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...

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 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...

There is little question that sexual arousal in children is a powerful predictor of sexual recidivism among adult abusers (Hanson & Bussiere, 1998; Hanson & Morton-Bourgon, 2004). However, the clarity appears to end there for risk classification purposes. Arousal to...

Many child porn collectors come into treatment denying any contact offenses, however, in one case, after a short time admitted to offending a young boy whose mother did not press charges, with the proviso that he “get help.” He didn’t...