Comprehensive mental health practice with sex offenders and their families / / Carolyn Hilarski, John S. Wodarski, editors

• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Routledge, , 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (243 p.)
• Disciplina: 616.85/83
• Soggetto topico: Sex offenders; Psychosexual disorders - Treatment
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: HilarskiCarolyn WodarskiJohn S
• Note generali: First published by the Haworth Press, 2006.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; About the Editors; Contributors; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Child Sex Offenders; Introduction; Prevalence of Child Sexual Offending; Characteristics of Child Sex Offenders; Family Characteristics; Offense Characteristics; Etiology; Assessment; Empirical Interventions; Case Example; Conclusion; Chapter 2. Adolescent Sex Offending; Introduction; Overview of Adolescent Sex Offending; Demographics; Deviant Sexual Behavior Characteristics; Traumatic Victimization History; Cognitive and Psychiatric Characteristics ; Social and Environmental DynamicsAssessment; Treatment; Case Example; Chapter 3. Adult Male Sex Offenders; Introduction; Prevalence; Personal Characteristics; Etiology; The Consequences of Sexual Offending; Risk Factors; Assessment; Interventions; Therapy Groups; Treatment; Case Example; Chapter 4. Women Who Sexually Abuse Children; Introduction; Etiology; Prevalence; Long-Term Consequences of Child Sexual Abuse by Females; Assessment; Treatment; Case Example; Conclusion; Chapter 5. Perpetrators Within Profesions; Introduction; Overview of the Typical Perpetrator Within Professions ; Abuse SettingsEtiology of Abuse; Behavioral Consequences; Current Empirical Assessment; Empirical Interventions for Perpetrators Within Professions; Relapse Prevention; Case Example; Chapter 6. IntellIectually and Developmentally Challenged Sex Offenders; Introduction; Prevalence and Characteristics; Typologies of Offenders; Assessment Issues; Issues for Families; Interventions; Case Example; Conclusion; Chapter 7. Violent Sex Offenders; Introduction; The Nature of Violence; Offender Characteristics; Rapist Typologies and Violence; Etiology of Violent Sex Offending ; Current Empirical Assessment Issues with Violent Sex OffendersCurrent Empirically Supported Interventions; Relapse Prevention; Case Example; Conclusion; Chapter 8. Comorbid Psychopathology in Child, Adolescent, and Adult Sexual Offenders; Introduction; Comorbidity in a Developmental Context; Child and Adolescent Sexual Offenders; Adult Sexual Offenders; Etiological Implications; Mood Dysregulation and the "Monoamine Hypothesis"; The "Executive Dysfunction" Hypothesis; Assessment and Treatment: A Multimodal Approach Assessment; Case Example; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: A comprehensive look at the many types of male and female sex offenders who victimize children, adolescents, and adultsComprehensive Mental Health Practice with Sex Offenders and Their Families presents practitioners, professionals, and policymakers with effective, user-friendly practice methods for working with all types of sex offenders. Each chapter provides an overview of a specific category of sex offender and presents case examples and sample treatment plans with short- and long-term goals and objectives. This unique book also includes the latest assessment and intervention m
• Titolo autorizzato: Comprehensive mental health practice with sex offenders and their families
• ISBN: 0-7890-2543-4; 1-317-71806-2; 1-315-78562-5; 1-317-71807-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910453521303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II