Not Monsters

Analyzing the Stories of Child Molesters

Inbunden, Engelska, 2005

AvPamela D. Schultz

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In the wake of recent violence our nation has experienced, and the paranoia that has ensued, we've directed our attention to potential terrorists in our midst. Yet our children face more risk from people they know than from terrorists they have never met. An estimated one in five girls and one in ten boys in the United States experience some form of sexual abuse by age eighteen. What could possibly motivate a person to molest a child? Not Monsters documents the stories of nine convicted child molesters through one-on-one interviews, listening to what offenders have to say about their crimes and exploring the roots of these behaviors from a social constructionist perspective. Their words paint a compelling and frightening portrait of how sexual abuse works in Western culture to perpetuate a political and social system of dominance and control.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2005-01-20
Mått165 x 235 x 26 mm
Vikt549 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor248
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9780742530577

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Chapter 1 AcknowledgmentsChapter 2 PrefaceChapter 3 1 The Impact of Child Sexual AbuseChapter 4 2 "Truth" and the Social Construction of Child Sexual AbuseChapter 5 3 Tony—The ActorChapter 6 4 Red—The MartyrChapter 7 5 Billy—The Monstrous ChildChapter 8 6 Darrell—The Altar BoyChapter 9 7 Abe—The Family ManChapter 10 8 Greg—The VictimChapter 11 9 Ben—The Defeated SoldierChapter 12 10 Matthew—The Lost BoyChapter 13 11 Rick—The UserChapter 14 12 Making Sense of the SenselessChapter 15 AppendixChapter 16 Bibliography

Not Monsters is a valuable book that is both well written and highly informative. Pamela Schultz has done an excellent job in providing straightforward information about the impact of sexual abuse on victims as well as on men who sexually abuse children, looking critically at the motivation behind their behavior. Working in the field for almost three decades has taught me that punishment alone will not prevent sexual abuse from occurring. We need to fully and completely understand it. Not Monsters provides a daring look into child sexual abuse and furthers our understanding of this public health problem, lending support to the national efforts to prevent child sexual abuse.