Family Sexual Abuse

Michael Quinn Patton is author of more than a dozen books on evaluation including Qualitative Research & Evaluation Methods, 4th ed (2015), Blue Marble Evaluation (2020), Principles-Focused Evaluation (2018), Facilitating Evaluation (2018) and Developmental Evaluation (2011). Based in Minnesota, he was on the faculty of the University of Minnesota for 18 years and is a former president of the American Evaluation Association (AEA). Michael is a recipient of the Alva and Gunnar Myrdal Evaluation Practice Award, the Paul F. Lazarsfeld Evaluation Theory Award, and the Research on Evaluation Award, all from AEA He has also received the Lester F. Ward Distinguished Contribution to Applied and Clinical Sociology Award from the Association for Applied and Clinical Sociology. In 2021 he received the first Transformative Evaluator Award from EvalYouth. He is an active speaker, trainer, and workshop presenter who has conducted applied research and evaluation on a broad range of issues and has worked with organizations and programs at the international, national, state, provincial, and local levels. Michael has three children-a musician, an engineer, and an evaluator-and four grandchildren. When not evaluating, he enjoys exploring the woods and rivers of Minnesota, where he lives.

PART ONE: CONTEXT: DEVELOPMENT OF FAMILY SEXUAL ABUSE RESEARCH AND PRACTICE Child Sexual Abuse - Jon R Conte Looking Backward and Forward The Minnesota Family Sexual Abuse Project - Margaret J Bringewatt PART TWO: UNDERSTANDING FAMILY SEXUAL ABUSE AND ITS EFFECTS Families After Sexual Abuse - Carolyn J Levitt, Greg Owen and Jeanette Truchsess What Helps? What is Needed? Effects of Probable Sexual Abuse on Preschool Children - S K Hewitt and W N Friedrich Taking Sibling Incest Seriously - Michael J O'Brien Intergenerational Transmission of Child Sexual Abuse and Maltreatment - Jane F Gilgun Intrafamilial Sexual Abuse in American Indian Families - Irl Carter and Lawrence J Parker PART THREE: EVALUATING TREATMENTS AND INTERVENTIONS Evaluation of a Multiple-Family Incest Treatment Program - Deborah L Woodworth Family Effects of Offender Removal from the Home - Sara Wright Effects of Reunification on Sexually Abusive Families - Jane Kinder Matthews, Jodie Raymaker and Kathleen Speltz An Evaluation Protocol for Incest Family Functioning - James W Maddock, Pamela R Gusk and Catherine F Lally Incest Offenders After Treatment - Greg Owen and Nancy M Steele Female Sexual Offenders - Jane Kinder Matthews, Ruth Mathews and Kathleen Speltz A Typology PART FOUR: SYNTHESIS Patterns, Themes, and Lessons - Michael Quinn Patton