 
The book provides specific and practical techniques, derived from solution-focused therapy and Ericksonian hypnosis, for the treatment of adult survivors of sexual abuse. Yvonne Dolan works from the assumption that, despite the traumas they have endured, clients have the inner resources to create uniquely effective solutions to their problems. Both solution-oriented and hypnotic techniques are used to tap those resources in the context of a safe, respectful relationship. Clients are encouraged to trust themselves, to move at their own right pace, and to recognize and build on tiny signs of healing. Ericksonian techniques are particularly powerful in enabling clients to resolve dissociated traumatic experiences, experience corrective development learnings, and turn the symptom of dissociation into a resource for healing. Solution-focused therapy ensures that clients not only resolve past sexual abuse but also form a clear map of functional behaviors and perceptions to replace trauma-based ones. Specific strategies are offered for treatment of post-traumatic amnesia, self-mutilation, sexual dysfunctions, memory problems, and a multitude of other symptoms. While the treatment is primarily individual, supportive family members and friends are invited to sessions, where they learn to assist survivors in ways that are comforting and healing. Rather than obsessively going over the traumatic events of the past, both clients and supportive family members are guided to notice signs of improvement, to identify actions and words that are helpful, and to do more of what works. In addition, the therapist and client plan strategies for dealing with nonsupportive family members and with perpetrators. In effect, Resolving Sexual Abuse shows therapists and clients how to imagine a healthy, satisfying future-and then move toward it with confidence and success. Author: Yvonne Dolan Paperback: 238 pages Company: W. W. Norton & Company (1991-05-17) ISBN: 0393701123 List Price: $29.95 Amazon Price: $9.74 Used Price: $2.86 
UNIMAGINABLE RAPE, TORTURE AND BLOODY RITUALS. . . LEADING POLITICIANS INVOLVED IN CHILD ABUSE RINGS. . . U.S. PRESIDENTS AND VICE PRESIDENTS COMPLICIT. . . USE OF OCCULT AND 'SATANISM' AS TRAUMA BASE . . . ANTI-CHRISTIAN NIGHT SERVICES AT CHRISTIAN CHURCHES. . . Plus Exposing The Mind Controlled "Stepford Whores," as well as Human Sacrifices at Bohemian Grove Retreat . . . Indeed, what do Satanism, human trafficking, mind control experiments and child sex abuse have to do with the U.S. government? According to the testimony of experts and survivors, the CIA utilized all of these elements and more for their Top Secret Project Monarch, part of the MK-ULTRA mind control program. For reasons of National Security, dozens if not hundreds of people, many of them children, were allegedly subjected to unimaginable rape, torture, and bloody satanic rituals, with the aim of fracturing the human mind through trauma. This created multiple personalities that could then be programmed to perform specific tasks . . . Many of the purported victims say they were used to satisfy the sexual urges of the rich and powerful, even U.S. presidents. For these purposes, the CIA is said to have sought help from intergenerational cults, as well as child pornography and snuff film networks. As thousands of people were bought and sold on the underground sex market, our government supposedly looked the other way, seeing it not as an atrocity, but as an opportunity. Review: "I nearly jumped out of my seat when I first read this book. I was never convinced of the stories surrounding the sex slave allegations that people like Cathy O'Brien have been making. But now we hear from Mark Phillips, Cathy O'Brien, Ted Gunderson, Noreen Gosch and Palela Freyd who tend to support these claims. Plus there is additional added material on the Mind Control programs like MK Ultra by Commander X and Nick Redfern to really make this volume a must read for ALL conspiracy buffs." --Tim Beckley , editor Conspiracy Journal Author: Timothy Beckley, Nick Redfern, Tim R. Swartz, Tracy Twyman, Commander X Kindle Edition: 153 pages Kindle eBook Company: Global Communications (2010-06-01) (2010-06-01) List Price: $9.95 Amazon Price: 
Author: David AmbrosePaperback: 240 pages Company: Revolution Mind Publishing (2006-03-01) ISBN: 0973936207 List Price: $20.95 Amazon Price: $14.27 Used Price: $1.12 
At a time when popular knowledge of basic science has sunk to a new low and books promoting angels, parapsychology, and bizarre forms of medicine and healing outnumber sceptical books by more than a thousand to one, we need a voice of sanity. This book introduces readers to mind-wrenching probability paradoxes, recent attacks on the Big Bang Theory, and Marianne Williamson's success promoting "The Course of Miracles", which is said to have been channelled by Jesus. Other columns address E-prime, a language that omits all forms of the verb 'to be'; Norman Vincent Peale's beliefs in the paranormal; repressed memory therapy; science blunders by famous writers; the influence of Transcendental Meditation on the career of Doug Henning; a critique of 'Klingon' and other artificial languages; and much more.Author: Martin Gardner Hardcover: 260 pages ISBN13: 9781573920964, Condition: New, Notes: BRAND NEW FROM PUBLISHER! 100% Satisfaction Guarantee. Tracking provided on most orders. Buy with Confidence! Millions of books sold! Company: Prometheus Books (1996-10) ISBN: 1573920967 List Price: $30.98 Amazon Price: $7.98 Used Price: $1.46 
