Treating sex offenders : a guide to clinical practice with adults, clerics, children, and adolescents /

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Author / Creator:Prendergast, William E.
Edition:2nd ed.
Imprint:New York : Haworth Press, c2004.
Description:xxi, 331 p. ; 22 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5057857
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Other uniform titles:Prendergast, William E. Treating sex offenders in correctional institutions and outpatient clinics.
ISBN:0789009307 (hard cover : alk. paper)
0789009315 (soft cover : alk. paper)
Notes:Rev. ed. of: Treating sex offenders in correctional institutions and outpatient clinics. c1991.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-311) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • List of Boxed Illustrations
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Section I. Identifying Sex Offenders
  • Chapter 1.. Distinguishing Characteristics of Sex Offenders: The Who of Treatment
  • Introduction
  • A Clinically Derived Table of Traits
  • The Obsessive-Compulsive Pattern
  • The Question of Choice
  • The Child/Adolescent Sex Offender
  • Impulsive versus Compulsive
  • Chapter 2.. The Inadequate Personality
  • Introduction
  • The Effect of Adolescent Sexual Crisis
  • Modes of Pathological Adjustment in Adulthood
  • The Child/Adolescent Sex Offender
  • Chapter 3.. The Never-Satisfied Parent: Negative Self-Image and Selective Perception
  • Introduction
  • Perfectionism and the Fear of Failure Syndrome
  • Treatment Considerations
  • New Image Dangers
  • Selective Perception
  • The Child/Adolescent Sex Offender
  • Chapter 4.. Exaggerated Needs for Control
  • Control Methods of Exhibitionists and Voyeurs
  • Control Methods of Pedophiles and Hebophiles
  • Control Methods of Sexually Assaultive Persons
  • Rage-Triggering Techniques
  • The Child/Adolescent Sex Offender
  • Chapter 5.. Pervasive Guilt and Subjective Judgment
  • Rulers and Subjective Judgment Memories
  • Guilt As a Block to Therapeutic Progress
  • Judgment versus Curiosity
  • The Child/Adolescent Sex Offender
  • Chapter 6.. Relational Issues
  • Passive and Aggressive Personalities
  • Severely Impaired Interpersonal Relationships
  • The Sex Offender's Inability to Relate to Peers
  • The Dangers of Symptom Removal
  • Repression and Trauma-Induced Compulsion
  • Emotions Suppressed or Displaced
  • The Child/Adolescent Sex Offender
  • Chapter 7.. Sexual Performance Problems
  • Strong Performance Needs
  • The Sex Offender's Use of Masturbation
  • The Unrealistic Small Penis Complex
  • Distorted Sexual Values
  • Deviant Arousal Patterns
  • The Child/Adolescent Sex Offender
  • Chapter 8.. Remaining Characteristic Deficits in Sex Offenders
  • Defective Goal-Setting Patterns
  • Identity Confusion
  • The Child/Adolescent Sex Offender
  • Typology of Adolescent Sex Offenders
  • The Remainder of the Adolescent Sex Offender Trait List
  • Section II. Treatment of Sex Offenders
  • Chapter 9.. Treatment Issues: Overview
  • Introduction
  • The Important First Contact
  • Clinical Interviewing Principles
  • Terms
  • Group versus Individual Treatment
  • The Child/Adolescent Sex Offender
  • Chapter 10.. The Five Cs of Sex Offender Treatment
  • Confrontation by the Therapist
  • Cautions
  • Confirmation
  • Control
  • Continuation/Consistency
  • The Child/Adolescent Sex Offender
  • Chapter 11.. Sexual "Imprinting" As a Consequence of Early Traumatic Molestation
  • Introduction
  • Unwanted Sexual Reactions/Turn-Ons
  • Common Factors Found in Imprinting
  • Questions About Etiology
  • Therapeutic Considerations and Caveats
  • Imprinting in Sex Offenders
  • Offender Patterns
  • Prevention
  • The Child/Adolescent Sex Offender
  • Chapter 12.. Pedophiles
  • Background
  • Pedophiles versus Hebophiles
  • Pedophiles versus Incestuous Fathers
  • Treatment Considerations
  • Therapist Cautions
  • The Child/Adolescent Sex Offender
  • Prevention
  • Chapter 13.. Sexually Assaultive versus Seductive Offenders
  • Control: The Main Dynamic
  • Why Rape?
  • Repression
  • Rape As Overcompensation for Perceived Male Sexual Inadequacy
  • The Child/Adolescent Sex Offender
  • Chapter 14.. The Sex Offender's Motivation May Not Be Sexual
  • Power/Domination Needs
  • Seduction/Acceptance Needs
  • Ritual Undoing Needs
  • The Danger of Symptom Substitution
  • Masturbatory Reconditioning
  • The Child/Adolescent Sex Offender
  • Prevention
  • Chapter 15.. A "Whole-Man" Approach to Treatment
  • Introduction
  • Group Psychotherapy
  • Sex Education
  • Social Skills Training (SST)
  • Anger Management
  • Relapse Prevention
  • Vocational Reeducation
  • Substance Abuse Treatment
  • Aftercare
  • The Child/Adolescent Sex Offender
  • Chapter 16.. Why Sex As the "Chosen" Deviation?
  • Childhood Sexual Trauma: Conscious/Repressed, Active/Passive
  • Negative Effects of Unreported Sexual Abuse
  • When to Suspect Sexual Abuse
  • Masturbation As an Essential Ruler
  • Writing Therapy
  • The Child/Adolescent Sex Offender
  • Chapter 17.. An Overview of Value Formation
  • Five Stages of Value Formation
  • Sex Equals Love
  • Value Change Techniques
  • The Child/Adolescent Sex Offender
  • Chapter 18.. Self-Confrontation and Resistance in the Compulsive Sex Offender
  • The First "Now" Therapy Session
  • The Community or Private Practice "Now" Technique
  • Caveats
  • The Child/Adolescent Sex Offender
  • Chapter 19.. Religious Personnel Who Molest Children and Adolescents
  • Introduction
  • Errors Concerning Clerical Abuse
  • Reasons for Clerical Abuse
  • The Damage
  • Prevention
  • Chapter 20.. Conclusion
  • You, the Therapist--Considerations
  • Final Thoughts
  • Appendix A.. Answers to True-False Test (Box 1.1)
  • Appendix B.. Confidential Questionnaire
  • Bibliography
  • Index