Main description:

This thoroughly updated edition provides a reliable resource for the assessment, treatment, and rehabilitation of juvenile sexual offenders. Through exploring fundamental beliefs about juvenile sexual offenders, Phil Rich gives insight into the underlying problems, behaviors, and factors that contribute to sexual offending, while encouraging practitioners to develop new ideas and methods to meet their specific clinical orientations and experiences. Useful for both new practitioners and seasoned professionals, this book is timely and indispensable for social workers, counselors, therapists, probation officers, and other professionals who work with juvenile sexual offenders.

Contents:

Acknowledgments ix About the Author xi Introduction to the Second Edition xiii PART I Understanding Sexually Abusive and Sexually Troubled Youth CHAPTER 1 Introduction and Updates: Framing the Ideas and the Tasks 3 CHAPTER 2 The Dynamics of Sexually Abusive Behavior 19 CHAPTER 3 The Victims and Perpetrators of Juvenile Sexual Abuse 37 CHAPTER 4 Sexually Abusive Youth: Commonalities and Differences 59 CHAPTER 5 Developmental Experiences: Multifactorial Pathways 75 CHAPTER 6 Attachment, Social Skills, and Sexually Abusive Behavior 91 CHAPTER 7 Context and Ecology: Sexual Leaning and Personal Development in the Sociocultural Environment 105 CHAPTER 8 Pathways to Sexually Abusive Behavior 123 PART II The Evaluation of Juvenile Sexual Offenders CHAPTER 9 Assessing Risk for Sexual Reoffense in Juvenile Sexual Offenders 145 CHAPTER 10 Models of Risk Assessment: Actuarial and Clinical 157 CHAPTER 11 Projecting Risk: Structured Clinical Risk Assessment Instruments 169 CHAPTER 12 Framing the Comprehensive Evaluation 191 CHAPTER 13 Conducting the Comprehensive Evaluation 209 PART III The Treatment and Rehabilitation of Sexually Abusive Youth CHAPTER 14 Forensic Mental Health Treatment 229 CHAPTER 15 Treatment and the Goals of Rehabilitation 241 CHAPTER 16 Treatment in Practice: Conceptualizing and Structuring Treatment 257 CHAPTER 17 Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, and Common Treatment Factors 277 CHAPTER 18 An Integrated Model of Treatment 297 PART IV Approaches to and Methods of Treatment CHAPTER 19 Thinking Errors, Behavioral Cycles, and Other Psychoeducational Work 319 CHAPTER 20 Safe Behavior and Relapse Prevention Planning 343 CHAPTER 21 Victim Awareness and Clarification 351 CHAPTER 22 Individual Therapy 369 CHAPTER 23 Group Therapy and Group Leadership 387 CHAPTER 24 Family Therapy 413 CHAPTER 25 Treating the Whole Child in a Whole-Minded Manner 435 References 443 Author Index 467 Subject Index 473 Appendices (available for download only at www.wiley.com/go/rich) APPENDIX A Mental Health: Psychopathology and Psychopathy in Sexually Abusive Youth APPENDIX B The Adolescent Brain APPENDIX C An Attachment and Developmentally Informed Model of Treatment APPENDIX D Behavioral Treatment