Examines the general range of knowledge possessed concerning adolescent sex offenders and focuses on participants in one community-based program designed to treat these offenders. The assessment and evaluation of male adolescent sex offenders is emphasized. Following a review of related studies, the Community-Based Sexual Offenders Outpatient…

Proposes standards of care for the treatment of adult sex offenders, primarily in outpatient settings. Notes these standards will be presented at the Second International Conference on the Treatment of Sex Offenders in September 1991. Recommends professionals use the standards as minimal criteria for evaluation of the work and document exceptions…

Reviews current definitions and research literature related to characteristics of adults who sexually victimize children. Presents discussion of pedophilia as a sexual deviation. Examines treatment issues that may confront counselors engaged in treating adults who sexually victimize children and discusses implications for practitioners. (Author/NB)

Describes mythical beliefs, thinking errors, and faulty attitudes collected from a group of 67 male juvenile sex offenders. Addresses four major thinking errors: pretentiousness, uniqueness, failure to assume responsibility, and distorted values. Notes that therapists need this information to develop effective treatment strategies for replacing…

Offers historical overview of "criminal sexual psychopath" legislation, which customarily prescribes confinement for treatment (rather than incarceration for punishment) for offenders whose sex crimes are attributed to sexual psychopathology. Discusses desire of American Bar Association and Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry to…

Considers the characteristics of the father as sexual abuser and discusses appropriate treatment. Concludes treatment of incestuous father involves the establishment of an empathic relationship and admission of responsibility on offender's part is necessary if out-patient treatment is to be feasible. (Author/ABL)

Presents the rationale for applying a relapse prevention model in the treatment of sexual offenders. First, a general model formulated from the cognitive/behavioral treatment of addictive behaviors is described and then guidelines are provided for the application of this model to the treatment of sexual offenders. (Author)

Provides some background and treatment perspectives for counselors and psychologists who treat or contemplate treatment of adult male sexual offenders in prison settings. Discusses identification, assessment, amenability to treatment, assessment instruments, and treatment of sexual offenders. (ABL)

This research focused on the criminal justice system's handling of offenders against children, comparing it with the processing of offenders against all victims. Data were obtained from California, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Utah, and Virginia for offenses against children and against all victims in the areas of kidnapping, sexual assault,…

Notes that clinical work with clients who are both victims and sexual abusers is complex. Describes a session of treatment of 14-year-old victim/offender. Approach described combines story-telling technique of Gardner and fantasy work of Oaklander. Sees methods as particularly useful for overcoming resistance. Notes that, as counseling continues,…