Treating Youth Who Sexually Abuse
Subtitle: An Integrated Multi-Component Approach
Publisher: Haworth Press
Published: April 15, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 306
ISBN-13: 9780789009371
Subjects: Sociology, Social Studies; Treatment; Psychotherapy - Child & Adolescent; Medical; Psychology; Teenage sex offenders; Sexual disorders in children; Rehabilitation; Abuse - General; Criminology; Human Sexuality; Youth; Psychiatry - Child & Adolescent; Sexual behavior
First sentence: When people hear that an acquaintance treats adolescent sex offenders, they frequently shake their heads and fail to understand why someone would choose to do this for a living.
Description: Gives a broad view of the continuum of programmes available and the structure of the system that provides treatment. Covers specifics of pretreatment, various modalities of therapy, inpatient and outpatient programmes and relapse prevention programmes.