

The authors believe that hostile seduction by parental figures underlies all the sexual deviations. Written by a veritable whos who of international experts, this practical and theoretical resource is a must read for anyone interested in human sexual deviancy. Therapy has proved to be a formidable undertaking it was futile in patients who showed no compelling motivation for treatment.

The mere elucidation of etiological factors in such cases has not been found sufficient to effect a cure. In the third, incorrigible exhibitionism necessitated institutional care of a man whose foster parents had been extremely inconsistent as to what was forbidden and what encouraged. In the second, a case of compulsive grasping of women's breasts, the patient's family was found to have been extraordinarily inconsistent and confused as to physical intimacies. In one, a case of incest involving father and daughter, there was frigidity in the mother and a distorted background in the father the complaints ultimately came from the mother. The authors examine topics including assessment, treatment, supervision and safeguarding. The term paraphilias was introduced in DSM-III. Working with Sex Offenders is a unique book which brings together leading practitioners in the field to provide a comprehensive and up-to-date distillation of relevant guidance to assist anyone who works with sex offenders. Hypotheses as to the etiological factors in certain stereotypes of sexual behavior are applied to three case histories. DSM-II sexual deviations included sexual orientation disturbance (homosexuality), fetishism, pedophilia, transvestism, exhibitionism, voyeurism, sadism, masochism, and other sexual deviation.
