Posts tagged with: CSOT

Online Predators Dangers – Not Distinctively Dangerous Sex Offenders

Special Thanks Janis Wolak and David Finkelhor A new University of New Hampshire study challenges the view that online predators are a distinctly dangerous variety of sex offenders, requiring special programs to protect youth. The study from the UNH Crimes...

Adolescence and The Law – Current Challenges

Adolescence and The Law – Current Challenges Offices are in Dallas Preston Hollow/Medical City Texas. (214) 431-2032 The new issue of the Association for Psychological Science’s journal *Current Directions in Psychological Science* is a special issue devoted to “The Teenage...

Criminals Victims of Abuse – How Often is The Criminal Abuser Truly an Abused Person?

HOW OFTEN IS THE CRIMINAL ABUSER TRULY AN ABUSED PERSON? Criminals Victims of Abuse? Constantly, I encounter the view that people become abusers because they were themselves abused. This is part of what has come to be an accepted theory...

Sexual Abuse Awareness

In the wake of recent high-profile sexual abuse cases, people are struggling to make sense of these situations and reconcile the allegations with their previously-held views of particular people, institutions, and the nature of child sexual abuse. Sexual abuse awareness...

Juvenile Sex Offenders – Classification and Treatment

The Behaviors and Habits of Juvenile Sex Offenders It’s Not Always Just About Sex Offenses New research indicates that juveniles who have committed sexual offenses are more likely to re-offend with non-sexual delinquency than sexual delinquency. This new evidence suggests...