A significant percentage of sexual abuse in the United States is committed by juveniles, and mental health professionals increasingly receive requests to evaluate these juveniles. With an emphasis on practicality and utility, Juvenile Sex Offenders fills a gap in the current literature by providing a thoughtful, thorough approach to evaluating and treating youth who have committed sexual offenses or have engaged in sexually abusive
behavior.Serving as a functional guide, this text expertly prepares clinicians for the challenging task of evaluating juveniles, picking up where traditional clinical training often falls short and providing
state-of-the-art assessment techniques as well as an overview of treatment modalities. Chapters highlight the many ways in which juveniles charged with sexual offenses differ from adults, the common dilemmas facing evaluators, and the changing perceptions and legal trends with respect to youth crime. Chapters also cover sexual development and behaviors among children and adolescents, risk factors and risk assessment, case examples for working with attorneys, and interventions and
pharmacological approaches. Clinical practitioners with limited forensic training will benefit from the guidance on formal forensic evaluation and the review of literature on assessment approaches specific to youth,
while forensic experts will gain developmental perspective in evaluating and treating young sexual offenders. Set in a hopeful and optimistic framework, Juvenile Sex Offenders is a practical, empirically based guide on the best practices in evaluating and treating this poorly understood and underserved population.
A significant percentage of sexual abuse in the United States is committed by juveniles, and mental health professionals increasingly receive requests to evaluate these juveniles. With an emphasis on practicality and utility, Juvenile Sex Offenders fills a gap in the current literature by providing a thoughtful, thorough approach to evaluating and treating youth who have committed sexual offenses or have engaged in sexually abusive
behavior.Serving as a functional guide, this text expertly prepares clinicians for the challenging task of evaluating juveniles, picking up where traditional clinical training often falls short and providing
state-of-the-art assessment techniques as well as an overview of treatment modalities. Chapters highlight the many ways in which juveniles charged with sexual offenses differ from adults, the common dilemmas facing evaluators, and the changing perceptions and legal trends with respect to youth crime. Chapters also cover sexual development and behaviors among children and adolescents, risk factors and risk assessment, case examples for working with attorneys, and interventions and
pharmacological approaches. Clinical practitioners with limited forensic training will benefit from the guidance on formal forensic evaluation and the review of literature on assessment approaches specific to youth,
while forensic experts will gain developmental perspective in evaluating and treating young sexual offenders. Set in a hopeful and optimistic framework, Juvenile Sex Offenders is a practical, empirically based guide on the best practices in evaluating and treating this poorly understood and underserved population.
Chapter 1 Changing Perceptions of Juvenile Sexual Offending in
Society and the Legal System
Eileen P. Ryan
Chapter 2 Placing Sexual Behavior Problems in Context: What is
"Normal" Sexual Behavior among Juveniles?
Daniel C. Murrie
Chapter 3 Patterns of Sexual Offending in Juveniles and Risk
Factors
John A. Hunter
Chapter 4 Psychopathology in Juvenile Offenders and Sexually
Offending Juveniles
Eileen P. Ryan
Chapter 5 Forensic Evaluation versus Clinical Evaluation: How Do
They Differ?
Eileen P. Ryan
Chapter 6 Interviewing, Evaluation, and Risk Assessment of Sexually
Offending Youth
Eileen P. Ryan
Chapter 7 Assessment Instruments for Juveniles Who Sexually
Offend
Daniel C. Murrie
Chapter 8 Management and Treatment Methods
John A. Hunter
Chapter 9 Biological and Pharmacologic Treatment of Sexually
Aberrant Behavior
Eileen P. Ryan
Eileen P. Ryan, D.O. is a board certified general, child and
adolescent, and forensic psychiatrist. She is an attending
psychiatrist at the Commonwealth Center for Children and
Adolescents in Staunton, Virginia and Associate Professor of
Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences at the University of
Virginia where she is Assistant Director of the Forensic Psychiatry
Fellowship at the University of Virginia and Medical Director of
the Institute of
Law, Psychiatry & Public Policy where she performs forensic
evaluations. She also evaluates and treats adolescents at a
juvenile detention center.
John A. Hunter, Ph.D. has over 50 publications on juvenile sexual
offending and/or sexual trauma. He is the Military Sexual Trauma
Program Coordinator for the Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health
Care System in New Orleans, and Clinical Associate Professor in the
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Tulane
University School of Medicine.
Daniel C. Murrie, Ph.D. is Director of Psychology at the University
of Virginia's Institute of Law, Psychiatry, and Public Policy, and
an Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences
at the University of Virginia School of Medicine. He performs
forensic evaluations, trains clinicians in forensic mental health
assessment, and has authored over 40 publications on forensic
evaluation, risk assessment, juvenile justice, and related issues.
"Though unfamiliar with other books related to this population, I
have reviewed many books that refer to adults charged with similar
offenses. However, the approach of this book is unique in that it
is not geared toward the forensic practitioner. Instead, it
addresses the frontline mental health provider who, by choice or
assignment, works with this challenging population. These pages are
rich with practical knowledge that will be of benefit to virtually
anyone
interested in working with juvenile sex offenders, even experienced
forensic practitioners." -- DOODY'S
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