Childhood Sexual Abuse:  Understanding Abusers
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Assessing Sexual Abuse
Because I Love You
Child Exploitation and Communication Technologies
Child Sexual Abuse and the Internet
Female Sexual Abuse of Children
Female Sexual Abusers
 Female Sexual Offenders
Predators: Pedophiles, Rapists & Other Sex Offenders
Use of Victim-Offender Communication in the Treatment of Sexual Abuse
Web of Meaning
Women and Men Who Sexually Abuse Children

Assessing Sexual AbuseAssessing Sexual Abuse : A Resource Guide for Practitioners
 edited by Robert Prentky & Stacey Bird Edmunds
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This monograph pulls together all of the information current at the time (1997), on the various tools used by programs and practitioners for assessing abuse reactive children, juvenile and adult sexual abusers and, child, juvenile, and adult victims of sexual abuse. It includes scales and instruments on general assessment of personality, general psychological and behavioral assessment, traumatic victimization, attachment, empathy, distorted attitudes, anger, sexual knowledge, sexual functioning, and more. It also includes research on many of the listed items and a handy appendix of scales, inventories, checklists and more.

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Because I Love You : The Silent Shadow of Child Sexual Abuse

Because I Love Youby Joyce Allan
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After her father's suicide at age 69, Joyce Allan decides to research his life to try to understand the origin and extent of his paedophilia. This is a haunting narrative not only of her and her father's lives, but also of how family, friends, and society allowed him to claim a long line of victims through denial and silence. The consequences of allowing abuse to continue become clear as Joyce describes her traumatic memory loss, alcoholism and depression, and learns that sexual abuse has been part of her family story for five generations. A powerful book that victims, offenders, counsellors, family members, and friends will all find both challenging and inspiring.

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Child Exploitation And Communication Technologies
Child Exploitation And Communication Technologies by Alisdair Gillespie
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A brand new and up-to-date title dealing with the growing threat posed to young people via the Internet and other communication technologies. It aims to give an understanding of how abusers operate and how young people may put themselves at risk, or behave inappropriately themselves. It also gives brief explanations of the technologies available, and how the law treats different behaviours.   

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Child Sexual Abuse And The Internet : Tackling the New Frontier
Child Sexual Abuse And The Internet Edited by Martin C. Calder
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Although intended primarily for those working in the field of sex offender treatment, this book contains valuable information for anyone wanting to better understand this new threat to the safety of children and offers insights into how we can protect them.

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Female Sexual Abuse of Children : The Ultimate Taboo
Female Sexual Abuse of Childrenedited by Michele Elliott
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A powerful study consisting of contributions by professionals who have worked with survivors and with abusers, and of testimonies from male and female survivors, all of whom have been abused by women.  "Finding survivors willing to talk was no problem, finding people willing to listen was."    Finally back in print.

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Female Sexual Abusers : Three Views
Female Sexual Abusers by Patricia Davin, Julia Hislop & Teresa Dunbar
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"An accepted typology of female sexual abusers has been elusive, a source of debate in recent years. Together these three excellent research pieces provide an important contribution toward furthering our understanding of where female sexual abusers come from and why they abuse children."

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Female Sexual Offenders : An Exploratory StudyFemale Sexual Offenders
by Ruth Mathews, Jane Kinder Matthews & Kathleen Speltz
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This classic 112-page study of female sexual abusers adds significantly to the research literature. It analyses objective
data about the women's abuse, delineates three offender typologies, and delves into qualitative data to analyse the women's treatment experiences. 

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Predators: Pedophiles, Rapists & Other Sex Offenders : Who They Are, How They Operate, and How We Can Protect Ourselves & Our Children    Predators Paedophiles Rapists Sex Offenders
by Anna C. Salter, PhD
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“This is not a book with complete and comfortable answers. It will not finish with a checklist for identifying a sex offender… But if I do my job right, reading this book will make it harder for sex offenders to get access to you or your children. It will make it harder because knowing how they think and act and operate is the best protection that we have. Indeed, it is the only protection that is possible.”

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The Use Of Victim-Offender Communication In The Treatment Of Sexual Abuse      Victim-Offender Communication
Edited by James M. Yokley
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An interesting book which provides some insights into how sexual abusers operate as well as into treatment and intervention models. Especially useful to those interested in face-to-face contact between victims and offenders.

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Web Of Meaning : A Developmental-Contextual Approach in Sexual Abuse Treatment
Web Of Meaning by Gail Ryan & Associates
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Suggests that in order to provide meaningful treatment of sexual abuse we must abandon the idea of "recipes" for victim and abuser treatment, and instead develop therapeutic interventions tailored to the individual, rather than the event. Particularly useful for those working with survivors who have also been offenders.

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Women and Men Who Sexually Abuse ChildrenWomen and Men Who Sexually Abuse Children : A Comparative Analysis
by Craig Allen, PhD
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An 80-page exploratory study, including 41 tables, presenting a comparative profile of 65 women and 75 men who have sexually abused children. Findings from this study suggest that important differences may exist between women and men who sexually abuse children. 
USA, 1991

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