Offender Identification and Current Use of Community Resources (From Incest Perpetrator: A Family Member No One Wants To Treat, P 150-163, Anne L. Horton, Barry L. Johnson, et al, eds. -- See NCJ-121328)

• NCJ Number: 121338
• Author(s): D T Ballard; D Williams; A L Horton; B L Johnson
• Date Published: 1990
• Length: 14 pages
• Sale Source: Sage Publications, Inc
• Publication Type: Survey
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

Interviews with 374 male incest offenders formed the basis of this analysis of the offender's initial denial of a problem, his gradual recognition of a need for services, his various attempts to locate appropriate referrals, his level of satisfaction and dissatisfaction with helpers, and his overall realization that many needed and desired support systems do not currently exist.

Abstract

The offenders were in four separate settings: prisons, inpatient mental health facilities, Parents United groups, and private treatment. They emphasized the importance of services for the entire family, not just the victim or the perpetrator. Overall, subjects felt that services were extremely limited, inaccessible, and not well known to the public, they wanted more practical services and an increased level of direct services. In addition, they wanted counselors to be informed, sensitive, understanding, and confrontive when working with sexual abuse. Informants further emphasized the need for cooperation and coordination between professionals and service agencies. Tables and 5 references.