The landmark text for understanding sexual behavior problems in children – now fully revised. Thoroughly update, the second edition of Understanding, Assessing, and Rehabilitating Juvenile Sexual Offenders guides mental health professionals through the breadth of assessment and intervention methods available for working with this special population, providing a succinct yet complete survey of the field and a reliable resource for assessment, treatment, and rehabilitation. The new edition of "Understanding, Assessing, and Rehabilitating Juvenile Sexual Offenders" published by John Wiley & Sons guides mental health professionals through the breadth of assessment and treatment methods available for working with this special population, providing a succinct yet complete survey of the field and a reliable resource for assessment, treatment, and rehabilitation. Through exploring fundamental beliefs about juvenile sexual offenders, Phil Rich gives insight into the underlying problems, behaviors, and factors that contribute to sexual offending, while encouraging practitioners to develop new ideas and methods to meet their specific clinical orientations and experiences. Going beyond prevalent interventions, Rich presents treatment methods that marry psychoeducational, cognitive-behavioral, and psychodynamic treatments into a single model, which incorporates individual, group, and family treatment into an approach that treats the whole child, not just the sexual offending behaviors. Complete with informative examples, Understanding, Assessing, and Rehabilitating Juvenile Sexual Offenders is an essential book for everyone working with this unique group of clients. Click here for information about this book.

"The Second Edition of Understanding, Assessing, and Rehabilitating Juvenile Sex Offenders showcases Phil Rich's experience and mastery of the research and clinical literature. In my view, this is an excellent therapy book and, like its predecessor, will help practitioners to work effectively and ethically with juvenile offenders. It is destined to become a classic." Tony Ward, MA, Ph.D.

"Phil Rich is considered one of the world's leading authorities on how best to understand, assess, and treat juvenile sexual offenders, and this second edition of his excellent text shows why he is held in such high regard. All theoreticians, researchers, and practitioners whose work brings them in contact with juvenile sexual offenders should definitely read this remarkable book." W. L. Marshall, OC, FRSC, Ph.D.

"Phil Rich's book, Understanding, Assessing, and Rehabilitating Juvenile Sexual Offenders, Second Edition offers new and thought provoking ideas, updates and information, especially on developmental pathways. This book is one of the few publications on juvenile sexual offending that offers something new and revealing to the field." Robert E. Longo, MRC, LPC, NCC.

"Phil Rich masterfully fills the gap in the juvenile sexual offender treatment literature with a book that is neither introductory nor narrowly specialized. Seasoned veterans will appreciate his thoughtful and studied approach. Newcomers will find this book a vital go-to resource." David Prescott, LICSW.

"Rich by name and rich in depth, detail, description and debate. An instant classic, Understanding, Assessing, and Rehabilitating Juvenile Sexual Offenders, Second Edition is both comprehensive and challenging with its material and messages, yet reassuringly accessible and practical." Martin C. Calder, M.A.

In working with juvenile sexual offenders, it has become increasingly common to link disturbed or under-developed early attachment relationships to the later development of pathology.

Beginning with a detailed and critical overview of attachment theory, "Attachment and Sexual Offending: Understanding and Applying Attachment Theory to the Treatment of Juvenile Sexual Offenders," published by John Wiley & Sons, provides an analysis of research that links attachment theory to sexually abusive behavior in children and adolescents. This complete guide also extensively covers literature that relates attachment to adult sexual offending. A comprehensive framework for applying attachment theory to the treatment of juvenile sexual offenders is also included, providing steps for developing and implementing attachment treatment.

This important text will appeal to anyone interested in attachment theory and its application to clinical and forensic psychology. It is a valuable resource for professionals working with sexually abusive juveniles in a range of clinical settings, and will also be of interest to those working with adult sexual offenders. Click here for information about this book.

"This is a fascinating and important book" --Tony Ward, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

"Attachment and Sexual Offending is a thought provoking book that challenges the traditional ways in which we have thought about, assessed and treated juvenile sexual abusers. Phil Rich's book is brilliant and should be read by any professional who works with, and/or comes in contact with, juveniles who sexually abuse." --Robert E. Longo, Independent Consultant and Trainer, USA

"Attachment and Sexual Offending is a must for anybody working in the field, as well as for those who want to know more about this area." --Anthony Beech, University of Birmingham, UK

Clinicians who do not exclusively work with juvenile sexual offenders still need to evaluate and assess risk with sexually reactive children in their practices. Providing crucial, current literature, Juvenile Sexual Offenders offers a timely overview of the process of risk evaluation of juvenile sexual offenders.

Practical information is provided in effectively conducting thorough evaluations of juvenile sexual offenders. Topics include projecting risk and using the instruments. Professionals in the field, including clinicians, supervisors, and administrators, will receive detailed guidelines on how to gauge potential risk of repeat offense.

The evaluation of risk for sexual re-offense in children and adolescents is quite different from risk evaluation with adult sexual offenders. Sexually abusive youths are persons-in-development and, as such, must be understood in the social and developmental contexts of their lives, having the potential to change from year to year in their capacities, attitudes, sense of self and others, and neurobiology.

With this perspective as its foundation, Juvenile Sexual Offenders: A Comprehensive Guide to Risk Evaluation helps you become more sensitive and better informed in understanding, assessing, and treating this unique population. Moving from theoretical ideas to the practical application of these ideas through the use of explanation, principles, and guidelines, Juvenile Sexual Offenders: A Comprehensive Guide to Risk Evaluation contributes to a greater understanding of risk assessment and toward the development of guidelines that can shape and steer the process of risk assessment. "….this book is strongly recommended to clinicians engaged in risk assessment with sexually abusive youth or to any reader who wishes to further his or her knowledge of risk and risk assessment with sexually abusive youth." (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Vol. 5, No. 3, 2009)  Click here for information about this book.
 

The Stages of Accomplishment workbooks include four inter-related workbooks that assist in the treatment of sexually abusive youth or adolescents who have shown other sexually troubled behavior. Building from simpler ideas to more complex and richer concepts, the workbooks take an adolescent through a series of guided exercises that touch on many of the most significant elements of treatment.

The workbooks can be used in a variety of settings, to augment individualized treatment or applied to community-based and residential treatment settings. The accompanying Clinician's Guide will help guide therapists in their use of the workbooks, and includes supplemental tests to ensure the highest retention of learning.

Designed for use with adolescent boys of average cognitive abilities, the Clinician Guide offers concrete ideas for adapting the workbooks to other populations of sexually abusive youth. "Phil Rich understands both the theory and front lines of treatment. These volumes are clear, easy to sue, and show the teen how to get to a healthier place.

For the clinician, he workbooks provide the needed flexibility to tailor the treatment program to each client." Davis Prescott, author of Assessing Youth Who Have Sexually Abused. Click here for information about this book.