Synopses & Reviews
Review
"The publication of this authoritative book on a subject of enormous importance and alarming magnitude is timely and welcome. It provides a comprehensive and up-to-date account of knowledge on the subject and identifies the major problems and challenges. As this book demonstrates, there is an urgent need for resources to be provided for dealing with juvenile sexual offenders." --Jack Rachman, PhD, University of British Columbia
"Howard Barbaree, whose clinical research and theoretical contributions to sexual offender assessment and treatment has gained him international recognition, has made him yet another notable contribution with The Juvenile Sex Offender. And he and the other Canadians who are significantly represented among the contributors, are compelling demonstrations that research, like the economy, is increasingly international.
In the past decade, stimulated by the recognition that juveniles account for a significant proportion of sex offenses, and that effective intervention with juveniles has the potential to prevent progression to long and serious careers of adult offending, programs for juvenile sex offenders in the United States have grown from virtually none to exceed those for adult sex offenders. Until now, there was no book that brought together relevant research. This book addresses that void with an impressive array of scholarly contributions which both utilize research with juveniles and, recognizing that the distinction between adults and juveniles is blurry, draws on much relevant research with adult sex offenders as well. For anyone seriously concerned with juvenile sex offenders, this book is thus essential reading." --James Breiling, PhD, Violence and Traumatic Stress Research Branch, NIMH
"In THE JUVENILE SEX OFFENDER, the editors make a major contribution in summarizing the current theoretical and clinical knowledge base while framing the agenda for the next stage of research on juvenile sex offending. Though an invaluable resource for researchers, this volume also drives home the critical point that the need for further etiological data, taxonomies, and longitudinal studies on juvenile sex offenders is crucial to understanding and preventing such harmful behaviors in the future. Practitioners, too, will find many rare gems included in the vast array of clinical treasures ranging from the importance of attachment bonds in the development of juvenile sex offending to the first published and long-awaited relapse prevention model for sexually aggressive adolescents and children." --Fay Honey Knopp, Safer Society Program
Review
"This excellent, up-to-date second edition shows how far our understanding of the juvenile sex offender has progressed. The editors have brought together the leaders in the field to review the broad knowledge base on this topic, including a number of empirically based studies. Mental health and criminal justice professionals reading this text will greatly improve their understanding of the juvenile sex offender. It will be an excellent textbook for graduate students in a range of fields, since it provides such a comprehensive overview of the field, using a scientific approach."--Gene G. Abel, MD, Behavioral Medicine Institute of Atlanta
"Why do young people commit sexual crimes? What can we do about it? If you are seriously interested in these questions, read this book. I was encouraged to observe that the loose speculation that has long dominated thinking about adolescent sex offenders is increasingly being replaced by empirically supported arguments. The contributors are smart, disciplined, and compassionate. I learned a lot."--R. Karl Hanson, PhD, Corrections Research, Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada
"This second edition is a welcome and much needed contribution. The book comprehensively addresses the many recent advances in knowledge about the development and causation of juvenile sexual offending, as well as current approaches to risk assessment and treatment. It is invaluable for anyone who works with this population within the criminal justice system or the civil commitment system."--Greg S. Bal, JD, defense attorney
"A distinguished contribution to the literature on juvenile sexual offenders, edited by two eminent scholars. This second edition will be an indispensable resource for professionals working in this field."--Robert Prentky, PhD, Justice Resource Institute, Boston, MA
Review
"As an introduction to developing our responses to younger sex offenders, this book is a worthy addition to the literature."--British Journal of Forensic Practice
Review
"Drs. Barbaree and Marshall have amassed a panel of knowledgeable contributors who define what we do and do not know about juvenile sex offenders, the risk factors for their offending, and the triggers and concomitant problems of their offending. The chapters are written in such a comprehensive and understandable manner that each is invaluable as a freestanding resource for time-pressed practitioners with questions in a specific area, without the need of reading the entire book to grasp the concepts....What is particularly useful is the frequent integration of information about the adult sexual offending of juvenile sexual offenders, which provides a long-term perspective that is useful not only for developmental understanding and long-term risk assessment, but also for developing mitigation themes for sex offender evaluations....This book is recommended for child and adolescent psychiatrists and psychologists, forensic psychiatrists and psychologists, social workers, and other mental health and legal professionals working in clinical practice and juvenile justice with these youth."--Journal of Clinical Psychiatry
Review
"Helps to tease myth from fact, and delineates ways in which adolescent sexual offenders are different from their adult counterparts....Provides a good overview of what is known about the etiology, evaluation, and treatment of the juvenile sex offender."--Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic
Synopsis
Provides a detailed examination of the juvenile sex offender and the development of sexually-assaultive behavior. Leading researchers define issues related to the youthful offender, trace sexual development in normal versus deviant adolescents, investigate causal factors and characteristics related to juvenile assault, and explore legal responses to the juvenile sex offender. Provides suggestions for controlling sexual assault and relapse by juveniles in the context of our current justice and mental health systems.
Synopsis
There has been an extraordinary amount of published research and theory on sexual assault by adult male offenders. Yet, little has been written about the juvenile or adolescent sex offender, either as a subject of study in his own right, or in an effort to understand the developmental processes which may lead to sexually assaultive behavior in adults. Filling a gap in the literature, this comprehensive volume provides a detailed examination of the juvenile sexual offender, and what is known about the development of sexually assaultive behavior.
