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Interdisciplinary and practical in approach, Working with Sexually Abusive Adolescents presents a coherent and comprehensive overview of the key characteristics involve in working with adolescent sex offenders. Contributors explore who these adolescents are and what they do, theories of adolescent sexual abusiveness, issues of risk estimation and management, and many aspects of assessment and treatment. Written by practitioners for ease of use, this valuable book avoids the unnecessary jargon and overcomplicated theorizing that frequently mars other books on this topic. Clear and accessible, Working with Sexually Abusive Adolescents informs a wide range of practitionersincluding psychologists, psychiatrists, counselors, and social workersof current trends in working with this special population.
Managing Risk
Managing Risk
Managing the care and treatment of sexually abusive adolescents entails predicting their likely future behaviour in an effort to prevent further episodes of abuse. Decisions about management generally consider the amount of supervision the young person requires in various settings and whether he should remain at home or be removed to alternative accommodation, perhaps even to a secure setting.
Prediction is concerned with assessing the probability of a future occurrence and is hotly debated within the psychological literature (Blackburn 1993). In recent years, research has indicated that there may well be circumstances in which practitioners can validly assess the ‘dangerousness’ of particular individuals, even though the validity of such assessments remains untested. This is certainly the case with respect to sexually abusive adolescents. ...
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