The Juvenile Sex Offender

Second Edition

Edited by Howard E. Barbaree and William L. Marshall

Paperback

June 19, 2008

ISBN 9781593859787

Price: $49.00

396 Pages

Size: 6" x 9"

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From leading scientists and practitioners, this authoritative work examines what is known about the nature and development of juvenile sexual offending, the consequences for both victims and perpetrators, and approaches to assessment, intervention, and relapse prevention. Pathways of normal sexual development are described, and the biological, social, and psychological processes that lead to sexual conduct problems are investigated. The book explores how juvenile offenders are dealt with in the mental health and criminal justice systems, reviews available psychological and pharmacological treatment approaches, and provides research-based recommendations for improving existing practices.

“As an introduction to developing our responses to younger sex offenders, this book is a worthy addition to the literature.”

—British Journal of Forensic Practice

“Drs. Barbaree and Marshall have amassed a panel of knowledgeable contributors who define what we do and do not know about juvenile sex offenders, the risk factors for their offending, and the triggers and concomitant problems of their offending. The chapters are written in such a comprehensive and understandable manner that each is invaluable as a freestanding resource for time-pressed practitioners with questions in a specific area, without the need of reading the entire book to grasp the concepts....What is particularly useful is the frequent integration of information about the adult sexual offending of juvenile sexual offenders, which provides a long-term perspective that is useful not only for developmental understanding and long-term risk assessment, but also for developing mitigation themes for sex offender evaluations....This book is recommended for child and adolescent psychiatrists and psychologists, forensic psychiatrists and psychologists, social workers, and other mental health and legal professionals working in clinical practice and juvenile justice with these youth.”

—Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

“Helps to tease myth from fact, and delineates ways in which adolescent sexual offenders are different from their adult counterparts....Provides a good overview of what is known about the etiology, evaluation, and treatment of the juvenile sex offender.”

—Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic

“This excellent, up-to-date second edition shows how far our understanding of the juvenile sex offender has progressed. The editors have brought together the leaders in the field to review the broad knowledge base on this topic, including a number of empirically based studies. Mental health and criminal justice professionals reading this text will greatly improve their understanding of the juvenile sex offender. It will be an excellent textbook for graduate students in a range of fields, since it provides such a comprehensive overview of the field, using a scientific approach.”

—Gene G. Abel, MD, Behavioral Medicine Institute of Atlanta

“Why do young people commit sexual crimes? What can we do about it? If you are seriously interested in these questions, read this book. I was encouraged to observe that the loose speculation that has long dominated thinking about adolescent sex offenders is increasingly being replaced by empirically supported arguments. The contributors are smart, disciplined, and compassionate. I learned a lot.”

—R. Karl Hanson, PhD, Corrections Research, Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness Canada

“This second edition is a welcome and much needed contribution. The book comprehensively addresses the many recent advances in knowledge about the development and causation of juvenile sexual offending, as well as current approaches to risk assessment and treatment. It is invaluable for anyone who works with this population within the criminal justice system or the civil commitment system.”

—Greg S. Bal, JD, defense attorney

“A distinguished contribution to the literature on juvenile sexual offenders, edited by two eminent scholars. This second edition will be an indispensable resource for professionals working in this field.”

—Robert Prentky, PhD, Justice Resource Institute, Boston, MA

1. An Introduction to the Juvenile Sex Offender: Terms, Concepts and Definitions, Howard E. Barbaree and William L. Marshall

2. Normal Sexual Development, John Bancroft

3. The Effects of Child Sexual Abuse and Family Environment, Howard E. Barbaree and Calvin M. Langton

4. Biological Factors in the Development of Sexual Deviance and Aggression in Males, Ray Blanchard, James M. Cantor, and Lori K. Robichaud

5. Social and Psychological Factors in the Development of Delinquency and Sexual Deviance, Stephen W. Smallbone

6. Adolescent Sexual Aggression within Heterosexual Relationships, Jacquelyn W. White, Kelly M. Kadlec, and Stacy Sechrist

7. The Female Juvenile Sex Offender, John A. Hunter, Judith V. Becker, and Lenard J. Lexier

8. Conduct Problems and Juvenile Sexual Offending, Michael C. Seto and Martin L. Lalumière

9. Assessment and Treatment of Criminogenic Needs, Gary O'Reilly and Alan Carr

10. Risk of Sexual Recidivism in Adolescents Who Offend Sexually: Correlates and Assessment, James R. Worling and Niklas Långström

11. Conceptual Issues in Treatment Evaluation Research with Juvenile Sexual Offenders, Calvin M. Langton and Howard E. Barbaree

