Understanding, Assessing, and Rehabilitating Juvenile Sexual Offenders - Softcover

Rich, Phil

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0471266353 ISBN 13: 9780471266358

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2003

Synopsis

"By far one of the best books on the market addressing this highly specialized group of youth . . . This book belongs on the shelf of all professionals and others who come in contact or work with adolescents with sexual behavior problems."
-Robert E. Longo, MRC, LPC, Corporate Director of Special Programming and Clinical Training, New Hope Treatment Centers, Summerville, South Carolina

"A balanced, thoughtful, and well-documented and conceived text . . . This book is a highly useful overview text that is ideal for the new professional wanting to understand this specialized field . . . as well as the advanced practitioner."
-Steven Bengis, EdD, LCSW, Executive Director, New England Adolescent Research Institute, Inc.

"This book represents a landmark in our understanding of sexual behavior problems in children. Dr. Rich has integrated theories of child development and sexual aggression into a cohesive whole. From assessment to treatment, he offers clear explanations of theory followed by specific suggestions for practice."
-Craig Latham, PhD, Natick, Massachusetts

Understanding, Assessing, and Rehabilitating Juvenile Sexual Offenders guides mental health professionals through the breadth of assessment and treatment methods available for working with this special population, providing a succinct yet complete survey of the field and a reliable resource for assessment, treatment, and rehabilitation.

Through exploring fundamental beliefs about juvenile sexual offenders, Phil Rich gives insight into the underlying problems, behaviors, and factors that contribute to sexual offending, while encouraging practitioners to develop new ideas and methods to meet their specific clinical orientations and experiences. Going beyond prevalent interventions, Rich presents treatment methods that marry psychoeducational, cognitive-behavioral, and psychodynamic treatments into a single model, which incorporates individual, group, and family treatment into an approach that treats the whole child, not just the sexual offending behaviors.

Complete with informative examples, Understanding, Assessing, and Rehabilitating Juvenile Sexual Offenders is an essential book for everyone working with this unique group of clients.

About this title

From the Publisher:

"Understanding, Assessing, and Rehabilitating Juvenile Sexual Offenders by Phil Rich is by far one of the best books on the market addressing this highly specialized group of youth. The author addresses the spectrum of issues related to etiology, developmental issues, and origins of sexually abusive behavior, to the complexities of doing a comprehensive assessment on clients. The book also thoroughly addresses the treatment needs of these clients using "best practice." This book belongs on the shelf of all professionals and others who come in contact or work with adolescents with sexual behavior problems. The book is brilliant"

Robert E. Longo, MRC; LPC
Corporate Director of Special
Programming and Clinical Training
New Hope Treatment Centers
Summerville, South Carolina 

"A balanced, thoughtful, well-documented and conceived text. Dr. Rich has spent many years as a practioner. Clearly, he has grasped the increasing complexity of managing and treating a diverse population engaged in sexually abusive behaviors. This book is a highly useful overview text that is ideal for the new professional wanting to understa nd this specialized field but belongs in the library of advanced practitioners as well."

Steven Bengis, Ed.D., L.C.S.W.
Executive Director

New England Adolescent Research Institute, Inc. This book represents a landmark in our understanding of sexual behavior problems in children: Dr. Rich has integrated theories of child development and sexual aggression into a cohesive whole. From assessment to treatment, he offers clear explanations of theory followed by specific suggestions for practice. Understanding, Assessing, and Rehabilitation Juvenile Sexual Offenders is worth owning for the breadth and depth of the reference list alone, but there is so much more to it than that. Anyone who needs to understand this complex problem—administrators, clinicians, corrections professionals, and policy-makers alike—should own this book. --Craig Latham, Ph.D.
Natick, Massachusetts

About the Author:

PHIL RICH, EDD, LICSW, DCSW, is Clinical Director of the Stetson School, a residential care facility for young sexual offenders. He also maintains a private mental health practice for individuals, couples, and families. He is the author and creator of the Healing Journey series, as well as The Grief Counseling Homework Planner and The Divorce Counseling Homework Planner, all published by Wiley.

About this edition

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0471266353
• ISBN 13: 9780471266358
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 482