"SACRED RELATIONSHIPS: The Psychospiritual Path to Love, Intimacy and Happiness" show us how to love -- and to open ourselves to be loved. In our frustration at not finding a love that fills our inner void, many of us search "outside" ourselves for someone or something to make us happy. Yet, we never seem to find Mr. or Ms. "Right," so we either give up or numb out in our depression, work, TV, sports, alcohol or drugs. What many of us thought in our youth was love turned out to be merely a reflection of our own damaged selves -- a reflection of our neediness. We thought love meant security from being alone, someone to take care of us, someone whose strengths would complement our weaknesses, someone to make us happy, to keep us safe -- to make us whole. And, we were wrong. SACRED RELATIONSHIPS: The Psychospiritual Path to Love, Intimacy and Happiness (book and workbook) is not for those seeking simple answers or quick fixes. Building upon their own personal experiences, and those of their clients and relationship workshop participants, Dr. Donna Boone and Dr. Michael McDonald guide and assist us through the five transformative stages of personal growth preparing us initiate, build, and maintain truthful, deeply intimate, satisfying connections. By completing the personal and relationship assessment instruments and exercises in the companion SACRED RELATIONSHIPS WORKBOOK, individuals (and their therapists) and relationship partners receive detailed feedback on critical issues that may be blocking or impeding relationship efforts. SACRED RELATIONSHIPS is an easy read that holds your interest with true stories of spiritual, emotional, and intellectual unfoldment. There is also an aura of mysticism in the book with the many precognitive and symbolic dreams experienced by the authors and their clients. Woven throughout is the spiritual message that meaning and purpose are infused in everyday life events. If we consider and accept these events as opportunities for growth, we are eventually guided to a place of internal peace and fulfillment. It is here that we are ready for the deepest connection of all -- the Sacred Relationship.
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Citation Details Title: Clues can elicit when lesions are sex abuse. (Good Detective Work Needed). Author: Norra MacReady Publication: Skin & Allergy News (Magazine/Journal) Date: June 1, 2003 Publisher: International Medical News Group Volume: 34 Issue: 6 Page: 46(1) Distributed by Thomson Gale Author: Norra MacReady Digital: 2 pages HTML Company: International Medical News Group (2003-06-01) (2005-07-31) List Price: $5.95 Amazon Price: $5.95 
COLOR ATLAS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT is a clinical resource for practitioners who assess and treat sexually assaulted adolescents and adults. The atlas presents color photographs of injuries of the internal and external genitalia, anus, and mouth, which are magnified for distinct visualization of the injury, providing critical visual aid to the accurate physical diagnosis of sexual abuse. Also included are many photographs of normal anatomy of the adult genitalia, as well as typical variations that may be found, to contrast with the photos of sexual assault victims. The text provides findings in consensual intercourse, which are critical for comparison to assault injury. There is a detailed description of the assessment of the sexually assaulted individual, including the physical and emotional aspects. Rape trauma syndrome is included. Four actual case studies of sexual assault victims are presented, along with photographs of their injuries.* Features color photographs of sexual assault injuries, including adults and adolescents, to give practitioners a reference to use when trying to identify injuries in a sexual assault victim. * Presents normal variations in genitalia to contrast with assault injuries. * Provides a comparison of physical findings in consensual intercourse with physical findings of assault injury to help practitioners identify injuries. * Integrates research throughout the text to present a valid understanding of sexual assault and the physical and emotional injuries that can occur. * Presents guidelines for the physical examination procedure and integrates emotional care into the process. * Includes guidelines for giving testimony to help practitioners prepare for court cases where they may be witnesses. * Features actual case outcomes from the criminal justice system to present real-life situations to further prepare practitioners for the clinical setting. * Presents a glossary of terms related to sexual assault to increase understanding of difficult concepts, and serve as a quick reference. Author: Patty C. Seneski, Margaret Whelan, Faugno. Diana K., Laura Slaughter, Barbara W. Girardin Hardcover: 224 pages Company: Mosby (1997-08-01) ISBN: 0815138423 List Price: $86.95 Amazon Price: $121.68 Used Price: $64.26 
