Topic > Case Study of Juvenile Sex Offenders - 1350

Goals for treating juvenile sex offenders include confronting denial, decreasing deviant sexual arousal, promoting empathy with the victim , assistance in the clarification of values, teaching to recognize the internal and external antecedents of sexual relationship offending behavior (Saleh, Grudzinskas, & Bradford, 2009). Adolescent offenders tend to be more amenable to treatment for the following reasons: the sexual offender behavior pattern is less ingrained, they are still exploring other ways to obtain sexual gratification, they are able to learn more effective interpersonal and social skills because their brain is calmly developing and their fantasies are constantly evolving and not consolidated (Saleh, Grudzinskas and Bradford,