Practitioners' Tool for the Assessment of Adults who Sexually Abuse Chil

Introduction.; Safeguarding Children.; Introduction to the Practitioners' Tool.; Chapter 1: The Child.; 1.1 The Child.; 1.2 Sally's Story.; Chapter 2: The Abusing Adult.; 2.1 Adults Who Sexually Abuse Children.; 2.2 Beginning the Assessment.; 2.3 Assessment of the Abusing Adult.; 2.4 The Case Study.; 2.5 The Family Structure.; 2.6 Chronology.; 2.7 Experiences from Childhood to Adult Life.; 2.8 The Adults' Perception of Self.; 2.9 Adult Relationships.; 2.10 Perception of Children of 'The Family'.; 2.11 Criminal History - Non-Sexual Offences.; 2.12 Drugs and Alcohol.; 2.13 Self-esteem.; 2.14 Dominant and Submissive Behaviour.; 2.15 Angry, Aggressive and Violent Behaviour.; 2.16 The Adult's Perception of Child Sexual Abuse.; 2.17 The Sexual Abuse of the Child(ren).; 2.18 Victim Empathy.; 2.19 Support Systems.; 2.20 The Future.; Chapter 3: The Non-abusing Adult.; 3.1 The Non-abusing Adult.; 3.2 Assessing the Non-abusing Adult.; 3.3 Ability to Protect.; 3.4 the Future.; 3.5 Evaluating the Information.; Terms and Tools Used in Assessing Adults who Sexually Abuse Children.; Subject index.; Author index.

This book provides an excellent practice tool for assessment of adults who sexually abuse children.