Download or read book A Practitioners Tool for the Assessment of Adults who Sexually Abuse Children written by Jeff Fowler and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2008-03-15 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a practical tool for the assessment of adults who sexually abuse children. It examines the impact of sexual abuse on children, enables professionals to evaluate the risk presented by adults who have sexually abused children, and provides a framework for the assessment of parents or carers and their ability to protect their children. The book includes checklists that practitioners can use to interpret the information they collect, and is illustrated with a central case study that demonstrates how the assessment profile can be used. This book is a helpful resource for anyone undertaking assessments that have involved the sexual abuse of children. It is also of interest to others involved in child protection, such as social workers, health professionals, teachers, and legal and criminal justice professionals.
Download or read book A Practitioners Tool for the Assessment of Adults who Sexually Abuse Children written by Jeff Fowler and published by Jessica Kingsley Publishers. This book was released on 2008 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a practical tool for the assessment of adults who sexually abuse children. It examines the impact of sexual abuse on children, enables professionals to evaluate the risk presented by adults who have sexually abused children, and provides a framework for the assessment of parents or carers and their ability to protect their children. The book includes checklists that practitioners can use to interpret the information they collect, and is illustrated with a central case study that demonstrates how the assessment profile can be used. This book is a helpful resource for anyone undertaking assessments that have involved the sexual abuse of children. It is also of interest to others involved in child protection, such as social workers, health professionals, teachers, and legal and criminal justice professionals.
Download or read book Vulnerable Populations written by Suzanne M. Sgroi and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1988 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the latest clinical methods and advances in the treatment of these victims. Individual chapters treat play therapy, time-limited group therapy for adolescents, stages of recovery, and sexual abuse avoidance training. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Download or read book Psychological Assessment of Sexually Abused Children and Their Families written by William N Friedrich and published by SAGE Publications, Incorporated. This book was released on 2001-10-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designed for professionals in the field of child maltreatment, this authoritative book presents a compelling theoretical framework that guide's assessment of children and adolescents who have been sexually abused and their parents. The book is designed to make it easier for clinicians to select a number of measures or procedures across three dimensions that have considerable clinical relevance – attachment, dysregulations, and self-perception. Psychological Assessment of Sexually Abused Children and Their Families features in particular the assessment of sexually aggressive children and an extensive set of interview formats, checklists, and other forms that clinicians will find especially useful in evaluating children and their families. The book is also richly illustrated with case studies.
Download or read book Adult Analysis and Childhood Sexual Abuse written by Howard B Levine and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-03-05 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following a case study approach organized around the psychoanalytic process, this book addresses clinical issues that arise in analytic work with adults who were sexually abused as children. Special emphasis is given to the way in which childhood sexual trauma affects the treatment process and influences the contents and quality of transference. Contributors also focus on the formation of the therapeutic alliance, countertransference issues, and disturbances in ego functions.
Download or read book Assessment of Sexual Offenders Against Children written by Vernon L. Quinsey and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2001-06-21 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Assessing Risk in Adult Males who Sexually Abuse Children written by Martin C. Calder and published by Russell House Publishing Limited. This book was released on 1999 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guide, aimed at the professionals who work with men who sexually abuse children, presents detailed definitions, relevant research findings and resources on the issue. A comprehensive assessment framework includes: offender motivation to change; a model of change, risk and recidivism; eligibility for treatment; treatment components; the aims of treatment; treatment goals and planning; contact issues; recovery assessments; and the prognosis for rehabilitating the offender within the family.
Download or read book Evaluating Children Suspected of Having Been Sexually Abused written by Kathleen Coulborn Faller and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Children Speak For Themselves written by Clare Haynes-Seman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-08-21 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mental health and legal professionals struggle daily with complex challenges presented by allegations that a parent has sexually abused a child. The majority of these cases involve children who cannot or will not verbally disclose the abuse. This pioneering volume describes a technique that has proven highly effective for evaluation and clarification in such difficult, emotionally laden cases of child sexual abuse. This technique, the Kempe Interactional Assessment for Parent-Child Sexual Abuse, facilitates the emergence of reliable data without the pressure of directly questioning the child. Children Speak for Themselves About Sexual Abuse examines the history, rationale, protocol, and theoretical bases for Interactional Assessment and describes in detail the skills that are required and tasks that must be completed by the clinician in order to use International Assessment accurately and effectively. Firmly rooted in attachment theory, Interactional Assessment is based on the fact that even preverbal and nonverbal children do speak for themselves about experiences with important people in their lives. By accurately recognizing, understanding, and translating children's communication, this method makes available for clinical and legal professionals crucial, firsthand information that might otherwise be ignored. In this book, you'll learn how Interactional Assessment is comprised of three parts: a clinical interview with each parent in the presence of the child, videotaped observations of parent-child interactions, and an individual play interview with the child. Children Speak for Themselves About Sexual Abuse presents highly detailed case illustrations that demonstrate the various ways that children communicate their experiences of sexual abuse and provide insight into how sexually abusing relationships develop and are maintained within a family system. These case studies also clearly illustrate the value of Interactional Assessment where other techniques may not be effective particularly when allegations involve young children, children caught up in an acrimonious divorce, or when the outcry is filtered through untreated survivors. The volume also examines how Interactional Assessment can provide crucial clinical data about the qualities and dynamics of a family relationship that can reliably distinguish between sexually and non-sexually abusive relationships. Finally, the book addresses evidentiary and practical considerations for court presentations of utmost importance since professionals must not only offer evidence that is clinically reliable, but must be prepared to meet and withstand the rigors of increasingly adversarial legal proceedings. This volume will provide clinicians, attorneys, and other professionals involved in decision-making with a reliable clinical procedure that can not only easily reveal available data but can also help to uncover more covert information and verify whether abuse has occurred and by whom.
