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Newsletter Archive
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VOLUME 3, 2010
| What Does the Latest Research Say about Working with Children and Adolescents? | July 2010 |
| Professionals working with children and adolescents frequently need easy access to the latest information on sexually abusive behaviors in children and adolescents. | |
| Steven Bengis, David S. Prescott, and Joan Tabachnick (2010). | |
| Once a pre-teen has engaged in problematic sexual behaviors, will those behaviors persist over time? | July 2010 |
| Persistence of Sexual Behaviors in Pre-Teens. | |
| Steven Bengis, David S. Prescott, and Joan Tabachnick (2010). | |
| Does individualized treatment with sexually abusive adolescents lower the risk that they will re-offend? | June 2010 |
| 20-Year Study Concludes that Specialized Treatment with Sexually Abusive Adolescents Reduced Long-Term Re-Offense. | |
| Steven Bengis, David S. Prescott, and Joan Tabachnick (2010). | |
| Attachment Theory Can Help our Understanding of Sexual Abuse Perpetration by Adolescents. | May 2010 |
| Understanding Sexual Perpetration Against Children: Effects of Attachment Style, Interpersonal Involvement, and Hypersexuality. | |
| Michael H. Miner, Beatrice “Bean” E. Robinson, Raymond A. Knight, Dianne Berg, Rebecca Swinburne Romine, and Jason Netland (2010). | |
| Do Psychiatric Conditions Contribute to Recidivism? | April 2010 |
| The contribution of psychiatric disorder to juvenile recidivism. | |
| McReynolds, L.S., Schwalbe, C.S., & Wasserman, G.A. (2010). | |
| Where does personal victimization fit in the assessment and treatment of adolescents who have sexually abused? | March 2010 |
| Subgroup differences in the modus operandi of adolescent sexual offenders. | |
| Kaufman, K.L., Hilliker, D.R., and Daleiden, E.L. (1996). | |
| How Should Professionals Use the Polygraph with Adolescents Who Have Sexually Abused? | February 2010 |
| Polygraph Testing Leads to Better Understanding Adult and Juvenile Sex Offenders. | |
| Hindman, J. & Peters, J.M. (2001). | |
| Goals, Skills, and Strategies: Revisiting Our Assumptions. | January 2010 |
| The relationships between social goals, skills, and strategies and their effect on aggressive behavior among adolescents. | |
| Winstok, Z. (2009). |
VOLUME 2, 2009
| Can We Ask A Favor? | December 2009 |
| Support the NEARI Jump-Start Program. | |
| Steve Bengis | |
| Taking a More Postive Approach in Treatment. | November 2009 |
| A reevaluation of relapse prevention with adolescents who sexual offend: A good-lives model. | |
| Thakker, J., Ward, T., and Tidmarsh, P. (2008). | |
| Cultural Competence May Be Easier to Discuss than to Practice. |
October 2009 |
| Interviewing immigrant children and families for suspected child maltreatment. | |
| Fontes, L. (2009). | |
| Iatrogenic effects of group treatment for antisocial youth. | September 2009 |
| Group Treatment for Adolescents: Helpful or Harmful? | |
| Weiss, B., Caron, A., Ball, S., Tapp, J., Johnson, M., & Weisz, J.R. (2005). | |
| Pathways to Offending: Adults Differ from Adolescents. | August 2009 |
| Testing an etiological model for male juvenile sexual offending against females. | |
| Knight, R.A., & Sims-Knight, J.E. (2004). | |
| De-Bunking Myths about People who have Sexually Abused. | July 2009 |
| Lessons learned and unanswered questions about sexual assault perpetration. | |
| Abbey, A. (2005). | |
| Is Denial a Risk Factor? | June 2009 |
| Denial predicts recidivism for some sexual offenders. | |
| Nunes, K.L., Hanson, R.K., Firestone, P., Moulden, H.M., Greenberg, D. M., & Bradford, J.M. (2007). | |
| Understanding the Sexual Behavior of Children. | May 2009 |
| Normative sexual behavior in children: A contemporary sample. | |
| Friedrich, W.N., Fisher, J., Broughton, D., Houston, M., & Shafran, C.R. (1998). | |
| Professionals May Be Able to Identify High-Risk Adolescents. | April 2009 |
| Five-year accuracy of assessments of high risk for sexual recidivism of adolescents. | |
| Hagan, M.P., Anderson, D.L., Caldwell, M.S., & Kemper, T.S. (in press). | |
| Family Support of Adolescent Change is Vital. | March 2009 |
| Rough terrain: navigating around barriers to family involvement with youth who have caused sexual harm. | |
| Schladale, J. (2005). | |
| Current Research Casts Doubt on the Effectiveness of Registering Youth. | February 2009 |
| Recidivism rates for registered and nonregistered juvenile sexual offenders. | |
| Letourneau EJ, Armstrong KS. (2008). | |
| The Value of Asking Adolescents to Self-Report Sexual Arousal and Sexual Interest. | January 2009 |
| Assessing sexual arousal with adolescent males who have offended sexually: Self-report and unobtrusively measured viewing time. | |
| Worling, J.R. (2006). |
VOLUME 1, 2008
| A Meaningful Guide to Working with Children with Sexual Behavior Problems. | December 2008 |
| Report of the Task Force on Children with Sexual Behavior Problems. | |
| Chaffin, M. Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers (2006). | |
| Challenging Long-Held Notions about Sexual Abuse by Adolescents. | November 2008 |
| Juvenile Sex Offenders: A Case Against the Legal and Clinical Status Quo. | |
| Letourneau, E.J., & Miner, M.H. (2005). | |
| Is Specialized Assessment and Treatment for Adolescents Really Needed? | October 2008 |
| Sexual offense adjudication and sexual recidivism among juvenile offenders. | |
| Caldwell, M.F. (2007). | |
| A New Tool Helps Assess Treatment Progress. | September 2008 |
| Initial Psychometric Properties of a Treatment Planning and Progress Inventory for Adolescents Who Sexually Abuse. | |
| Oneal, B.J. Burns, G.L. Kahn, T.J., Rich, P., & Worling, J.R. (2008). | |
| Punishment Does Not Prevent Abuse. | July 2008 |
| The effects of prison sentences and intermediate sanctions on recidivism: General effects and individual differences. | |
| Smith, P., Goggin, C., & Gendreau, P. (2002). | |
| A New Study Looks at Victimization and Personality Characteristics of Youth who have Sexually Abused. | June 2008 |
| An exploratory evaluation of the contribution of personality and childhood sexual victimization to the development of sexually abusive behavior. | |
| Burton, D.L. (2008). | |
| Research Shows that the Right Treatment for Adolescents Can Reduce Recidivism. | May 2008 |
| The effectiveness of sexual offender treatment for juveniles as measured by recidivism: A metaanalysis. | |
| Reitzel, L.R., & Carbonell, J.L. (2006). | |
| The Inherent Dangers of Assessing Risk among Youth: New Research and Old Dilemmas. | April 2008 |
| Assessing risk for violence in adolescents who have sexually offended: A comparison of the J-SOAP-II, J-SORRAT-II, and SAVRY. | |
| Viljoen, J. L., Scalora, M., Cuadra, L., Bader, S., Chavez, V., Ullman, D., & Lawrence,L. (2008). |