Gain a better understanding of the behaviors of sex offenders to create effective interventions! Identifying and Treating Sex Offenders: Current Approaches, Research, and Techniques brings you up-to-date on the latest significant issues and state-of-the-art tools involved in the evaluation and treatment of adult sex offenders. This book provides you with current data regarding what is known about sex offenders, so that appropriate assessment, treatment, and prevention methods can be developed and utilized. Experts in the field discuss controversial topicsincluding diagnoses, classification, public notification, and risk assessmentto help psychologists, therapists, and social workers better understand this specialized population. In Identifying and Treating Sex Offenders, you’ll learn more about the problems in defining sexual assault and sexual deviance, which in turn impede appropriate interventions. This book dispels many stereotypical assumptions with accurate information about sex offender statistics and research for lawmakers to use in creating policies and legal statutes that successfully deter recidivism in known sex offenders. This extensive resource paves the way towards a methodology that prevents sexual abuse from occurring in the first place. Identifying and Treating Sex Offenders explores a variety of assessment and treatment techniques, including: medical treatment skill-building methods such as enhancing empathy therapy polygraphy psychopharmacology and much more! Identifying and Treating Sex Offenders is a thorough review and discussion of the theological, forensic, and rehabilitation issues surrounding the adult sex offender and the people associated with him or her. Special features of this book include a variety of tables, recommendations, and models on risk factors, types of sexual offenses and deviances, and recidivism research. Paperback: 314 pages Company: Routledge (2004-11-17) ISBN: 0789025078 List Price: $69.95 Amazon Price: $40.00 Used Price: $34.10
Diagnosis for Disaster: The Devastating Truth About False Memory Syndrome and Its Impact on Accusers
False Memory Syndrome is a dangerous phenomenon that is gaining tremendous momentum in this country. Truth or Fantasy? is a powerful look at this shocking trend. The book tells the story of this crisis through the voices of retractors, backed up by psychiatrists, psychologists, and memory experts.Author: Claudette Wassil-Grimm Paperback: 386 pages Company: Overlook Press (1996-02-01) (1996-02-01) ISBN: 0879516380 List Price: $13.95 Amazon Price: $2.49 Used Price: $0.01 
The first comprehensive professional book of its kind, this combination text and atlas features the most up-to-date information on the evaluation of adult and adolescent sexual assault victims. It can serve as a complete reference manual.Author: Sharon R. Crowley Hardcover: 240 pages Company: McGraw-Hill/Appleton & Lange (1999-03-01) ISBN: 0838585337 List Price: $59.95 Amazon Price: Used Price: $110.00 
In recent years, mental health professionals have become increasingly aware of the comorbid occurrence of substance-related and psychiatric disorders, making addiction psychiatry a timely topic. New Treatments for Chemical Addictions discusses the important issues of addiction that practicing psychiatrists must struggle with. The bookAs distinguished contributors provide an overview of current and soon-to-be available treatments for addiction. Clinicians will learn how to recognize substance abuse in their psychiatric patients and how to treat the dual-diagnosed patient. This book covers: -Recent research findings on nicotine dependence and describes optimal treatment regimens -Information on the treatment of women with substance abuse, their specialized treatment needs, and the biological differences between men and women in response to drugs and alcohol -The many pharmacotherapy options for treating opioid-dependent patients and research examining this serious addiction -Optimal treatment settings and pharmacotherapy regimens for treating patients with substance abuse and HIV -The latest advances, effective treatments, and important considerations in providing optimal care for dual-diagnosis patients. It is comprehensive guide for the clinician in the day-to-day treatment of patients suffering from addiction and psychological disorders.Paperback: 211 pages Company: American Psychiatric Publishing, Inc. (1998-08-15) ISBN: 0880488387 List Price: $72.00 Amazon Price: $1.14 Used Price: $1.14
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Citation Details Title: Anogenital lesions alone don't tell the sex abuse story. (Some Particular Signs, History Important). Author: Norra MacReady Publication: Pediatric News (Magazine/Journal) Date: June 1, 2003 Publisher: International Medical News Group Volume: 37 Issue: 6 Page: 33(1) Distributed by Thomson Gale Author: Norra MacReady Digital: 2 pages HTML Company: International Medical News Group (2003-06-01) (2005-07-31) List Price: $5.95 Amazon Price: $5.95 
