The interest in juvenile perpetrators of sexual abuse is one of the most momentous developments in the field of sexual assault prevention and treatment. It is hoped that by working with juvenile perpetrators, counselors will have the greatest chance of identifying and stopping patterns of sexually abusive behavior before it becomes a more serious…

Although research on acquaintance, or date rape, dates back to the late 1950's, only recently has the literature in this area focused on prevention. In addition, although research has shown that, conservatively, 1 out of 10 women on university campuses has been raped by someone with whom she is familiar, little appears to have been done about the…

Analyses of deviant sexual behaviors have most often derived from psychodynamic or behavioral theory. Little systematic research attention has been paid to the role of intervening cognitive variables such as social perception and the causal attribution process. Two studies were conducted to examine differences in cognition between child molesters…