Written by leading researchers, chapters first define terms and concepts and outline the research, professional, and legal issues relevant to treatment of the juvenile sex offender. Salient historical, personality, and behavioral characteristics which may differentiate various important subgroupings of these offenders are also described. The book then focuses on the development of the juvenile sexual offender, and how this development differs from that of normal adolescents. Chapters examine how sexuality evolves and manifests itself in both the normal and the deviant teenager, and why deviant behaviors often continue into adulthood. Sexual arousal and preferences of the adolescent offender, and processes involving social bonds and influences on the development of deviant sexuality are also discussed.
Finally, the book explores ways in which society might respond to prevent or control the occurrence of sexual assault by juveniles. A comprehensive approach to treatment is presented that encompasses criminal justice and mental health systems, cognitive-behavioral interventions, pharmacological approaches, relapse prevention, and supervision.
Highly informative and useful, this text is particularly important to psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, and other mental health clinicians working with juvenile sexual offenders, their families, and their victims. Similarly, professionals in forensic, developmental or child and family studies will also find it of particular interest. It also serves as an ideal text for advanced courses on juvenile sexual offenders, or as supplementary reading for students of forensic psychology or psychiatry.
Synopsis
From leading scientists and practitioners, this authoritative work examines what is known about the nature and development of juvenile sexual offending, the consequences for both victims and perpetrators, and approaches to assessment, intervention, and relapse prevention. Pathways of normal sexual development are described, and the biological, social, and psychological processes that lead to sexual conduct problems are investigated. The book explores how juvenile offenders are dealt with in the mental health and criminal justice systems, reviews available psychological and pharmacological treatment approaches, and provides research-based recommendations for improving existing practices.
About the Author
Howard E. Barbaree, PhD, is Professor and Head, Law and Mental Health Program, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, and Clinical Director, Law and Mental Health Program, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He has devoted much of his career to research, teaching, and clinical practice related to sexual aggression and sexual deviance. Dr. Barbaree has published numerous journal articles and book chapters and is coeditor of the
Handbook of Sexual Assault: Issues, Theories, and Treatment of the Offender (1990). He has served as a member of the National Institute of Mental Health Violence and Traumatic Stress Grant Review Committee and received the Significant Achievement Award from the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers in 2000. In 2004 Dr. Barbaree began a 4-year term as editor of
Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment.
William L. Marshall, PhD, is Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Psychiatry at Queen's University and Director of Rockwood Psychological Services, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, which provides sex offender treatment in two Canadian federal penitentiaries. Dr. Marshall has 35 years of experience in assessment, treatment, and research with sexual offenders and has over 300 publications, including 16 books. He was President of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers from 2000 to 2001 and received its Significant Achievement Award in 1993. In 1999 Dr. Marshall received the Santiago Grisolia Prize from the Queen Sophia Centre in Spain for his worldwide contributions to the reduction of violence, and in 2000 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. In 2003 Dr. Marshall was one of six invited experts who were asked to advise the Vatican on how best to deal with sexual abuse within the Catholic Church.
Table of Contents
1. An Introduction to the Juvenile Sex Offender: Terms, Concepts and Definitions, Howard E. Barbaree and William L. Marshall
2. Normal Sexual Development, John Bancroft
3. The Effects of Child Sexual Abuse and Family Environment, Howard E. Barbaree and Calvin M. Langton
4. Biological Factors in the Development of Sexual Deviance and Aggression in Males, Ray Blanchard, James M. Cantor, and Lori K. Robichaud
5. Social and Psychological Factors in the Development of Delinquency and Sexual Deviance, Stephen W. Smallbone
6. Adolescent Sexual Aggression within Heterosexual Relationships, Jacquelyn W. White, Kelly M. Kadlec, and Stacy Sechrist
7. The Female Juvenile Sex Offender, John A. Hunter, Judith V. Becker, and Lenard J. Lexier
8. Conduct Problems and Juvenile Sexual Offending, Michael C. Seto and Martin L. Lalumière
9. Assessment and Treatment of Criminogenic Needs, Gary O'Reilly and Alan Carr
10. Risk of Sexual Recidivism in Adolescents Who Offend Sexually: Correlates and Assessment, James R. Worling and Niklas Långström
11. Conceptual Issues in Treatment Evaluation Research with Juvenile Sexual Offenders, Calvin M. Langton and Howard E. Barbaree
12. Legal Consequences to Juvenile Sex Offending in the United States, Elizabeth J. Letourneau
13. Research on Adolescent Sexual Abuser Treatment Programs, David L. Burton, Joanne Smith-Darden, and Sarah Jane Frankel
14. A Reevaluation of Relapse Prevention with Adolescents Who Sexually Offend: A Good Lives Model, Jo Thakker, Tony Ward, and Patrick Tidmarsh
15. Disposition and Treatment of Juvenile Sex Offenders from the Perspective of Restorative Justice, Mary P. Koss, Karen Bachar, and C. Quince Hopkins
16. The Pharmacological Treatment of the Juvenile Sex Offender, John M. W. Bradford and Paul Fedoroff