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- catalog abstract "The sexual abuse of children is one of the most morally unsettling and emotionally inflammatory issues in American society today. It has been estimated that roughly one out of every four girls and one in ten boys experience some form of unwanted sexual attention either inside or outside the family before they reach adulthood. An alarmingly common occurrence, sexual abuse is traumatic and life-altering for children in its impact. How should society deal with the sexual victimization of children? Should known offenders be released back into our communities? If so, where, and with what rights, should they be allowed to live? In Unspeakable Acts, Douglas W. Pryor argues that much of this debate, designed to deal with abusers after they have offended, ignores the important issue of why men cross these forbidden sexual boundaries to molest children in the first place and how the behavior can possibly be prevented before it starts. Based on in-depth interviews with thirty men who molested their own children or the children of people they knew, Pryor provides a unique glimpse of those who become offenders. His analysis explores how the lives of offenders prior to their offending led up to and contributed to what they did, the ways that initial interest in sex with children began, the tactics offenders employed to molest their victims over time, how they felt about and reacted to their behavior between offending episodes, and how and why they stopped abusing.".
- catalog alternative "Project Muse UPCC books net".
- catalog contributor b9650523.
- catalog created "c1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "c1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1996.".
- catalog description "Based on in-depth interviews with thirty men who molested their own children or the children of people they knew, Pryor provides a unique glimpse of those who become offenders. His analysis explores how the lives of offenders prior to their offending led up to and contributed to what they did, the ways that initial interest in sex with children began, the tactics offenders employed to molest their victims over time, how they felt about and reacted to their behavior between offending episodes, and how and why they stopped abusing.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 336-342) and index.".
- catalog description "Studying offenders and their behavior -- Blurring of boundaries in childhood -- Escalating problems in adulthood -- Shifting into an offending mode -- Approaching and engaging the victim -- Snowballing from one act to many -- Continuing with regular offending -- Exiting offending and public exposure -- Answering the question why.".
- catalog description "The sexual abuse of children is one of the most morally unsettling and emotionally inflammatory issues in American society today. It has been estimated that roughly one out of every four girls and one in ten boys experience some form of unwanted sexual attention either inside or outside the family before they reach adulthood. An alarmingly common occurrence, sexual abuse is traumatic and life-altering for children in its impact. How should society deal with the sexual victimization of children? Should known offenders be released back into our communities? If so, where, and with what rights, should they be allowed to live? In Unspeakable Acts, Douglas W. Pryor argues that much of this debate, designed to deal with abusers after they have offended, ignores the important issue of why men cross these forbidden sexual boundaries to molest children in the first place and how the behavior can possibly be prevented before it starts.".
- catalog extent "xi, 351 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0814766374 (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "c1996.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : New York University Press,".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "1997 E-042".
- catalog subject "364.1/536 20".
- catalog subject "Child Abuse, Sexual psychology.".
- catalog subject "Child molesters United States Interviews.".
- catalog subject "Child sexual abuse United States Case studies.".
- catalog subject "Criminal Psychology.".
- catalog subject "HV6570.2 .P77 1996".
- catalog subject "WM 610 P9715u 1996".
- catalog tableOfContents "Studying offenders and their behavior -- Blurring of boundaries in childhood -- Escalating problems in adulthood -- Shifting into an offending mode -- Approaching and engaging the victim -- Snowballing from one act to many -- Continuing with regular offending -- Exiting offending and public exposure -- Answering the question why.".
- catalog title "Unspeakable acts : why men sexually abuse children / Douglas W. Pryor.".
- catalog type "Case studies. fast".
- catalog type "Interviews. fast".
- catalog type "text".