Download or read book Assessing Sexual Abuse written by R. A. Prentky and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Understanding and Assessing Child Sexual Maltreatment written by Kathleen Coulborn Faller and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2002-12-18 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The field of child sexual abuse has dramatically changed since Understanding Child Sexual Maltreatment was published in 1990. Considerable developments in child and offender research have emerged. But more significantly, a backlash against child abuse victims, Child Protective Services, and mental health professionals has impacted nearly every aspect of research, diagnosis, and intervention. Understanding and Assessing Child Sexual Maltreatment, Second Edition updates its comprehensive coverage of child sexual abuse definitions and indicators, interview and questioning techniques, and diagnosis guidelines to include an insightful response to the building social backlash against the so-called "child abuse industry." Distinguished scholar and experienced practitioner Kathleen Coulborn Faller applies twenty-five years of clinical experience and state-of-the-art research to offer authoritative guidance to both novice and experience practitioners. This Second Edition has been extensively revised to include A completely rewritten section on data gathering and analysis Updated assessment techniques and instruments Detailed coverage of post assessment intervention strategies Revised chapters that reflect up-to-date research and practice Extensive analysis of the backlash against child abuse cases Understanding and Assessing Child Sexual Maltreatment, Second Edition presents a wealth of practical information and field-tested tools. Author Kathleen Coulborn Faller uses clear language and numerous case studies to address all aspects of child sexual abuse including: the scope of the problem, professional collaboration, data analysis and diagnosis, and sexual abuse in special contexts. An essential resource for child protection workers, mental health practitioners, lawyers, and law enforcement personnel, Understanding and Assessing Child Sexual Maltreatment, Second Edition is also an ideal supplementary text for graduate courses in child welfare practice, social work, and psychology.
Download or read book Handbook for Sexual Abuser Assessment and Treatment written by Mark S. Carich and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We have come to understand that for many sexual abusers, treatment works -- if we can find the right combination of approaches. The points of view represented here support the urge of treatment providers to keep looking for more effective approaches, and provide a firm basis in current practice and the history of the field. Editors ans authors Mark Carich and Steven Mussack have created a reference that is practitionner-oriented and refuses to shy away from healthy disagreement. The Handbook for sexual abuser assessment and treatment provides the basic outline of treatment approaches and their justification -- the "how and why" of current practice. It is an invaluable resource for any agency treating sexual abusers and taking on new practitionners. Any debate engendered by this volume can only stimulate more effort, enhancing our ability to assist the sexual abusers entrusted to our care. Translating this opportunity into fewer victims in the future is what we are all about.
Download or read book Medical Evaluation of Physically and Sexually Abused Children written by Carol Jenny and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 1996-06-24 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume serves as both a very good translation of medical terms as well as a guide pointing to which aspects of thee findings in a medical examination are significant and which are not. In addition, the book provides extensive bibliographies of a variety of topics associated with child physical and sexual abuse. —Anne Boydston Park, Cabrini College As a health professional working with sexually abused children, your goal is to obtain the most thorough and accurate assessment of a child′s condition. Medical Evaluation of Physically and Sexually Abused Children introduces the current spectrum of knowledge on physical and sexual abuse in the medical literature. In addition, this resource serves as an integral reference to find specific information among the vast amount available. Balanced coverage features citations to the literature from both sides of issues that remain controversial, and a glossary of medical terms provides accessible definitions. This vital study guide covers critical issues surrounding the accurate diagnosis and evidence taking in suspected physical child abuse, and it provides the necessary assessment guidelines specific to a forensic examination of the sexually assaulted child and sexually transmitted diseases in children.
