The perversion of youth [electronic resource] : controversies in the assessment and treatment of juvenile sex offenders / Frank C. DiCataldo.

By: DiCataldo, Frank CContributor(s): ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextSeries: Psychology and crime seriesPublication details: New York : New York University Press, c2009Description: x, 269 p. : illSubject(s): Teenage sex offenders -- Psychology | Teenage sex offenders -- RehabilitationGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 364.15/30835 LOC classification: HV9067.S48 | D53 2009Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
The birth of a moral panic -- The return of the blob : the heterogeneity of juvenile sex offenders -- Test authors in search of a clinical population : risk assessment instruments for juvenile sex offenders -- The adolescent as sexual deviant : the treatment of juvenile sex offenders -- Creating the objects of our concern : normal childhood sexuality and the invention of childhood sexual behavior problems -- Becoming a man : the waiver of the juvenile sex offender to adult court -- Making monsters : the civil commitment of juvenile sex offenders -- Collateral consequences : the invisible punishment of the juvenile sex offender.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-252) and index.

The birth of a moral panic -- The return of the blob : the heterogeneity of juvenile sex offenders -- Test authors in search of a clinical population : risk assessment instruments for juvenile sex offenders -- The adolescent as sexual deviant : the treatment of juvenile sex offenders -- Creating the objects of our concern : normal childhood sexuality and the invention of childhood sexual behavior problems -- Becoming a man : the waiver of the juvenile sex offender to adult court -- Making monsters : the civil commitment of juvenile sex offenders -- Collateral consequences : the invisible punishment of the juvenile sex offender.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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