Women who sexually abuse children : from research to clinical practice

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Women who sexually abuse children : from research to clinical practice

Jacqui Saradjian ; in associaion with Helga Hanks

(Wiley series in child care and protection)

John Wiley & Sons, 1996

  • : pbk

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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Description

This work is based on in-depth research with more than fifty women who have sexually abused children and therapy that has been carried out with several such women. It describes many aspects of their lives: childhood; own abuse histories; adult relationships with partners, peers and children; social stresses; support networks; and coping strategies. The women's attitudes, beliefs and opinions are reflected throughout and the research is illustrated with relevant case material. Based on this research, an integrated theoretical model is proposed as to the motivations involved when women sexually abuse children. Therapists working in a variety of settings can use the strategies presented in the book to assess a woman's risk of sexually abusing children, and to develop a therapeutic relationship that has been found to be effective in prior interventions. The book also describes the results of research into women involved in ritual abuse.

Table of Contents

  • Who the Women Were and How They Told Their Stories
  • Childhood - The Formative Years
  • Relationships - With Self and Others
  • Stresses, Social Support and Coping Mechanisms
  • The Children that the Women Target to Sexually Abuse
  • The Women's Experience of Sex: Looking at Motivations to Offend
  • "Typical" and "Atypical" Female Perpetrators of Child Sexual Abuse
  • Women Involved as Perpetrators in the Ritual Abuse of Children
  • Speculative Theoretical Models
  • Assessment for Risk and Establishing a Therapeutic Relationship
  • Therapeutic Intervention
  • Final Words.

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