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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.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Keogh, Timothy.
- Series:
- Forensic psychotherapy monograph series.
- Forensic psychotherapy monograph series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Teenage sex offenders.
- Juvenile delinquency.
- Physical Description:
- 1 volume (257 pages); 23 cm.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Karnac, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- 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
- Contents:
- pt. 1. The forensic focus
- pt. 2. The lens
- pt. 3. Magnifying the lens: research findings
- pt. 4. Practice and application.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-429-92111-X
- 0-429-48211-6
- 1-283-37119-7
- 9786613371195
- 1-84940-954-4
- 9780429482113
- OCLC:
- 773564844
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