Download or read book Treatment of Sex Offenders written by D. Richard Laws and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-02-29 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This rigorous survey offers a comprehensive rethinking of the assessment and treatment of sexual offenders for a bold challenge to practitioners. It critiques what we understand about offenders and the mechanisms of offending behaviors, and examines how this knowledge can best be used to reduce offending and relapses. To this end, experts weigh the efficacy of common assessment methods and interventions, the value of prevention programs, and the validity of the DSM’s classifications of paraphilias. This strengths/weaknesses approach gives professional readers a guide to the current state as well as the future of research, practice, and policy affecting this complex and controversial field. Included in the coverage: Strengths of actuarial risk assessment. Risk formulation: the new frontier in risk assessment and management. Dynamic risk factors and offender rehabilitation: a comparison of the Good Lives Model and the Risk-Need-Responsivity Model. The best intentions: flaws in sexually violent predator laws. Desistance from crime: toward an integrated conceptualization for intervention. From a victim/offender duality to a public health perspective. A call to clear thought and accurate action, Treatment of Sex Offenders will generate discussion and interest among forensic psychologists, psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, and social workers.
Download or read book Assessing Men who Sexually Abuse written by David Briggs and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1998 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Providing practical guidance on the best way to assess sexual abusers, this book fuses contemporary theory with an awareness of the subjective nature of the work. Assessment in various (clinical, legal and statutory) settings is considered and an overview of assessment methods is presented along with a detailed exposition of techniques. Previously-neglected aspects of work with sexual abusers are dealt with and links are made with fundamental aspects of risk assessment. 'A thorough and detailed overview of all the issues associated with this area of work, and in doing so provide s] a useful and concise starting point for any newcomer to the field. The book appears to touch on all (or at the very least the key) areas of assessing those who sexually abuse. The reader can choose to read the whole book, concisely compacted into 160 pages and gain a good insight into this whole area. Alternatively, one could delve into the chapters or sections that are of primary interest and still obtain a good overview of that area and come away with a number of references for further information.' - Forensic Update
Download or read book Adult Women who Sexually Abuse Minors written by Markus Wiegel and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 706 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: The present study analyzed data from women who completed the Abel Assessment for sexual interest (TM). The sample included 81 women who admitted sexually abusing children, 94 women who admitted sexually abusing adolescents, 204 women denying-dissimulating sexually abusing children, and 202 women evaluated for non-child related sexual misconduct. The study addressed four topic areas related to women who sexually abuse minors. First, the study described the basic characteristics of the women who admitted sexually abusing children. The results found that the women reported first sexually touching a child in their early twenties, sexually abusing an average of 3.3 children, and committing an average of 40 lifetime sexually abusive acts. The women who admitted sexually abusing children reported sexually abusing girls and boys in approximately equal numbers, with one-third sexually abusing children within their family, 46% abusing children outside of the family, and 21% abusing both. Half of the women who admitted sexually abusing children self-reported sexual attraction to children. Two thirds of the women who admitted sexually abusing minors reported a history of childhood sexual abuse themselves. Second, the study examined the relationship between the frequency of perpetrated child sexual abuse and factors theorized to contribute to the sexual abuse of minors. Endorsing a greater number of problematic sexual behaviors and self-reported sexual attraction to children predicted the frequency of perpetrated sexual abuse. Third, the study used stimulus viewing time, an objective measure of sexual interest, to investigate the women's sexual interest patterns. The women who admitted sexually abusing children evidenced objectively measured sexual interest in children, whereas the women who admitted sexually abusing adolescents and the women evaluated for non-child related sexual misconduct did not. The last portion of the study developed classification models for women denying-dissimulating sexually abusing children, based on logistic regression equations. The classification model had a cross-validated area under the ROC curve of 0.67, which resulted in a sensitivity of 0.44 and a specificity of 0.80 for correctly identifying women who had sexually abused children but denied this.
Download or read book The Assessment of Sexual Offenders Against Children written by Vernon L. Quinsey and published by SAGE Publications, Incorporated. This book was released on 1996 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written for mental health professionals, this indispensable guide reviews the range of relevant literature covering issues in assessing child molesters. A vital road map, Assessment of Sexual Offenders Against Children steers you to the most current knowledge available on the subject in a compact, accessible form. Learn from this resource what characteristics do and do not differentiate child molesters from other people, what situational factors are related to molestation, what instruments are used in the assessment of child molesters, how assessment information is used to appraise risk and guide treatment, and what elements to include in a useful assessment report. In addition, this volume covers the ethical and legal issues of this type of assessment. Not only does this APSAC Study Guide provide a high-level introduction to actual assessment issues by directing you to the literature, it also offers an opportunity to earn six continuing education units. Assessment of Sexual Offenders Against Children offers mental health professionals - those who perform risk assessments or plan treatment programs for those who have committed sex offenses against children - a unique home study option to earning continuing education credits.
