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The Internal World of the Juvenile Sex Offender : Through a Glass Darkly then Face to Face / Timothy Keogh ; foreword by Stanley Ruszczynski.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Forensic psychotherapy monograph seriesPublication details: London : Karnac Books, 2012.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781849409544
  • 1849409544
  • 1855758628
  • 9781855758629
  • 9786613371195
  • 661337119X
  • 9781780499857
  • 178049985X
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Internal World of the Juvenile Sex Offender : Through a Glass Darkly then Face to Face.DDC classification:
  • 364.1530835
LOC classification:
  • RJ506.S48 .K889 2012
NLM classification:
  • 2012 B-343
  • WS 463
Online resources:
Contents:
Part 1. The forensic focus: The nature of juvenile sex offending ; The characteristics and differences of juvenile sex offenders -- Part 2. The lens: Attachment and juvenile sex offending ; Psychopathy and juvenile sex offending ; Malignant narcissism, psychopathy, and perversion ; Epigenetics and aspects of the neurobiology of attachment and sexual behaviour -- part 3. Magnifying the lens : research findings: The study and its findings ; A closer view into the internal world of the juvenile sex offender -- part 5. Practice and application: Implications for the assessment of the juvenile sex offender ; The tale of two psyches : case histories of juvenile sex offenders ; Mentalization based therapy (MBT) and other psychoanalytic treatment.
Summary: The book argues the case for the usefulness of an empirically based understanding of the internal world of juvenile sex offenders as a way of humanely relating to their difficulties. It details the extent and nature of juvenile sex offending and its impact on victims and provides an extensive psychoanalytically oriented description of this offender group. The background of these offenders is examined, focusing on their experience of abuse, especially sexual abuse. Attention is paid to the unique characteristics of these offenders, particularly their attachment difficulties. The value of attach.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part 1. The forensic focus: The nature of juvenile sex offending ; The characteristics and differences of juvenile sex offenders -- Part 2. The lens: Attachment and juvenile sex offending ; Psychopathy and juvenile sex offending ; Malignant narcissism, psychopathy, and perversion ; Epigenetics and aspects of the neurobiology of attachment and sexual behaviour -- part 3. Magnifying the lens : research findings: The study and its findings ; A closer view into the internal world of the juvenile sex offender -- part 5. Practice and application: Implications for the assessment of the juvenile sex offender ; The tale of two psyches : case histories of juvenile sex offenders ; Mentalization based therapy (MBT) and other psychoanalytic treatment.

The book argues the case for the usefulness of an empirically based understanding of the internal world of juvenile sex offenders as a way of humanely relating to their difficulties. It details the extent and nature of juvenile sex offending and its impact on victims and provides an extensive psychoanalytically oriented description of this offender group. The background of these offenders is examined, focusing on their experience of abuse, especially sexual abuse. Attention is paid to the unique characteristics of these offenders, particularly their attachment difficulties. The value of attach.

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WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 650

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