A charge of child abuse was filed in court against a former barangay tanod of Lorega, Cebu City, who allegedly impregnated a 16-year-old girl. Even if the girl and her mother denied any abuse had taken place, the prosecutor found basis to elevate the ...

ANTIOCH, Calif. -- An Antioch mother was charged with murder, torture and child abuse Friday for allegedly abusing and killing her 15-year-old niece, Jazzmin Davis, according to Contra Costa County Deputy District Attorney Hal Jewett. Jewett said he ...

This is the moment Sunday Life tracked down jet-setting pervert Ian Magill to his plush Co Down lair. And the notorious sicko ? back on our streets after spending just ONE YEAR in prison for possessing over 15,000 images of horiffic child abuse ...

A 24-year-old Tampa woman was arrested on multiple child abuse and lewd and lascivious battery charges. Deputies say they discovered her in a van with four juveniles, encouraging them to smoke marijuana. Marbelis Margarita Dorado of 2920 W Giddens ...

A school bus aide in Montgomery County was charged yesterday with sexually abusing two female students, including an 11-year-old with special needs. Franklin D. Smith, 61, of the Hyattsville area was arrested and held on $60,000 bond, authorities ...

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The Partnership to Prevent Child Abuse is offering a second round of ?mini-grants? to community organizations that will use the money for programs to prevent child abuse or help families who need services, such as counseling. Ten grants of $2,000 ...

The state's child advocate, appointed by Governor Deval Patrick last spring to review any incident of child abuse or neglect in Massachusetts, has launched an investigation into the deaths of two South Boston girls who died in an alleged arson in ...

The number of monthly reported child sex-abuse incidents in Oneida County reaches its highest point each year in the weeks after children return to school, according to statistics and local law enforcement officials. The rise in child-abuse hot line ...

Friday, September 5, 2008 Shemeeka Davis, 37, said nothing during her appearance in Contra Costa County Superior Court. She was visible only momentarily as she stood behind plates of reflective glass that surrounded a barred window in the courtroom's ...

No social class or ethnic group is exempt. More is known about father/daughter incest (including stepfathers) than that of other relationships. Where fathers are the perpetrators, there are generally other serious family problems including marital discord and social isolation. A serious finding is that the parents themselves often suffered abuse as children.

Author: Carle F. ONeil, Waln K. Brown
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In his study of children and criminality, criminologist and research analyst Ronald Flowers provides an understanding of the relationship between child victimization and juvenile delinquency as well as a comprehensive review of the literature. Assessing the effectiveness of present conceptual frameworks, modes of research, and social and legal measures, he offers recommendations for furthering professional and research efforts in the field. His analysis blends the findings of leading experts and researchers in a variety of disciplines with relevant FBI and law enforcement data. An additional feature is the "model statute" for the study, prevention, and treatment of child victimization in all of its guises.

Author: Ronald Barri Flowers, R. Barri Flowers
Hardcover:  237 pages
Company: Greenwood Press  (1986-11-03)
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Title: The study published in JAMA that looked at child maltreatment among U.S. Army families shows that wives often are the perpetrators. What factors might explain such violence?(FINK! STILL AT LARGE)(Journal of the American Medical Association)
Author: Paul J. Fink
Publication: Clinical Psychiatry News (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 1, 2007
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 35 Issue: 9 Page: 18(1)

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*This set includes a text and workbook.*

Providing step-by-step guidelines for relapse prevention with adult male sex offenders who abuse children, the Maintaining Change for Adult Male Perpetrators of Child Sexual Abuse is based on Hilary Eldridge's experience of piloting this unique cognitive-behavioral treatment approach in community-based, secure hospital, and prison sex offender programs. The book is designed to be used in conjunction with the three-phased program of its companion, A Personal Manual for Maintaining Change. In Maintaining Change for Adult Male Perpetrators of Child Sexual Abuse, Eldridge presents the theoretical base for using relapse prevention, including information on the relapse process and its implications for assessment of perpetrator patterns, as well as interventions in those patterns and maintenance of change. The book provides the therapist or counselor with guidelines, suggestions, and descriptions covering rationale for the exercises used in each phase, how to introduce the exercises, how to deal with client questions and resistance, different ways of explaining the material, and sample therapist-client dialogues. Well integrated into existing programs, this treatment package is ideal for all who work in a professional capacity with adult male sex offenders and provides a clear map for the excursion into uncharted territories of personal change. This is a professional book for client-oriented self-management or therapy to be supervised by social workers, mental health agencies, prison staff, hospital staff, probation officers, psychologists, and other health care professionals. It also makes an excellent training resource or textbook for therapists, counselors, social workers, nurses, and other mental health professionals.

Author: Hilary Eldridge
Hardcover:  164 pages
Company: Sage Publications, Inc  (1997-09-23)
ISBN: 0761911308
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The development of knowledge and skills in working with perpetrators of sexual abuse over the past 15 years has been greatly aided by the establishment of specialist workers and teams. However, this has had the unintended effect of generating mystique about the nature of the work and discouraging non-specialists from engaging in it. The authors feel that this is counter-productive and must be addressed, as almost all work with perpetrators is undertaken by individuals with little support, specialist training or supervision. Only 6% of known perpetrators are treated in established specialist programmes. The underpinning theory and the key principles of practice with this group can be acquired by any professional worker. This book brings that knowledge to front-line staff to enable them to contribute effectively to the protection of children. The book sets out: . To demystify the theory of working with perpetrators of child sexual abuse. . To give practitioners the information they need to able to work effectively and safely with perpetrators. . To help practitioners acquire the skills to help perpetrators take responsibility for their actions and thus protect children. . To look at the gender issues inevitably embedded in this area of work. The book is aimed at the singleton practitioner within social work, probation, housing, community work and mental health work who is increasing faced with the need to work with sex offenders with little or no specialist support. The authors have between them over twenty years of experience in working and training in this field. In this book they have attempted to disseminate their knowledge. They have provided an accessible, readable and informative 'how to' guide. It will appeal to any front line worker who seeks practical advice to develop his or her competence in face to face work with this group. Contents: Context and theory . How Perpetrators Operate . The Grooming Process . Risk Assessment . Change, Monitoring and Containment. Professional Support . Multi-Agency Contexts . Impact on the Professional Lynda Deacon is Staff Tutor, Health and Social Welfare, Open University, with extensive experience in child protection work. Bryan Gocke is a Child Protection Manager and former Probation Officer with experience with adult and adolescent abusers.

