Psychiatric treatment of sexual offenders : treating the past traumas in traumatizers : a bio-psycho-social perspective /

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Imprint:Springfield, Ill., U.S.A. : Charles C. Thomas, ©2004.
Description:1 online resource (xxvi, 192 pages).
Language:English
Series:American series in behavioral science and law
American series in behavioral science and law.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11233825
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Other authors / contributors:Marvasti, Jamshid A.
ISBN:9780398080457
0398080453
0398074542
9780398074548
0398074550
9780398074555
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-179) and index.
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Summary:The approach of this book is a humanistic one that characterizes the individual suffering from paraphilia as a human being. With this perspective in mind, the author posits that any sexual offender who has a history of childhood trauma needs to be treated not only for the sexual offenses, but also for past trauma. Consisting of eight chapters, the first chapter addresses the issues of paraphilias and their sexual offense behavior. Chapter 2 focuses on typology and characteristics of pedophiliacs and rapists. Chapter 3 details the issues of sexual offense and hypersexuality in elderly males. Ch.
Other form:Print version: Psychiatric treatment of sexual offenders. Springfield, Ill., U.S.A. : Charles C. Thomas, ©2004 0398074542