NCJ Number
149148
Editor(s)
R A Prentky,
V L Quinsey
Date Published
1988
Length
413 pages
Annotation
These 32 papers and seven introductory statements present current research on sexual assault, with emphasis on sex offender treatment, the assessment and treatment of sexual assault victims, and needs for future research.
Abstract
The papers were presented at a conference that brought together victim researchers, biologically oriented investigators, sociologists, anthropologists, and mental health researchers. Topics included psychological and typological issues, social and cross-cultural issues, biological issues, treatment and prevention, victim issues, and social issues. Individual paper focused on types of child molesters and rapists, the relationship between child sexual abuse and adolescent sexual functioning in females, predictors of sexual aggression among male college students, organic treatments for male sexual offenders, the measurement of treatment effectiveness, relapse prevention, the effects of sexual abuse on children, legislative remedies, and ethical issues in sex offender treatment. Tables, figures, chapter reference lists, subject index, and index of contributors