Perversion of Youth

Controversies in the Assessment and Treatment of Juvenile Sex Offenders

Inbunden, Engelska, 2009

AvFrank C. DiCataldo,Frank C. Dicataldo

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Over the past two decades, concern about adolescent sex offenders has grown at an astonishing pace, garnering heated coverage in the media and providing fodder for television shows like Law & Order. Americans' reaction to such stories has prompted the unquestioned application to adolescents of harsh legal and clinical intervention strategies designed for serious adult offenders, with little attention being paid to the psychological maturity of the offender. Many strategies being used today to deal with juvenile sex offenders—and even to define what criteria to use in defining "juvenile sex offender"—do not have empirical support and, Frank C. DiCataldo cautions, may be doing more harm to children and society than good.The Perversion of Youth critiques the current system and its methods for treating and categorizing juveniles, and calls for a major reevaluation of how these cases should be managed in the future. Through an analysis of the history of the problem and an empirical review of the literature, including specific cases and their outcomes, DiCataldo demonstrates that current practices are based more on our collective fears and moral passions than on any supportive science or sound policy.

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Utgivningsdatum2009-06-01
Mått153 x 229 x undefined mm
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SeriePsychology and Crime
Antal sidor288
FörlagNew York University Press
ISBN9780814720011

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Acknowledgments 1 The Birth of a Moral Panic 2 The Return of the Blob: The Heterogeneity of Juvenile Sex Offenders 3 Test Authors in Search of a Clinical Population: Risk Assessment Instruments for Juvenile Sex Offenders 4 The Adolescent as Sexual Deviant: The Treatment of Juvenile Sex Offenders 5 Creating the Objects of Our Concern: Normal Childhood Sexuality and the Invention of Childhood Sexual Behavior Problems 6 Becoming a Man: The Waiver of the Juvenile Sex Offender to Adult Court 7 Making Monsters: The Civil Commitment of Juvenile Sex Offenders 8 Collateral Consequences: The Invisible Punishment of the Juvenile Sex Offender Epilogue References Index About the Author

In a masterful and wonderfully readable blend of science, cases, legal analysis and clinical insight, DiCataldo shows us that the problem is not 'them,' but rather our own unsupportable images and presumptions about who 'they' are. If policy makers, clinicians and researchers read this book with an open mind, it could bring long-overdue change to our nation's responses to youth whose sexual behavior sometimes troubles us. - Thomas Grisso,Director, Law and Psychiatry Program, University of Massachusetts Medical School Provides a well-informed and comprehensive assessment of today's psychological and legal environments that surround youth who have committed sexual offenses. This book will be a valuable resource to clinicians, researchers, attorneys, judges, and policymakers who deal with this complex topic. - Brent J. Oneal,Private Forensic Practice/Clinical Instructor, University of Washington, Seattle DiCataldo's texts is a very welcomed addition to the study of adolescent sexuality as it reminds us of the need to consider the remarkable breadth of adolescents' experiences and evaluated the appropriateness of societal responses to them. - Danielle Schwegman (Journal of Youth & Adolescence)