Author: L Deacon, B Gocke, C Baim
Paperback:  212 pages
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An inside look at the reasons Catholic priests and nuns commit sexual abuse

Sexual Abuse and the Culture of Catholicism digs beneath the public scandals to explore the underlying causes of sexual abuse by priests and nuns from the unique perspective of an abuse victim/survivor who is an experienced mental health practitioner and social science researcher. This powerful book includes the author's personal account of sexual abuse by a nun and her years of struggle to recover. Passionate but scholarly and objective, the book advocates the need for healing dialogue, empirical research, and informed prevention strategies to bring a meaningful resolution to the crisis of sexual abuse in the church.

Popular explanations for the reasons behind the crisis have included issues related to celibacy, homosexuality, the power structure of the church, and poor seminary screening practices. But none of these theories are supported by research nor can they explain why Catholic priests and nuns may be more likely to abuse children that other adults in positions of trust. Sexual Abuse and the Culture of Catholicism uses a complex, systemic approach to draw parallels between the church as a human system and a family that has experienced incest, presenting a model for a sexual trauma cycle in the church based on systemic sexual shame passed down through the beliefs and practices of Catholicism.

Sexual Abuse and the Culture of Catholicism examines:

the prevalence and characteristics of sexual abuse by Catholic priests and nuns compared to sex offenders in the general population
celibacy, homosexuality, and the power structure of the church as contributing factors in the sexual abuse crisis
an analogy of the church as a family in which incest occurs
the effects and causes of sexual offending from one generation to the next
how current research on sexual offending applies to sexual abuse by priests and nuns
healing and empowerment for those affected by religious-based sexual trauma
reform and renewal within the Catholic Church
and much more

Sexual Abuse and the Culture of Catholicism is a unique and important resource for clergy, religious order, and lay leaders in the Catholic Church and other Christian denominations; social science researchers; social workers and mental health professionals; lay and religious members of the Catholic Church; and anyone recovering from religious-based sexual trauma.

Author: Myra L. Hidalgo
Paperback:  136 pages
Company: Routledge  (2007-02-20)
ISBN: 0789029561
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Most abused children are younger than five-years-old. They do not know how to ask questions, are afraid to do so or have no one with whom to talk. Older children, whether abused or not, know that some adults are unkind and hurt others. They see cruel acts on TV and movies, and hear stories or read books and newspapers. The questions in this publication come from years of working with children. No child asks all of these questions or in this order, but they are REAL QUESTIONS. When children receive honest answers, they can begin to understand the struggles and great sadness felt by all member of a family when a child is abused.

Author: Ruth P. Arent
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Author: Jeffrey L Metzner
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Company: C. Henry Kempe National Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect  (1988)
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Author: Jim Hamer
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If you're looking for new and innovative ways of working with survivors of child and adolescent sexual abuse--or child/juvenile perpetrators of sexual abuse--then look no further. Mic Hunter and a talented team of professionals begin by offering concise, practical discussions on topics related to survivors, including managing self-regulation disorders in sexually abused boys, treating ritual abuse survivors, and inpatient treatment of adolescent survivors of sexual abuse. Next, the contributors focus on treating the child/juvenile offender, examining such issues as treating abuse reactive children, parallel treatment for parents of abuse reactive children, societal responses to sexually aggressive children, and identifying and responding to juvenile sexual abuse offenders. For each issue examined, contributors offer concrete directions for intervention. Written both for practitioners and advanced clinical students, this accessibly written volume will serve as a valuable resource. "This book is like going to a conference and getting all the best presentations. . . . Models a nice concrete technique for use with a problem population." --Sandra K. Hewitt, Ph.D., Private Practice, Edina, Minnesota "This excellent short paperback contains well-written, well-referenced chapters by leading figures in the field of child abuse and neglect, covering an ambitious range of topics involving child survivors as well as children who sexually abuse other children. This small book is a timely and important addition to the sexual abuse literature, and will be of particular interest to those professionals working with children and young people who show sexually coercive or abusing behaviour towards other children." --Eileen Vizard in Young Minds Newsletter "The book is subtitled "treatment innovations" and this sets the tone for its whole approach. This is a readable and practical book written for clinicians, and is obviously based on much solid clinical experience. The chapter on ritual abuse is particularly good, being both readable and thought provoking. It is a very thorough examination of the difficulties which can arise in working with severely abused people, and tackles very realistically the potential risks for both client and therapist, when working with very damaged individuals. The thorny issues surrounding the validity of recovered memories are also tackled extremely well. Overall the book is an excellent review of current understanding and treatment of sexually abused children and adolescents. However, clinicians working with adult survivors of abuse will also find much that is useful in the book." --Carol Sellars in Clinical Psychology Forum

Paperback:  194 pages
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