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...

It’s a trend among school kids, and it’s not about downloading songs on devices or playing the latest edition of Grand Theft Auto. It’s called “sexting”-sending graphic images and pornographic videos via text message to friends. It’s becoming such a...

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...

The March 2011 issue of the ATSA journal contains pertinent articles on the risk assessment of internet offenders. Wakeling et al. in an article pertaining to sex offender risk assessment, found that a modified version of the Risk Matrix 2000...

“C.R.” grew up in a chaotic, highly conflictual home. He was immature, socially klutzy, anxious and depressed. Friends introduced him to online pornography, readily accessible for free via peer-to-peer file sharing. He took to smoking marijuana and escaping into sexual...