Written for mental health professionals, this indispensable guide reviews the range of relevant literature covering issues in assessing child molesters. Fully updated, this volume directs the professional to the most current knowledge available on the subject in a compact, accessible form. Readers will learn from this resource which characteristics do and do not distinguish child molesters, which situational factors are related to molestation, which instruments are used in the assessment of child molesters, how assessment information is used to appraise risk and guide treatment, and all of the elements of a useful assessment report. Author: Vernon L Quinsey, Martin L. Lalumiere Paperback: 104 pages Company: Sage Publications, Inc (2001-06-21) ISBN: 0761924310 List Price: $73.00 Amazon Price: $71.00 Used Price: $15.00
Author: David L. Chadwick, Carold D. Berkowitz, David Kerns, John McCann, Michael A. Reinhart, Sylvia Strickland
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Author: William BernetPaperback: 264 pages Company: Charles C Thomas Pub Ltd (2010-10-05) ISBN: 0398079455 List Price: $47.95 Amazon Price: $45.70 Used Price: $44.95
Providing essential theoretical and practical guidelines for clinicians, educators, policymakers, and public health professionals, The Handbook of Addiction Treatment for Women is a comprehensive resource of the most current research and knowledge from recognized experts in the field of addiction and treatment. This much needed guide offers an historical context on the issue of women and addiction, examines the myriad challenges of the female addict, and includes recommendations for choosing a course of treatment that will meet the specific needs of an individual woman addict.Paperback: 640 pages Company: Jossey-Bass (2002-02-12) ISBN: 0787953555 List Price: $90.00 Amazon Price: $82.85 Used Price: $66.95
It’s a hunger never satisfied for some of us: the allure of singles’ bars and strip clubs, party lines and X-rated Internet sites that can show us whatever we want to see. An uncontrollable need for sexual gratification, just like an addiction to alcohol or drugs, can cause serious problems for anyone. If you believe you’re struggling with a serious sexual disorder or just wish you could more easily manage sexual behaviors that interfere with your life, you’ve found, in this book, a real chance to radically transform your life. This is not a book that makes a lot of black and white, right and wrong judgments about sexual behavior. Despite what you might have heard—or even believe—it is possible to have problems with sexual self-control and still be a good person and a valuable member of your family and community. Without taking a strong moral position on all sexual behaviors, the scientifically based techniques in this book guide you to making better sexual choices that are in line with your own values. Using the book’s evaluation worksheets, assess the level of your sexual self-control problem. Utilize its exercises to modify the thoughts and behaviors associated with sexual patterns you want to change. Support your goals with relapse prevention techniques that stress self-acceptance. By following the program in this book, privately and whenever you choose, you will learn how to lead a sexually fulfilling life that still promises you security, stability, and peace of mind. Author: William T. O'Donohue, Tamara Penix Sbraga Paperback: 232 pages Company: New Harbinger Publications (2004-08-01) ISBN: 1572243767 List Price: $24.95 Amazon Price: $15.65 Used Price: $9.99 
A comprehensive guide to the identification, assessment, and treatment of child sexual abuse The field of child sexual abuse has experienced an explosion of research, literature, and enhanced treatment methods over the last thirty years. Representing the latest refinements of thought in this field, Handbook of Child Sexual Abuse: Identification, Assessment, and Treatment combines the most current research with a wealth of clinical experience. The contributing authors, many of whom are pioneers in their respective specialties, include researchers and clinicians, forensic interviewers and law enforcement professionals, caseworkers and victim advocates, all of whom do the work of helping children who have been sexually victimized. Offering a snapshot of the state of the field as it stands today, Handbook of Child Sexual Abuse explores a variety of issues related to child sexual abuse, from identification, assessment, and treatment methods to models for implementation and prevention, including: The impact of sexual abuse on the developing brain The potential implications of early sexual victimization Navigating the complexities of multidisciplinary teams Forensic interviewing and clinical assessment Treatment options for children who have traumagenic symptoms as a response to their sexual victimization Treating children with sexual behavior problems and adolescents who engage in illegal sexual behavior Secondary trauma and vicarious traumatization Cultural considerations and prevention efforts Edited by a leader in the field of child therapy, this important reference equips helping professionals on the front lines in the battle against child sexual abuse—not merely with state-of-the-art knowledge—but also with a renewed vision for the importance of their role in the shaping of our culture and the healing of victimized children.
