The Perversion of Youth: Controversies in the Assessment and Treatment of Juvenile Sex Offenders Contributor(s): Dicataldo, Frank C. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0814720013 ISBN-13: 9780814720011 Publisher: New York University Press OUR PRICE: $88.11 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2009 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Developmental - Adolescent - Social Science | Criminology - Social Science | Anthropology - General |
Dewey: 364.153 |
LCCN: 2008052995 |
Series: Psychology and Crime |
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6" W x 9" (1.05 lbs) 288 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): DiCataldo, Frank C.: - Frank C. DiCataldo is Assistant Professor of Psychology at Roger Williams University. He has been a practicing forensic psychologist for twenty years in Massachusetts and has worked in adult corrections and juvenile justice settings. |