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For the growing numbers of people seeking sex and family planning advice, here is a comprehensive directory listing dependable sources of help for virtually any sexual problem. This one-volume reference work - the first of its kind - gathers together information on infertility, contraception, rape, abortion, and venereal disease. Up-to-date listings are included of sex therapists, sperm banks, and test-tube baby facilities, as well as vasectomy, venereal disease, and abortion clinics. Coverage of homosexuality extends to data on self-help groups, gay therapists, and ministers and religious organizations working with the gay community. Also included in this giant compilation are sex educators, sex change clinics, sexual discrimination and harassment laws, and certification requirements for family planning specialists, marriage counselors, nurse-midwives, and sex therapists.
WOMEN AND VIOLENCE By IVHriam F. Hirsch, Ed. D., ACSW, 432 pp., 6 x 9
Women and Violence provides psychologists, sociologists, health services personnel, students, and interested laypersons with a penetrating scrutiny of the conscious and unconscious manifestations of violence against women. Anthropological, sociological, and psychological viewpoints are all considered. In clear, jargon-free language, the author probes both biological and behavioral sex differences in men and women as well as reviews the major theories and research findings on the causes of aggression and violence. Incisive discussions of rape, wife-battering, and incest focus on the aggressor, the victim, societal attitudes, and inequities in the legal system.
THE'ABUSIVEIPARTNER By Maria Roy, 320 pp., 6.x 9 .
A landmark study. The Abusive Partner clearly analyzes the abusive and violent spouse from a physiological, psychological, and sociological frame of reference. This first full-scale study of the "batterer" views abusive behavior as a negation of power and places the responsibility for change solely on him. The author fully explores the nature and trends of domestic and worldwide violence . . . contributing factors such as nutrition, drugs, and alcohol . . . special populations such as the military and ex-convicts . . . and treatment strategies and available resources. Areas of special interest covered include trend analysis based on actual case studies, the most recent listings of nationwide services for batterers, and descriptions of outreach strategies._
THE TREATMENT OF ANTISOCIAL SYNDROMES By William H. Raid, 272 pp., 6x9 i.ii
Increasing violence in our society at all levels has forced many social scientists to probe more deeply for the causes and effective treatment of antisocial behavior. This timely reference source evaluates both modern and traditional techniques of treating antisocial behavior, including psychiatric, psychological, and social approaches. Areas covered that the professional must keep abreast of are medication for antisocial syndromes, forensic psychiatry, successful long-term institutional treatment, community-based programs, antisocial syndromes in children, and mentally retarded antisocial individuals.
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THE SEXUAL AGGRESSOR Current Perspectives on Treatment Edited by Joanne G. Greer, Ph.D. and Irving R. Stuart, Ph.D.
Here is the first compilation of virtually all treatnnent methods for sex offenders now being used in the United States. It brings the concerned reader the expertise of some of the leading workers in the field of rehabilitation of sexual aggressives.
The Sexual Aggressor: Current Perspectives on Treatment surveys procedures for behavioral, psychotherapeutic, socioeduca-tional, and biomedical intervention. It will be of assistance in selecting the best treatment strategies for a variety of offenders, ranging from juveniles to the mentally retarded, incestuous fathers, pedophiles, and violent rapists.
Practical administrative issues are also addressed. Experienced program managers discuss setting up treatment centers for both outpatient and incarcerated offenders. State-level program evaluators discuss recidivism studies, while academic researchers address the technical side of evaluation of treatment procedures and treatment outcomes. A program to assist the offender in avoiding reoffending after termination of treatment is also detailed.
Provided is a detailed protocol for evaluation of criminal insanity and competency to stand trial. Relevant case law and statutory issues in treatment planning are thoroughly covered. An examination of ethical issues in enforced treatment takes a penetrating look at the patient's rights versus society's rights.
The Sexual Aggressor sets the issues of sexual violence in a relational context by exploring the impact of the offender on the victim and the victim's family. The impact of the women's movement on the burgeoning of offender treatment programs is also addressed. The volume concludes with a listing of well-established treatment programs in the U.S., for consultation and referral usej
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This comprehensive survey will be a valuable sourcebook for a variety of professionals: mental health administrators, prison administrators, psychiatrists, psychologists, and social workers, prosecuting and defense attorneys, and both volunteer and professional advocates for rape victims and offenders.
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Joanne G. Greer, Ph.D., is a research psychoanalyst affiliated with the Washington Psychoanalytic Institute. She has worked for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services since 1975, where she is currently with the Office of Inspector General. Dr. Greer has previously served as Deputy Director of the Rape Research Center in the National Institute of Mental Health, where she was responsible for the Center's research on the treatment and rehabilitation of sex offenders. She is an affiliate member of the American Psychoanalytic Association, and a member of the American Psychological Association (Division of Psychology and the Law and Division of Psychoanalysis), and a member of the Psychometric Society.
Irving R. Stuart, Ph.D., is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at Herbert H. Lehman College, City University of New York. He is the author of numerous books on psychology, including Children of Separation and Divorce, Pregnancy in Adolescence, and The Newer Therapies, all published by Van Nostrand Reinhold. He has also written many articles for the International Journal of Social Psychiatry and the Journal of Social Psychology. Dr. Stuart is Diplomate, Clinical Psychology, of the American Board of Examiners in Professional Psychology. He is a member of the American Psychological Association and the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues.
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