This book is for people who want to understand child sexual abuse in new ways. Based on interviews, the book shows what child sexual abuse means to child and adult survivors, perpetrators, and mothers of child sexual abuse survivors. The realities are harsh, but dealing with harsh realities leads to hope and recovery.The book has information for parents, educators, and treatment professionals and guidelines for prevention, education, and social policy. Child sexual abuse is a harsh reality, but dealing with it directly leads to hope and a rich and fulfilling life. Above all, this book is for survivors and their families so that they can understand the harsh realities in their own lives, find goodness and hope within themselves and in trustworthy other people, and go on to rich and fulfilling lives. Author: Jane F. Gilgun Ph.D. LICSW Kindle Edition: 261 pages Kindle eBook Company: Jane Gilgun Books (2009-04-16) (2009-04-16) List Price: $6.99 Amazon Price: 
Anyone who has struggled with sex addiction knows that living with constant sexual compulsions can be extremely difficult. But summoning the courage to find help for this condition can be even more of a challenge. If addictions to pornography, strip clubs, massage parlors, prostitutes, phone sex, or chat rooms have made you feel trapped, this book can help you find a way to break free. Written by a former sex addict who specializes in counseling people who suffer from sexually compulsive behavior, Breaking the Cycle presents a step-by-step plan to enjoying a life of productivity and purpose. You can free yourself from the powerful, compulsive urges that may have damaged your career, finances, or relationships with friends and family. The exercises in this book will show you how to regain control of your life and build meaningful intimate connections with others. Author: George Collins MA, Andrew Adleman MA Paperback: 232 pages Company: New Harbinger Publications (2011-10-01) ISBN: 1608820831 List Price: $17.95 Amazon Price: $11.20 Used Price: $11.57 
Author: Geral T. BlanchardPaperback: 74 pages Company: Safer Society Pr (1995-05) ISBN: 1884444156 List Price: $12.00 Amazon Price: $19.88 Used Price: $7.00
This article describes family incest treatment, which is rare in the United States, but whose treatment goals provide important information for family members who have experienced incest. Topics covered are expression of emotions, responsibility, understanding incest, making amends, understanding human sexuality, and safety plans.The article is an excerpt from the book Shame, Blame, and Child Sexual Abuse: From Harsh Realities to Hope, available on Kindle, , lulu, and for many mobile devises. Author: Jane F. Gilgun Ph.D.LICSW Kindle Edition: 13 pages Kindle eBook Company: Jane Gilgun Books (2009-06-05) (2009-06-05) List Price: $0.99 Amazon Price: 
Author: A. Thomas HorvathPaperback: 240 pages Company: Impact Publishers, Inc. (2003-08-01) ISBN: 1886230552 List Price: $16.95 Amazon Price: $9.00 Used Price: $0.38 
There is an urgent demand for treatment protocols designed specifically for women who abuse drugs, commit crimes, and receive treatment in correctional settings. Criminal Conduct and Substance Abuse Treatment for Women in Correctional Settings answers the clamor by targeting the biological, psychological, and social roots of female substance abuse and crime. Designed as an adjunct to the Criminal Conduct and Substance Abuse Treatment: Strategies for Self-Improvement and Change (SSC) curriculum, this provider’s guide uses female-focused examples, exercises, role plays, and content enhancements that pinpoint women’s treatment issues.Author: Harvey B. Milkman, Kenneth W. (Wayne) Wanberg, Barbara A. Gagliardi Paperback: 256 pages Company: Sage Publications, Inc (2008-07-29) ISBN: 1412905931 List Price: $51.95 Amazon Price: $42.99 Used Price: $70.18
The Sexual Abuse Victim and Sexual Offender Treatment Planner provides all the elements necessary to quickly and easily develop formal treatment plans that satisfy the demands of HMOs, managed care companies, third-party payors, and state and federal review agencies. Saves you hours of time-consuming paperwork, yet offers the freedom to develop customized treatment plans for clients who are sexual abuse victims and/or sexual offenders Organized around 27 main presenting problems, including such offender issues as anger difficulties, deviant sexual arousal, and legal issues; such victim issues as eating disorders, self-blame, and social withdrawal; and such offender and victim issues as family reunification and self-esteem and stress-management deficits Over 1,000 well-crafted, clear statements describe the behavioral manifestations of each relational problem, long-term goals, short-term objectives, and educational interventions Easy-to-use reference format helps locate treatment plan components by behavioral problem or DSM-IV-TR(TM) diagnosis Includes a sample treatment plan that conforms to the requirements of most third-party payors and accrediting agencies (including HCFA, JCAHO, and NCQA)Author: Rita Budrionis, Arthur E. Jongsma Jr. Paperback: 304 pages Company: Wiley (2003-01-27) ISBN: 0471219797 List Price: $55.00 Amazon Price: $41.37 Used Price: $41.28 |
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