12. Legal Consequences to Juvenile Sex Offending in the United States, Elizabeth J. Letourneau

13. Research on Adolescent Sexual Abuser Treatment Programs, David L. Burton, Joanne Smith-Darden, and Sarah Jane Frankel

14. A Reevaluation of Relapse Prevention with Adolescents Who Sexually Offend: A Good Lives Model, Jo Thakker, Tony Ward, and Patrick Tidmarsh

15. Disposition and Treatment of Juvenile Sex Offenders from the Perspective of Restorative Justice, Mary P. Koss, Karen Bachar, and C. Quince Hopkins

16. The Pharmacological Treatment of the Juvenile Sex Offender, John M. W. Bradford and Paul Fedoroff

About the Editors

Howard E. Barbaree, PhD, is Professor and Head, Law and Mental Health Program, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, and Clinical Director, Law and Mental Health Program, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He has devoted much of his career to research, teaching, and clinical practice related to sexual aggression and sexual deviance. Dr. Barbaree has published numerous journal articles and book chapters and is coeditor of the Handbook of Sexual Assault: Issues, Theories, and Treatment of the Offender (1990). He has served as a member of the National Institute of Mental Health Violence and Traumatic Stress Grant Review Committee and received the Significant Achievement Award from the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers in 2000. In 2004 Dr. Barbaree began a 4-year term as editor of Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment.

William L. Marshall, PhD, is Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Psychiatry at Queen's University and Director of Rockwood Psychological Services, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, which provides sex offender treatment in two Canadian federal penitentiaries. Dr. Marshall has 35 years of experience in assessment, treatment, and research with sexual offenders and has over 300 publications, including 16 books. He was President of the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers from 2000 to 2001 and received its Significant Achievement Award in 1993. In 1999 Dr. Marshall received the Santiago Grisolia Prize from the Queen Sophia Centre in Spain for his worldwide contributions to the reduction of violence, and in 2000 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. In 2003 Dr. Marshall was one of six invited experts who were asked to advise the Vatican on how best to deal with sexual abuse within the Catholic Church.

Contributors

Karen Bachar, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

John Bancroft, PhD, The Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN (retired)

Howard E. Barbaree, PhD, Law and Mental Health Program, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Judith V. Becker, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

Ray Blanchard, PhD, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

John M. W. Bradford, MD, Division of Forensic Psychiatry, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

David L. Burton, PhD, MSW, School for Social Work, Smith College, Northampton, MA

James M. Cantor, PhD, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Alan Carr, PhD, Department of Psychology, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

Paul Fedoroff, MD, Forensic Research Unit, University of Ottawa Institute of Mental Health Research, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Sarah Jane Frankel, MA, School of Social Work Joint Doctoral Program in Social Work and Developmental Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

C. Quince Hopkins, JD, School of Law, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA

John A. Hunter, PhD, Juvenile Justice Program, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA

Kelly M. Kadlec, MA, Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina-Greensboro, Greensboro, NC

Mary P. Koss, PhD, Arizona College of Public Health, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

Martin L. Lalumière, PhD, Law and Mental Health Program, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Calvin M. Langton, PhD, Law and Mental Health Program, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Niklas Långström, PhD, Centre for Violence Prevention, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden

Elizabeth J. Letourneau, PhD, Family Services Research Center, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC

Lenard J. Lexier, MD, Alternative Behavioral Services, Portsmouth, VA

William L. Marshall, PhD, Rockwood Psychological Services, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Gary O'Reilly, PhD, Department of Psychology, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

Lori K. Robichaud, PhD, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Stacy Sechrist, MA, Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina-Greensboro, Greensboro, NC

Michael C. Seto, PhD, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Stephen W. Smallbone, PhD, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Griffith University, Queensland, Australia

Joanne Smith-Darden, MA, School of Social Work Joint Doctoral Program in Social Work and Developmental Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Jo Thakker, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand

Patrick Tidmarsh, PhD, Male Adolescent Program for Positive Sexuality, Adolescent Forensic Health Service, Melbourne, Australia

Tony Ward, PhD, School of Psychology, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand

Jacquelyn W. White, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of North Carolina-Greensboro, Greensboro, NC

James R. Worling, PhD, Sexual Abuse: Family Education & Treatment (SAFE-T) Program, Thistletown Regional Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Audience

Child and adolescent psychologists and psychiatrists, social workers, and other professionals working with youth in clinical and juvenile justice settings; forensic and developmental psychologists; researchers and students in these areas.

Course Use

May serve as a text in graduate-level courses in child clinical psychology and psychotherapy, juvenile justice, and social work and law.

New to this edition:

Incorporates updated empirical findings.
Chapters on sexual offending among girls, family and environmental risk factors, assessment, treatment evaluation research, and restorative justice.